François Truffaut once said that "Film lovers are sick people." He may have been on to something.
Showing posts with label Anna Karenina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anna Karenina. Show all posts
Monday, February 25, 2013
Oscars 2013 Prediction Scorecard
A few days ago, I posted my predictions for the 2012 Oscars, breaking the categories into Technical and Major Awards. In the process, I predicted that Lincoln would take most of the biggies, that Skyfall would win Best Cinematography, and that rank sentimentality would ensure a third Oscar for Robert De Niro.
Shows what I fucking know, right?
Anyway, I might have gotten a few awards wrong, but how did I do overall? Let's have a quick look.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Film Review: Anna Karenina (2012)
For much of its running time, Joe Wright's adaptation of Tolstoy's classic plays out in an old, crumbling theatre. From the moment that the curtains part to tell the story of Anna (Kiera Knightley) and her impetuous, tragic romance with the young Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), the audience is plunged into a world in which the artifice is brought to the fore. Sets are moved around on camera, extras change from bureaucrats to sellers and merchants in a few well-choreographed movements, and Wright's roaming camera glides around the interior of the theatre, moving from one scene before alighting on a totally different one that occupies the same space.
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