thefilmbook - edited by Benjamin B » frames https://thefilmbook.net Cinema art & technology edited by Benjamin B - version 3 Fri, 16 Dec 2022 18:38:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 1826 First photograph ever taken https://thefilmbook.net/2021/09/first-photograph-ever-taken/ https://thefilmbook.net/2021/09/first-photograph-ever-taken/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2021 11:28:26 +0000 https://thefilmbook.net/?p=71 [...]]]> View_from_the_Window_at_Le_Gras_Joseph_Nicephore_Niepce
View from the Window at Le Gras, the first successful permanent photograph created by Nicéphore Niépce in 1826, Saint-Loup-de-Varennes. Captured on 20 × 25 cm oil-treated bitumen.

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The bitumen photograph plate

The bitumen photograph plate

The photo was made with an 8 hour exposure in a camera oscura on photosensitive bitumen. The photo is developed by washing away portions not hardened by light.

The plate is on permanent display at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin

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]]> https://thefilmbook.net/2021/09/first-photograph-ever-taken/feed/ 2 21 frames from WHEN THEY SEE US https://thefilmbook.net/2021/06/21-frames-from-when-they-see-us/ https://thefilmbook.net/2021/06/21-frames-from-when-they-see-us/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2021 12:19:49 +0000 https://thefilmbook.net/?p=3490 [...]]]> In her 4-part mini-series When They See Us, director Ava DuVernay details the arrest, trial, incarceration and post-prison release of five young teenagers who were framed by the prosecutor and police, and the heart-wrenching impact of this scandalous injustice on their lives and their families’ lives.

The compelling humanity of DuVernay’s five intimate stories is masterfully enhanced by cinematographer Bradford Young, ASC, who creates complex imagery with portrait lenses up close in a visual world of selective focus, suffused colors, flares and distorted bokehs.

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When They See Us is a companion piece to Ava DuVernay’s masterpiece documentary The 13th. Together the two movies create a devastating indictment of the American Criminal In-Justice System, and the mass incarceration of African-Americans. While The 13th frames the historical, legal and moral problem, When They See Us shows the human reality of police procedures, the trial process, prison and the handicapped life offered after release from prison.

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LINKS
http://bit.ly/WhenTheySeeUsTrailer
http://bit.ly/WhenTheySeeUsFeaturette

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]]> https://thefilmbook.net/2021/06/21-frames-from-when-they-see-us/feed/ 0 MAD MEN memorable shots https://thefilmbook.net/2014/04/mad-men-memorable-shots/ https://thefilmbook.net/2014/04/mad-men-memorable-shots/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:22:38 +0000 https://thefilmbook.net/?p=2357 MAD MEN memorable shots -thefilmbook
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Anais Bordages from BuzzFeed offers us 69 memorable screen grabs from the Mad Men show.

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]]> https://thefilmbook.net/2014/04/mad-men-memorable-shots/feed/ 0 Pasolini Easter https://thefilmbook.net/2014/04/pasolini-easter/ https://thefilmbook.net/2014/04/pasolini-easter/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2014 10:45:49 +0000 https://thefilmbook.net/?p=2347 [...]]]> easter according to pasolini -thefilmbook-

Images from the the last 4 minutes of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1964 masterpiece “The Gospel According to Saint Matthew”.

The sequence starts with the descent of Christ’s body from the cross, his burial, & the subsequent visit to an empty tomb. The film ends with Jesus telling the disciples that he will always be with them. The music is a beautiful mixture of Bach & the African Missa Luba.

The atheist director tells much of the story with the faces of the non-professional cast, using words from the Gospel sparingly, in an authentic, neo-realist style.

The cinematography is by the great Tonino delli Colli.

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]]> https://thefilmbook.net/2014/04/pasolini-easter/feed/ 0 THE LOVELY BONES by Peter Jackson https://thefilmbook.net/2013/07/the-lovely-bones/ https://thefilmbook.net/2013/07/the-lovely-bones/#comments Sun, 28 Jul 2013 01:24:54 +0000 https://thefilmbook.net/?p=638 [...]]]> the lovely bones triptych-thefilmbook-

I finally saw this superb 2009 film by Peter Jackson. The Lovely Bones combines the thriller, fantasy and coming-of-age genres in a unique tapestry of teenage memories and glimpses of an afterlife full of darkness and light.

Saoirse Ronan is powerful as the heroine Susie Salmon, and Stanley Tucci plays a deeply disturbing bad guy. The Lovely Bones has incredible effects by the team at Weta, beautiful cinematography by Andrew Lesnie, and great music — including one of my favorites: Song to the Siren sung by the Cocteau Twins.

If you haven’t seen this movie, do.

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This is my favorite Peter Jackson film.
Although it’s just a “small” movie, it moves me more than The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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