Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Uh oh. Looks like we are steering dangerously close to a Dogma 95 thread. I'm not going to take this too seriously, since there have been two films made under the Dogma 95 seal thus far. I don't agree with their stance against color, but I like their rejection of musical soundtracks. Hollywood tends to use music to cover bad shooting and bad scripts: I feel in some movies as if I'm being told what to feel in each scene by the music. Even better movies are becoming like rock videos: every Scorsese film since 'Goodfellas' has been a chain of popular tunes from the period. I wonder how well 'Goodfellas' would work if there were only ambient music in every scene. If you want more information on Dogma95 - --all one word--see http://www.dogme95.dk/ - -Al The Dvorak Keyboard: pyfgcrl aoeuidhtns qjkxbmwvz > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Welch [SMTP:ewelch@ponyexpress.net] > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 7:38 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica]now:B&W photography > > At 07:42 AM 2/16/99 +0100, you wrote: > >Dogma 95 is not that strange; > > Nathan, > > I'm sure. I meant unusual, more than strange, I guess. although I > think > it's extreme to not allow music dubbing and such things. > > On the other hand, I suspect the equivalent in still photography would > be > only using a 50mm lens and color slide film. Negative would be out > because > it could allow for "interpretation" just like black and white. > > Eric Welch > St. Joseph, MO > http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > > The best lack all conviction, while the worst \ Are full of passionate > > intensity. -William Butler Yeats [The Second Coming]