Cinema as poetry
13 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in Film Tags: atmosphere, cinema, gus van sant, long takes, poetry, Tarkovsky
so I’ve been meaning to do this for some time, and I’ve never really managed to do it, because I always postpone it (yes I wish I could provide a better excuse but not) but I came across this video-blog sometime ago, which is dedicated to the most memorable poetic sequences in the history of cinema, so here is some of my favourite ones;
PARANOID PARK by Gus Van Sant
so I think my first one will be the sequence in Paranoid Park, where time seems to be stopped by the sound of guilt and water running down.
YOU, THE LIVING by Roy Anderson
and this is my second favourite one, as the moment goes by and it’s more revealing to the point where you see a house moving on rails. It’s the perfect one with the musical encore as well.
SOLARIS by Andrei Tarkovsky
I can’t never leave Tarkovsky behind, but it’s not because this film is possibly one of the rarest sci-fi films ever made, however, the emphasis of an eternal love of a man for his wife makes this film so overwhelmingly good. At times, you feel like you’ve been transported out of this world with the great emphasis on human emotions; the the situation itself is so uncanny, but it all works out to create a compelling story
THE NEW WORLD by Terence Malick
ok, so maybe, I shouldn’t really include this one here as it’s already stated it’s a final scene, but it’s so beautiful!
