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[Jeff Bernstein]

Fassbinder : Relentless Invention.

She has dropped her Valium.

The window. (1:01:17–1:01:27)

 

 

 

 

 

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[Jeff Bernstein]

Fassbinder's Genius Attention to Detail is Relentless.

(1:02:03). This character has just attempted something awful related to her mental illness and drugs. What color is prominent on that towel?

 

 

 

 

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[Jeff Bernstein]

Strong Diagonal.

(1:05:07)

[Jeff Bernstein]

Elementary.

(1:07:23)

(1:12:36) Here, also Strong Diagonal, and X Marks the Spot. Note window over Leland, while Kane stands amid the utter claustrophobia of his self.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Jeff Bernstein]

Fassbinder : Any Which Way He Can

(1:07:53) / (1:08:05) Entering the Psychiatrist's Office. Closed in by Green.

[Jeff Bernstein]

Eyelights in a Moving Car.

(1:09:27–1:10:12) The Spectator knows these eyelights are engineered, because the car turns a corner without an iota of alteration in the effect.

[Jeff Bernstein]

Eyelights : Noticing a Motif?

(1:10:27) Taking her medication . . . in front of the window.

[Jeff Bernstein]

Eyelights : the Divided Self.

(1:11:04)

[Jeff Bernstein]

Highlight in the History of Eyelights.

(1:11:19–1:11:32)

[Jeff Bernstein]

Motif in Action : Eyelights.

(1:15:10–15) What's on her mind? And the next shot is :

(1:15:16)

 

 

 

 

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[Jeff Bernstein]

Scorsese and Ballhaus Remembering Fassbinder.

(1:17:56)

The Departed (2006), 2:14:13–2:14:43. A slow Swooping DZ. Fassbinder Cinematographer Michael Ballhaus' elegy and swansong.

 

 

 

 

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[Jeff Bernstein]

Green on her mind.

[Jeff Bernstein]

Relentless Invention : Green Still On Her Mind.

(1:18:10) / (1:18:16)

[Jeff Bernstein]

Relentless Invention : Green Omnium

(1:18:37–1:18:38)

[Jeff Bernstein]

Chryskylodon : Early Exemplar

Inherent Vice, 1:36:24

Fear of Fear, 1:19:19. Note vibe of entrapment.

[Jeff Bernstein]

3 to 2 to 1

(7:22) / (1:01:10) / (1:19:51)

[Jeff Bernstein]

Persona (1966), 5:29, 13:15 / Fear of Fear, 1:20:13–1:20:20 / The Shining, 13:26

[Jeff Bernstein]

(1:21:01–1:21:15) A slow Swooping DZ. Fourteen seconds in duration.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Jeff Bernstein]

. . . then the camera pans right . . .

anticipating a complexity of The Player's Superlative DZ at 1:39:59.

 

 

 

 

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[Jeff Bernstein]

Historic? Dolly Zooms in Five Scenes In A Row

(1:19:47–1:27:56) The last five scenes of the film.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 2, 2023 by Jeff Bernstein

[Jeff Bernstein]

The Final Scene : See An Ominous Sign?

(1:24:30)

[Jeff Bernstein]

The Dolly Zoom, With Subsequent Movement.

(1:25:00–1:25:11) Dolly Zoom, with a subsequent Zoom Out. This is a third DZ with an extra element at the end of the shot : Fear of Fear, 1:21:01–1:21:15, with a Pan Right; and The Player, 1:39:19–1:40:19, with a Zoom In.

 

 

 

 

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[Jeff Bernstein]

Two Dolly Zooms in One Scene

(1:23:52–1:27:56)

[Jeff Bernstein]

A Memory Hole.

[Jeff Bernstein]

24 Dolly Zooms in Fear of Fear (1975)

 

A film about a woman’s struggle with mental illness. Put another way : an early, forward-looking, still-relevant narrative about mental illness, pharmacological issues, and addiction.

 

1. (:39)

2. (1:41–1:53) Title Shot.

3. (20:34)

4. (24:33)

5. (25:29–25:38) A Swooping DZ. (Anticipating The Player, 1:40:57)

6. (37:04)

7. (39:40)

8. (44:26)

9. (47:55)

10. (50:21) A Swooping DZ.

11. (50:57)

12. (51:45)

13. (52:01)

14. (54:26)

15. (57:22) A Swooping DZ. From establishing to CU. Twelve seconds in duration.

16. (57:48)

17. (1:04:17) A slow Swooping DZ.

18. (1:06:56) A slow Swooping DZ. Eighteen seconds in duration.

19. (1:21:01–1:21:15) A slow Swooping DZ. Then Pan Right. Fourteen seconds in duration.

20. (1:21:42)

21. (1:22:03)

22. (1:23:20)

23. (1:24:05)

24. (1:25:02–1:25:12) A slow Swooping DZ. Then Zoom Out.

 

Q : Did Fear of Fear (1975) hold the record for the film incorporating the most Dolly Zooms—until The Player (1992)?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 2, 2023 by Jeff Bernstein