Certainly. The blacker the better, really. Which is my taste anyway.
As for Death and the Compass, I have no problem with the local editing (and it's a trip and a half to have a score that's longer than the movie), I just feel like the pacing is a bit off. It seems to sag somewhere around the hour mark. I still think it's fascinating — some of my favourite films are ones that fail in some way, but are nonetheless incredibly interesting. Closet Land and the aforementioned The Keep are two others in that category. And I will give anything points for style, and DATC has style to burn.
The scrims are brilliant, aren't they? And I love the body-language differences in Alonzo Zunz and Red Scharlach. It's a real tour de force, particularly for an actor who was so early in his career. It's very brave.
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Certainly. The blacker the better, really. Which is my taste anyway.
As for Death and the Compass, I have no problem with the local editing (and it's a trip and a half to have a score that's longer than the movie), I just feel like the pacing is a bit off. It seems to sag somewhere around the hour mark. I still think it's fascinating — some of my favourite films are ones that fail in some way, but are nonetheless incredibly interesting. Closet Land and the aforementioned The Keep are two others in that category. And I will give anything points for style, and DATC has style to burn.
The scrims are brilliant, aren't they? And I love the body-language differences in Alonzo Zunz and Red Scharlach. It's a real tour de force, particularly for an actor who was so early in his career. It's very brave.