Sentences with phrase «compositions of film directors»

Since the beginning of the 60s, Katz has been quoting the oversized formats of large - scale Pepsi and Lucky Strike advertisements and the dramatic compositions of film directors like Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni.

Not exact matches

Director Pierre De Moro does a good job of keeping the action moving over the 95 - minute run time, and the fact that Scream Factory's Blu - ray is something of a Frankenstein monster in its composition speaks volumes for the film holding together as well as it does (aesthetically, anyway).

Disc 1 contains an excellent transfer of the film, capturing the director and cinematographer's chiaroscuro lighting scheme, which combines various shades of darkness with stylish sets and compositions reminiscent of key comic book artists.

The White Ribbon's blend of formal, poetic compositions and hushed, simmering drama reminded me variously of Malick and Bergman, and if the picture finally does not quite achieve the level of a masterpiece, this may be down to the fact that I've always found Haneke to be a cold, stern and aloof director; the creator of films that I can admire but never love.

It's probably Mamet's finest film as a director, his widescreen composition is wonderful — there's this one shot where Emily Mortimer's head, in profile, sits in the center of the screen while she talks and it's exceptional.

If anything, there seems to be a laziness in the director's efforts on this one, as the film feels like a pastiche of Spielbergian tropes and visual compositions pulled from Lincoln, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal and Munich, to name a few.

The director and his DP, Harris Savides, shot the movie largely on digital, but the film so often favours steady, patiently held compositions that allow its actors to move around within the frame and interact with each other, showing spatial relations in much the same way that Fincher is drawing connections between the facts of the case.