Comments on: "I started from the top and worked my way down." - Orson Welles

"I started from the top and worked my way down." - Orson Welles

gwint — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:42:29 -0800

Breaking Bad POV. Wes Anderson From Above. Tarantino From Below. Aronofsky for Your Ears.

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By: chococat

chococat — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:49:56 -0800

I like the Breaking Bad one. You can tell they're doing it with a sense of humour. When I was in film school in the 90's there was this pack of guys in my year who worshipped Tarantino. Every one of them had that cheesy 1992 goatee. And in every single one of their films, without fail, there was that POV-from-inside-the-trunk shot of a guy (usually in a suit) opening the trunk.

By: jason_steakums

jason_steakums — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:51:39 -0800

I love the Breaking Bad POV shot where Jesse's cracking eggs into a pan, and then it cuts to a different angle and he's just straight up using a glass pan like wtf.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:53:46 -0800

The Aronofsky one is mostly just from Requiem for a Dream with a bit of Pi thrown in.

By: Falconetti

Falconetti — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:18:36 -0800

The Breaking Bad shovel cam was the first time I was like, now they are just fucking around.

By: Sayuri.

Sayuri. — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:27:47 -0800

Beautiful! Yeah, not a fan of the shovel cam, but that roomba was hilariously unexpected. The Aronofsky one is mostly just from Requiem for a Dream with a bit of Pi thrown in. Yeah, I started tweaking just 30 seconds into watching the thing. When I think of the sounds of Aronofsky, I think of Clint Mansell, which would be a much, much longer compilation. Tarantino's was fantastic, although I'm a bit partial towards that Salyu piece and it would probably make even the Hamster Dance look poignant. I just find the shots from below so engaging of the audience, whereas Anderson's shots are engaging with the opposite angle, they create this empathetic bond between you and the characters. Still don't like Rushmore, though, sorry Wes.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:28:01 -0800

> The Breaking Bad shovel cam was the first time I was like, now they are just fucking around. This was discussed at great length on AMC's Breaking Bad forum. I like it because it has the effect of capturing the viewer's attention, much like what Jesse was trying to do with that tweaker to distract him.

By: angrycat

angrycat — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:31:33 -0800

That shovel-cam brought out this Pavlovian response in me to yell Tucker! over and over again.

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:33:50 -0800

If Django Unchained does not have a shot from inside a saddle bag I'll be very dissapointed

By: C.A.S.

C.A.S. — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:38:34 -0800

nice post, awesome crediting of source

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:12:05 -0800

Sigh. Is there some magic way of getting the "new and improved" Vimeo to work?

By: Artw

Artw — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:14:41 -0800

If Django Unchained does not have a shot from inside a saddle bag I'll be very dissapointed Camera in the barrel of Gatling gun that springs out of a coffin.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:15:36 -0800

Yeah, I started tweaking just 30 seconds into watching the thing. I think I said it here before, somewhere, but through happenstance I watched Requiem for a Dream ten times in one week once, and now I am invincible.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:36:30 -0800

Never mind. It was the Ad Blocker.

By: Edison Carter

Edison Carter — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:31:46 -0800

Still don't like Rushmore, though, sorry Wes. I... I... er... I don't even know what to say.

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:03:18 -0800

Here's the full Roomba scene from Breaking Bad.

By: mhjb

mhjb — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:12:18 -0800

Having never seen Breaking Bad I can only assume it is a series about putting objects into containers and then removing them.

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:23:17 -0800

Having never seen Breaking Bad I can only assume it is a series about putting objects into containers and then removing them. They're minerals, Marie!

By: buriednexttoyou

buriednexttoyou — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:28:46 -0800

Related: Spike Lee Dolly

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:32:42 -0800

> When I was in film school in the 90's there was this pack of guys in my year who worshipped Tarantino. Unless we went to the same school, you may rest assured this was a common phenomenon. Oh, the snappy dialogue. The snappy, edgy dialogue.

By: harriet vane

harriet vane — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:22:24 -0800

I don't suppose anyone's made one of these for the Coen brothers?

By: Sayuri.

Sayuri. — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:29:04 -0800

I don't even know what to say. :( I am disappointed in me, too. Although, given your, and everyone else's, reaction, I will give it another try. I do adore Zissou, though, does that make things less sad? I don't suppose anyone's made one of these for the Coen brothers? THIS! What would the style be, though? Expansive simple landscape shots, or something more interesting?

By: Sayuri.

Sayuri. — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:31:06 -0800

Here's the full Roomba scene from Breaking Bad. Little guy had his work cut out for him!

By: harriet vane

harriet vane — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:08:48 -0800

For the Coens, maybe white lines of a road going by. I feel like that shot is in a lot of their movies, although I could be wrong.

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:07:34 -0800

For the Coens, maybe white lines of a road going by. Many years ago I remember the BBC's Film program doing this for David Lynch's films ending with the lines crawling by for The Straight Story. This was after they had interviewed Lynch, who claimed, with a bit of a twinkle in his eye, that the latter was not an ironic homage to his earlier shots 'that's how fast the lines go by!'