I cannot really compare the two films from the narrative point of view, because where RT works first of all as a story, DATC is primarily a work. At least that's how I see them. RT allows you to take the same journey as Vindici and you can f. ex. make out separate character arcs, with their tales. DATC reminds of a piece of music - with colour, effect sound, a detail in the picture, camera travelling, etc. being part of the system and meaningless if excluded from it.
Actually I should have said it was his second film - I misplaced Anchoress (in which, accidentally, you can see that staccato change of gears you mention). Perhaps his development was a bit stalled in the nineties, where the best was the television stuff. Shallow Grave and Jude, yes, but then nothing astonishing (A Price Above Rubies probably the best among the weird projects of that period), till there came The Others (plus TV films).
Repeated co-working - it must be mutual. When he is looking for quality, he is pretty harsh. Though I'm still confused over his enjoying the challenge and regretting everything afterwards politics.
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Date: 2008-07-30 02:28 am (UTC)I cannot really compare the two films from the narrative point of view, because where RT works first of all as a story, DATC is primarily a work. At least that's how I see them. RT allows you to take the same journey as Vindici and you can f. ex. make out separate character arcs, with their tales. DATC reminds of a piece of music - with colour, effect sound, a detail in the picture, camera travelling, etc. being part of the system and meaningless if excluded from it.
Actually I should have said it was his second film - I misplaced Anchoress (in which, accidentally, you can see that staccato change of gears you mention). Perhaps his development was a bit stalled in the nineties, where the best was the television stuff. Shallow Grave and Jude, yes, but then nothing astonishing (A Price Above Rubies probably the best among the weird projects of that period), till there came The Others (plus TV films).
Repeated co-working - it must be mutual. When he is looking for quality, he is pretty harsh. Though I'm still confused over his enjoying the challenge and regretting everything afterwards politics.