Sentences with phrase «steadicam shot of the film»

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It's a film brimming with many top notch performances, and the super-long Steadicam shots are certainly impressive, but at the end of the day I didn't feel too attached to anyone on screen.

It can never quite figure out what kind of film it wants to be, however, mixing deep thoughts about artificial intelligence (A.I.) with crazy drunken synchronized dancing (which, I will admit, was extremely fun to watch), and although it has fine cinematographic elements that are reminiscent of the best of Stanley Kubrick (slow tracking shots, some on steadicam), if one ponders the subject matter for more than a minute or two, it all seems very dumb.

Much of the technology behind the extended long take had to be specially made for the shoot — the ultralight steadicam rig, the ultrahigh capacity battery packs, etc — yet, what makes the film such a magnificent technical achievement is it's incredible organization of bodies throughout the hour and half exploration.

He can't decide how realistic he wants Parents to play — the film opens with a series of home video shots and there's some Steadicam later on, but it's mostly static.