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| 03/15/06 09:50 PM |
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Re: Atmosphere
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"A director can try all he likes to re-create that atmosphere and look(as Tobe Hooper did with The Toolbox Murders), but I have yet to see one that really makes me feel I am in that time era."
Well, that's another problem, IMO. Trying to recreate a time era or setting we saw in other movies. Why recreate something? Of course it's not gonna come off as authentic. It's best to try and make a film realistic with today's times. Pull from real life, not other movies.
As much as I love the old classics, I'm starting to think this obsession with them is part of the problem. For example, do we really need another "throwback to 70's exploitation?" If I see one more car pull up to an old gas station in the opening act of a movie, I'm gonna scream.
I had no idea Hooper was trying to recreate anything with that stinker (aside from the original movie itself). He did fail miserably.
It's not about recreating themes or genre techniques. It's more about the actual look of it. The best example I can think of right now is Troma's "Tromeo and Juliet". My friend was all excited when he saw this and told me all about it and I couldn't wait to see it. I hadn't seen a Troma film since the ol' Toxie days and I was curious to see how they've changed. The first thing that shocked me when I saw it was that it looked so old. I swear I looks like it came right out of the 80s, it has that kind of cinematography. But the movie itself is obviously much more contemporary. It has both in one. And it works great.
