Guest peter orland Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Are there any good films that I could watch that have none, or very little camera movement in them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Francis Kuhn Posted March 13, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted March 13, 2006 I don't know about entire films, but I've always beeen fond of the "morning after in the kitchen" scene at the end of The Big Night. Haven't seen it in a long time, but as I recall there's no camera movement and not a word of dialogue, and it's hits the mark perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars.Erik Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 One film you must see is "Songs from the Second floor", by Roy Andersson. It's a true masterpiece. It lasts for 1hour and 40 minutes and there are two (2) shots in there where the camera is moving. The rest is locked off. See it. I love that film. Most his films are made in this way. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120263/ http://www.cdon.com/main.phtml?navroot=904&session=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norbert Shieh Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Are there any good films that I could watch that have none, or very little camera movement in them? Ozu's films (Early Summer, Floating Weeds, Tokyo Story) come to mind as classic examples. For more contemporary films, look into both Hou Hsiao Hsien (Cafe Lumiere, City of Sadness) and Tsia Ming-Liang (What time is it there?, Goodbye Dragon Inn) who both use composed shots without much camera movement. Gus Van Sant's latest, Last Days, is a pretty good example too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Williamson Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise" is a great film where every scene plays out in single shots, most of which are static, lovely black and white as well. "Godfather 1 & 2" both have very minimal camera movement with lots of static tableau shots, plenty of amazing Gordon Willis compositions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaan Shenberger Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 One film you must see is "Songs from the Second floor", by Roy Andersson. It's a true masterpiece. It lasts for 1hour and 40 minutes and there are two (2) shots in there where the camera is moving. The rest is locked off. See it. I love that film. Most his films are made in this way. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120263/ http://www.cdon.com/main.phtml?navroot=904&session=1 andersson is probably the best contemporary bonafide auteur that i know of. that film is genius. another great film which utilizes a lot of static wides to great effect is jacques tati's playtime, a masterpiece in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Alessandro Machi Posted March 13, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted March 13, 2006 Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise" is a great film where every scene plays out in single shots, most of which are static, lovely black and white as well. "Godfather 1 & 2" both have very minimal camera movement with lots of static tableau shots, plenty of amazing Gordon Willis compositions. Yeah, I would suggest Stranger than Paradise as well. 1984 Black and White. I think there might have been a couple scenes later in the movie that actually were more than one shot in the scene. The movie plays really well in a theatre when one is locked in with no distractions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adam Frisch FSF Posted March 13, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted March 13, 2006 One film you must see is "Songs from the Second floor", by Roy Andersson. It's a true masterpiece. It lasts for 1hour and 40 minutes and there are two (2) shots in there where the camera is moving. The rest is locked off. See it. I love that film. Most his films are made in this way. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120263/ http://www.cdon.com/main.phtml?navroot=904&session=1 Agree - a visual masterpiece. Did you know the whole film except one scene was shot on the 16mm lens? On the one exception the used the 18mm..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Dan Goulder Posted March 13, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted March 13, 2006 Here's one more vote for "Stranger Than Paradise". There are actually a few pans in the movie, but a lot of people will say they don't recall any. A more recent example would be "Cache", featuring 'longer than average' fixed shots. It works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hayes Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Eric Rohmer's "Pauline a la Plage". Pleasent masters where the whole scene just plays. Good little film also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Are there any good films that I could watch that have none, or very little camera movement in them? If passable is okay, 'The 40 year old virgin'. I was surprised by the lack of camera movement. As to good, if I remember correcctly, Much of 'Seppuku' aka 'Hara Kiri' has static, very formal shots. But at he end as the movie explodes, lots of camera movement. ---LV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter orland Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Thanks for the suggestions. I've ordered Songs From The Second Floor from the local video sales. I look forward to watching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted March 14, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted March 14, 2006 Thanks for the suggestions. I've ordered Songs From The Second Floor from the local video sales. I look forward to watching it. Certain Kurosawa movies and parts thereof have very little to no movement. The end section of Rashomon comes to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Lekovic Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 (edited) Look at the german "Shultze gets the blues". Not only there is no camera movement, but midway through the film when the main character decides to go on a trip camera pans for the first (and only) time and that works just great. By this very simple pan the audience that is used to static shots is thrown into discomfort to forshadow the voyage that is about to take place. A must see. One of the better films of the last year. Edited March 14, 2006 by George Lekovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Day Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 How about Lars Von Trier's 'Europa'? Not all fixed shots - a fair few dolly's - but barely a pan in sight and some brilliant work with fixed shots on a train utilising rear projection. matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Taylor Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Oh, wow. I forgot all about "Songs from the Second Floor." Pay extra attention to the very last shot. Very long, maybe over two minutes. takes place in a land fill where they are dumping a truck load of plastic Jesus'. Then, from off in the far distance, a crowd of people slowly make their way across the desolate landscape like zombies. Very creepy. It's at the top of my Net Flix que. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ronney Ross Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 There is a Christian film shot by Dave Christiano(director) "Late One Night" would be an excellent choice the entire movie takes place in a cafe and the shot are paced between the occupants sitting in a booth and the cook standing behind the counter, never gets boring. Check it out: http://www.christianfilms.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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