So did Andy Warhol, with his shot of the Empire State Building, and so have any number of Warhol's heirs who distort real time — such T. J. Wilcox with daylight in Union Square, Douglas Gordon with 24 - Hour Psycho, or James Nares with sixteen Manhattan rush hours compressed into one hypnotic
hour of slow motion.
Not exact matches
Suddenly everything went «
slow motion» as the beagle ran right into the highway... directly in front
of a pick - up truck going 60 + miles an
hour — and was hit.
4 p.m.: NFL Films Festival Our four -
hour marathon begins with The Placekickers, 30 minutes
of slow -
motion squib - kicking set to swelling orchestral arrangements.
He's in a
slow -
motion swagger, with low steps and shoulder dips, chopping the air with his right hand, holding a basketball aloft with his left — a few beats
of celebration for the Sooners» senior shooting guard after sinking more than 80 %
of his three - pointers over the past half
hour.
Now you have a sense
of the
slow -
motion cliffhanger that is New Horizons, a NASA space probe currently racing toward Pluto and its large moon Charon at 35,000 miles per
hour.
The first two
hours of the film consist mainly
of Danish farmers and craftspeople arguing about Christian theology in veritable
slow motion; the final six minutes, unless you're an alien replicant, will have you on your knees, eyes lifted in wonder to the screen.
Director Baltasar Kormà ¡ kur («The Deep») and screenwriters William Nicholson («Unbroken») and Simon Beaufoy («127
Hours») are
slow out
of the gate (there are many details to and players to set in
motion), but once in
motion they deftly unfold the perfect storm
of bad weather, miscommunication, and fateful decisions that led to the tragedy in a way that sneaks up on the viewer much as it does the characters.
This includes all
of the original's stylistic choices, from the color scheme to the
slow motion / fast forward fights (seriously, played at normal speed, I feel like this movie is a half
hour long).
Though the movie isn't without the typical Bayisms (from the overuse
of slow motion and lingering shots
of the American flag, to the corny dialogue), «13
Hours» is a marked improvement compared to his recent output that harkens back to earlier films like «The Rock.»
A camera takes you on a
slow -
motion roller coaster ride inside the wreckage and mayhem
of a black SUV flipping out
of control on a crowded highway during rush
hour.
The shotgun remains a personal favorite for the simple fact that you can splatter enemies into (unrealistic) piles
of giblets in
slow motion, while the Hammerhead provides
hours of fun by pinning your enemies to walls in precarious positions.
It's all about subtlety — running on walls is easy, but transitioning into a somersault mid run, entering
slow -
motion and unloading on a couple
of enemies never gets old, and this kind
of combo will be nice and easy within a couple
of hours of play.
An early portion
of the five -
hour - long piece involves a significant amount
of headbanging; at another point, one performer presses another to the glass floor in
slow motion.
His groundbreaking eight -
hour - long silent film Empire (1964) features continuous
slow motion footage
of the Empire State Building in New York City.