May 7, 2007

steve neale, triumph of the will

Whether or not he got paid to make this article as boring as it was, or maybe neale is just a dull guy, but either way this article could put peaople on speed to sleep. Who cares if neale does a break down of every single shot in the first few minutes of the film. That is the difference between still photography and the moving image, you can't dissect it like you could stills. One is not going to figure out why Triumph of the will is considered a great movie based on Neale exlpaining every shot. The viewer will only understand the movie, and how it was able to affect a country by watching it. Picassos work can be explained. Shakespear can be read. But neither one of these works are worth anything unless you see them in person live. Not to say that any good art should never be talked about, but the director of Triumph of the will took care of the shot by shot pre production aspect of the movie, just show me the movie.

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