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Goodness gracious, the zooming camera...

posted 14 years ago by Cali7
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...circa the '70s is pretty awful. Unfortunately, that's the one thing that really dates this movie. However, Angela Lansbury's awesome performance never gets old. :)

[–] Fedorevsky 11 years ago

...circa the '70s is pretty awful. Unfortunately, that's the one thing that really dates this movie. However, Angela Lansbury's awesome performance never gets old. :)

What an incredibly stupid thing to say. There's nothing wrong with those zooms and it doesn't date anything. People like you make me sick.

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[–] J_J_Gittes 11 years ago

Well, some like the use of zooms, some don't. I'm a fan.

[–] crockett_john 11 years ago

I know what you mean, particularly when they zoomed out. The camera got pretty choppy on some of them.

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[–] arman0612 10 years ago

That's one of my favorite things in any film no matter which date it was released on.

[–] PussyCrusher_Principal 10 years ago

I don't see where that makes it a '70s thing, or dates the film...Scorcese has used zooms with great skill for 40 years. It never gets old. It a camera technique, not a "70s trick.

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[–] grybop 9 years ago

I know exactly what you mean, this is a very distinct use of zooming, very 70s indeed. It's very abrupt, fast and sometimes uncalled for - a very non-subtle way to add tension to a dramatic scene (for example, the scene with Birkin and Ustinov, where she tells him that if she had stayed outside, she would have witnessed the killer etc.)
But I don't find it annoying at all, in fact I love it!