those danes sure know how to make low-budget movies. handheld cameras, no special effects, natural lighting, sound recorded on location. i wasn't sure if we were watching home movies or an actual professional film. turns out the low production values weren't due to a lack of budget, but from adherence to a set of rules that were designed to "remove the bells and whistles from filmmaking.” this dogma/dogme movement was started to re-direct attention to the story and the characters. really interesting concept. "italian for beginners" is a much better "love, actually," but there are apparently better examples of dogme films out there. so, to denmark we will go.
Monday, July 25, 2005
italian for beginners
those danes sure know how to make low-budget movies. handheld cameras, no special effects, natural lighting, sound recorded on location. i wasn't sure if we were watching home movies or an actual professional film. turns out the low production values weren't due to a lack of budget, but from adherence to a set of rules that were designed to "remove the bells and whistles from filmmaking.” this dogma/dogme movement was started to re-direct attention to the story and the characters. really interesting concept. "italian for beginners" is a much better "love, actually," but there are apparently better examples of dogme films out there. so, to denmark we will go.
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