1970s American films have generally always looked ugly to me, but Friedkin, amping up the grain and blurring the colors came up with a visual look just as gritty as the hardcore
grunginess of his lead character.
Being poor isn't supposed to look nice, or fun, and the easiest way to convey that is with a
drab grunginess.
Its
overall grunginess, as well as the other aforementioned issues, stop it from achieving its potential, but what can I say?
«Isle of Dogs» is uglier and more devoid of color than Anderson's prior works, but I liked the somewhat noirish appeal of
the grunginess of Trash Island.
The less successful ones, like «Stir # 3,» «Scrap Bars» and «Yellow Spine,» come off as cutesy — too comfortable with
their grunginess to have much of a kick.
Instead of hanging your pendant on a chain as I did, you may want to use a leather cord to go with
the grunginess.