Joseph Elliott

Movies/music/chess My music: My films: He/Him

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

A moment of romance in Ten Tigers from Kwangtung

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@5secretpoisons Would rt this if I could. I hate this shit. Pick a frame! It’s important!

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

@jwordfish Fair point! A director isn’t worth much if they’re *just* an imitator. Still, I think First Reformed is operating differently than most of highly indebted filmmakers, like De Palma. He’s basically saying hey, you know what Winter Light is about? Well I’m about this instead.

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

Sorry to wade into discourse but who are the Bergman imitators? He’s been referenced and parodied endlessly, but of the old European canon who are going out of fashion, I’m struggling to think of many who are less imitated.

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

@jwordfish He starts with Winter Light but takes it somewhere else entirely. The departure is where his voice, sensibility and spirituality make themselves felt. He’s using Bergman, a reference he expects his audience to know, to express his own ideas. It’s not simply imitation

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@jwordfish I don’t really buy it! He references Bergman, he uses him, but imitates? I think he’s doing something different (and more interesting).

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

@dogshit95 I remember being a bit disappointed by the last stretch of The Silence, but the first ~2/3rds I *adored*. Some of his best. Gotta revisit sometime.

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

@DanielGorman20 I want Bergman to come back into style… but not like this

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

@dogshit95 (I prefer Winter Light but that’s beside the point)

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

@dogshit95 First Reformed unabashedly takes from Winter Light but it has a totally different spirit. What it takes from Bergman is mostly superficial. It is a Schrader film through and through. Which is why it works!

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

@realJackEason Yeah it’s easy to spot his influence but people aren’t often trying to emulate his style as completely as many do with Scorsese.

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@ladeuxiemeReed Can’t speak on these two unfortunately. I’ve gotta lock in

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@attheimax

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@abs_sweetmarie Unfortunately I must admit I often like Allen in Bergman mode, but like… come on now

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

Genuine question by the way!

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

@eventualforever It looks like a youtube cinematography tutorial

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@swen_ryan Hell yeah. Hard to beat that.

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@kevin__fm Happy birthday!

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

Another pod race scene, twice as long

[Star Wars Daily @StarWarsDaily_]

If you could change one thing about The Phantom Menace what would it be?

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

It seems highly unlikely that I just saw Hamish Linklater walk out of a subway with two footlongs in Kingston Ontario, but if not then I’ve never seen a guy look more like another guy

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

I can’t say I have a terribly strong opinion on this, but these are definitely the ones I find myself thinking about the most.

[Joseph Elliott @fromthereel]

Miller’s Crossing
No Country
Barton Fink
A Serious Man
Inside Llewyn Davis

[Hit Factory @HitFactoryPod]

no country for old men
the man who wasn't there
a serious man
barton fink
blood simple
hm: true grit