Sunday, January 15, 2017

Erotikon (Seduction) 1929

What a delightful surprise to watch a black white silent movie Erotikon (seduction) 1929 by Czech director Gustav Machaty.

Many modern cinema elements in the movie:

The framing,
editing,
camera movement,
montage

Need to study more about this movie, but it is quite impressive in
framing the woman at the edge, to make the man dominate the frame
cut of more closer shot of one person VS less close shot
Dissolving from one person's eye to another person's eye that the first person is looking at - it gives very direct sensation, much more efficient than cutting to it.
when woman's father looks at his wife's pic, the picture is dissolved into his head, very impressive

Gustave's another movie Ecstacy (ekstase) is very controversial - hope I can find where to watch it.

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