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This one is being remade as we speak. Well, it's in post. And, we're not really speaking. What I find most interesting about the remake, and there's not too many things that are interesting about remakes, is that while I was watching this, I kept thinking that it was indicative of the times in which it was made.
Two young psychos come to borrow some eggs from a couple in a gated resort community and exact torture on the family over the next 12 hours.
It gets pretty gruesome.
The cinematography is good early HD - low lighting with few highlights to blow out, but with some long takes that take advantage of the medium. What's interesting is how bad this good example looks now, as HD has begun to come into it's own as a viable medium. You can see this on television in shows like 'Nip/Tuck'.
The lack of breathing room in wide shots is sorely missing. So much so that, when we finally get a wide shot of a house during a brief escape attempt, it's refreshing.
But, I would say that the composition is spot-on, with no noticeable mistakes to speak of.
I'm surprised that it's being remade by Haneke himself, and, more surprisingly, for an American audience. I'm not sure that there's any point to it, and it seems rather shallow by this rather thoughful filmmaker. Although, he does like thumbing his nose at his own kind- namely middle class suburbanites, and one can easily make the assumption that he would relish the opportunity to do the same to some quote-unquote Americans.
If he shoots again on HD, it will be interesting to see if he uses more contrast, maintains the longer takes, or goes more 'American.'
The DP also shot 'The Time of the Wolf' which I thought was masterfully done.
Two young psychos come to borrow some eggs from a couple in a gated resort community and exact torture on the family over the next 12 hours.
It gets pretty gruesome.
The cinematography is good early HD - low lighting with few highlights to blow out, but with some long takes that take advantage of the medium. What's interesting is how bad this good example looks now, as HD has begun to come into it's own as a viable medium. You can see this on television in shows like 'Nip/Tuck'.
The lack of breathing room in wide shots is sorely missing. So much so that, when we finally get a wide shot of a house during a brief escape attempt, it's refreshing.
But, I would say that the composition is spot-on, with no noticeable mistakes to speak of.
I'm surprised that it's being remade by Haneke himself, and, more surprisingly, for an American audience. I'm not sure that there's any point to it, and it seems rather shallow by this rather thoughful filmmaker. Although, he does like thumbing his nose at his own kind- namely middle class suburbanites, and one can easily make the assumption that he would relish the opportunity to do the same to some quote-unquote Americans.
If he shoots again on HD, it will be interesting to see if he uses more contrast, maintains the longer takes, or goes more 'American.'
The DP also shot 'The Time of the Wolf' which I thought was masterfully done.
