Monday, January 31, 2011

#1036: Winter's Bone

10:37 PM / Blu-ray / Comments4 Comments

BD

(BD, Artificial Eye, Region B, UK)

My last blind buy for a while, given my latest credit card statement. I watched it this evening and must admit I wasn't particularly taken by it. I found it to be well-acted and highly proficient in a technical sense but ultimately completely unfulfilling. I just didn't feel it had achieved anything at the end of its 95-minute running time except getting from A to B.

 
4 Comments

1. Kuroneko said:

Mmmmm I 've got this one on my LoveFilm rental queue. Still worth a spin I guess.

Any thoughts on the PQ front Michael? I believe this film was shot with the Red One.

(Posted on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 11:54 PM)

2. Miles Wood said:

This film met my expectations, which were undoubtedly lower than yours, as it's not one I would have shelved out good money to see. It's just the kind of film you'd expect critics and award-givers to like. Like THE SOCIAL NETWORK, I'd probably say it's a good film but not great cinema, though Fincher told a more interesting story.

(Posted on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 3:30 AM)

3. Adam said:

"I just didn't feel it had achieved anything at the end of its 95-minute running time except getting from A to B."

*knock knock knock*
"Where's muh daddy?"
"Girl, I ain't tellin' you nothin'! You best turn right around now..."

::walks over to someone else's rickety trailer::

*knock knock knock*
"Where's muh daddy?"

It's a brilliantly acted film, but the way it approaches the redneck omerta quickly grows very, very tedious. I was so numb to the misery porn by the end that none of it had any lasting impact for me.

(Posted on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 3:33 AM)

4. FoxyMulder said:

Info from IMDB.

Red One Camera, Zeiss Master Prime and Angenieux Optimo Lenses

Film negative format (mm/video inches)
Redcode RAW

Cinematographic process
Digital Intermediate (master format)
Redcode RAW (4K) (source format)

Printed film format
35 mm (Kodak Vision Premier 2393)
Digital

Aspect ratio
1.85 : 1

(Posted on Friday, February 4, 2011 at 12:24 PM)

 
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