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Antichrist - Anthony Dod Mantle - incredible work

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I watched Lar Von Trier's 'Antichrist' this weekend (on a terrible AVI file)

Incredible work - Personally my choice as the best looking film this year, and a milestone as far as RED-shot productions go. Constantly inspired compositions and camera movements.

Full advantage was taken in using slo-motion, excessive 'painting' of shots (to incredible effect), and combining 'natural' and artificial looks.

I was surprised at how well the artistic intentions of the cinematography held up even in a decimated compressed file.

Outstanding! Go see it (preferrably in a theatre!!)
 
Slo-mo intro wasn't shot on RED, but I agree with you it was a supurbly crafted film...mandatory for stortellers of all breeds to see.
 
Probably the best film of 2009! (Only serious competitor: Das weiße Band by Haneke.)
 
I saw Antichrist at the cinema on a digital projector, the cinematography was absolutely amazing, just beautiful. The Phantom footage was indeed breathtaking at some points.

The film as a whole though was as nice as being hit with a large breezeblock in the nuts :-)
 
i'm glad i read these comments. i lost interest in anything by von trier after dogville. but now i have to option to see this at a private screening i will take advantage.

shot on RED huh? what happened to the whole dogma thing? cheap consumer cameras etc.? when did that all go out the window?? (i thought it was pretty stupid anyways)....




EDIT: oops..... meant to say "dogme"...... freudian slip there....
 
Dogme '95 as a movement is still around although the committee dispersed five years ago. The Dogme '95 experiment wasn't stupid it was an artistic statement against Hollywood and stupidly large budget filmmaking. The bourgeoisie world of the studios. It was similar to the DADA movement and was an important statement.

Havents seen Manderlay but love The Five Obstructions.
 
In terms of visual quality I think it held up really well, but am I the only one who thought it looked very "videoish" - particularly in the interior shots? As I've postulated before - I'm guessing they cranked up the shutter to get more light into the camera, which is why it may look more like video and less like film.

I agree that the phantom stuff looks stunning.
 
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Joe G. said:
Are there other Dogme style films people want to recommend?
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Tim Hole said:
The Dogme '95 experiment wasn't stupid it was an artistic statement against Hollywood and stupidly large budget filmmaking.
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with all respect we're both just stating opinions not facts, i personally label dogme as stupid and i could argue exactly why, but i won't (here) because i respect the right of everyone else to read a thread and not have it fly off topic :001_rolleyes: (which is something i am very much guilty of doing on a few occasions....)
 
What the Dogme concept was meant to give, was not crappy pictures. Apart from being a 'counterattack' at what Hollywood had become, it was a also a way of making more space for the actors. Give them more to work with, and letting the camera being an observer of what took place within that space of the scene. I don't know if it is because of this movement or not. But Hollywood seem to be using the handheld camera a bit more, like in the two Bourne-sequels. Anthony Dod Mantle shot another of the original 4 dogme films. A film called "Mifunes last song" which was shot on film, and wasn't shaken and all. So big kudos to him for holding that heavy camera on his shoulder.
 
D'Arcy Foley-Dawson said:
with all respect we're both just stating opinions not facts, i personally label dogme as stupid and i could argue exactly why, but i won't (here) because i respect the right of everyone else to read a thread and not have it fly off topic :001_rolleyes: (which is something i am very much guilty of doing on a few occasions....)
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Yeah man! There was no poison in my post!! i agreed with it as a statement, but statements are short...so then you move on. I would probably stop making films if suddenly all the distribution avenues demanded Dogme ONLY films...

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hey i'd love to get into a discussion about dogme, i just don't want to hijack the thread. i started this whole thing by remarking that von trier has obviously abandoned this thing he himself wrote the manifesto for. i find that interesting because i thought, personally, it was a bit of a publicity stunt more than anything else. but as i said, i haven't really been following him since dogville, i have to admit i have no idea what he's been up to of late.

will definitely go see antichrist though. trailer sold it to me.
 
He just announced that his next film will be a psychological drama/disaster film with the statement: "No more happy endings!". The movie is currently called "MELANCHOLIA" and shooting starts next summer. Will be interesting to see what he comes up with.
 
Watched "Antichrist" on DVD yesterday. Visually it was more like watching modern paintings than photographs. Highly artistic would be a way to describe it. Other than that I didn't like it one bit. In my humble opinion it's a waste of time really. :)
 
I thought it was actually his worst movie; some very silly 'special' effects, and if you want to make things shocking many horror movies do a better job; no I liked his earlier movies much better; but it was nice that such an important director picked the red for his film
 
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