Wednesday 19 January 2011

The Grapes Of Wrath

1940 John Ford movie, starring Henry Fonda
Use of deep focusses
classical cinema, long takes
wide takes, continuity, often mixing in aspects of one shot on end of next
though uses (what seems like) multiple camera set ups for dialogue
along with these long shots, use of close ups, heroic, lower down
analytucal editing; goes deeper into the shame shot
incredibly dark for a Hollywood movie
precise light compositions
use of montages, continuity and repetition
stirring narrative, though too compressed
Ford mixes in typical trait of 'outsider' man
classical at its finest, smaller and homelier than expected

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