Comments on: TCM Pick O’ The Day: Monday, January 26th

By: texacalirose

texacalirose — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:23:12 +0000

JOHNMARK7:

… scenes with shots of objects meant to be symbolic on a “deep level” of the action or allegory … there’s a cross. There’s a dove! get it? get it? Look! Flowing water. Isn’t that great?

I saw that Bergman movie.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:18:40 +0000

That’s an amazing movie. I keep catching only the last thirty or forty-five minutes, and it makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck every time.

By: johnmark7

johnmark7 — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:09:58 +0000

Yeah, this movie is one big bore. Ford went all artsy on it, but the art was a bunch of movie and photographic cliches by the time he got to use them.

Of course, that didn’t stop Bergman, either, from recycling all the tired straining for iconic shots.

Just tell the damn story, and quit trying to be profound about it.

I read about scriptwriters who lard their scenes with shots of objects meant to be symbolic on a “deep level” of the action or allegory.

To hell with that pointing fingers saying – See! See! There’s a cross. There’s a dove! get it? get it? Look! Flowing water. Isn’t that great?

A story sets up its own symbolic content unconsciously. You don’t have to get all deliberate and artsy about it.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:22:04 +0000

Alas, NetFlix doesn’t have it.