Premium Member Stephen Perera Posted September 21, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted September 21, 2021 So here's the trailer....would have been epic on Eastman Double X 35mm + shot by Jarin Blaschke if you ask me! but no....its on Arri Alexa again....which in my eyes makes it look like Denzel et al are playing dress--up....a complete other argument thread of course. Regardless of my boring, predictable, anti-digital rant (come on, even the 'Red' cameras look more like film any day of the week than Alexa's) I'm sure I'm going to really enjoy this film - no doubt - as I studied the play as part of my education in English Literature back in the day. The 1.33:1 frame is soooooooooooooooo great for framing people don't you think.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manu Delpech Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/apple/the-tragedy-of-macbeth/ Yeah, I'm surprised that Delbonnel is so hardcore digital now. He shot this on the Alexa LF, looks great of course, he was marveling about the camera on a podcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles pappas Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Too bad MST3K has ended. Judging from the trailer only, MST3K's send-up on this could have run right next to their take on the German TV Hamlet. Ever since their first few films I've thought Coen Bros. was a top two-to-five active movie director but, from the trailer, this looks unwatchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Perera Posted October 5, 2021 Author Premium Member Share Posted October 5, 2021 On 9/21/2021 at 6:33 PM, charles pappas said: Too bad MST3K has ended. Judging from the trailer only, MST3K's send-up on this could have run right next to their take on the German TV Hamlet. Ever since their first few films I've thought Coen Bros. was a top two-to-five active movie director but, from the trailer, this looks unwatchable. Totally disagree....its definitely sparked my interest as has the 4:3 frame and already a Bergman influence about it. The only thing I already dont like is the digital look it has. That fake black and white thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles pappas Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 9 hours ago, Stephen Perera said: Totally disagree....its definitely sparked my interest as has the 4:3 frame and already a Bergman influence about it. The only thing I already dont like is the digital look it has. That fake black and white thing. Agreed this is all subjective and based a few seconds of trailer, but I see, as you also say, a chintzy video look and in addition it looks assembled in a computer from CGI, or green-screen or whatever on a cyclorama set, with pretentious portentousness. Of course there is great talent attached to The Tragedy and I hope it turns out they have created a minimalist (minimalist based on the trailer) masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Perera Posted October 6, 2021 Author Premium Member Share Posted October 6, 2021 well let's get back on here when we actually see it and share thought! thanks for coming in on the thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Shell Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 On 9/21/2021 at 1:37 PM, Stephen Perera said: come on, even the 'Red' cameras look more like film any day of the week than Alexa's) Please tell me you're joking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Perera Posted March 20, 2023 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 20, 2023 22 hours ago, John Shell said: Please tell me you're joking I am certainly not qualified for this opinion as a scientific fact, based on actually using said cameras...have never even seen one in person....plus the fact I am a 'mere' film photographer, shooting Hasselblad 6 x 6 for my work along with Aaton 16mm projects/work....but as a cinephile with an 'eye' calibrated by 56 years on their earth, about 50 of which a practicing 'artist' of sorts haha and about 45 of which an avid cinema-goer, that IS my opinion yes..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Perera Posted March 20, 2023 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 20, 2023 ...just watched Lawrence Olivier's (1948) Hamlet, shot by Desmond Dickinson.....the filming of it certainly influenced this one I would say. Said film won 4 Oscars - Art Direction-Set decoration - and was nominated for another 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon O'Brien Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Can't help but feel that real film has another ace up its sleeve. It would be difficult for AI to use a film camera, and to even make a nice batch of film. Yes, it could do just about everything else ..... maybe. But film on film? Nah. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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