It’s strange to use the word “under-appreciated” when it comes to the director behind such hits as Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Contact, Cast Away, and Forrest Gump, but in today’s Hollywood it feels like Robert Zemeckis‘ talents are often overlooked. His eye for composition and structure scene-by-scene is remarkable in his recent return to live-action and certainly the case when it comes to his Allied, which is more entertaining than most of its awards-fare brethren.
With the release of his World War II thriller, it’s time to take a look back at his early directorial eye when he was at USC with two short films. The first is 1972’s The Lift, featuring black-and-white photography and a jazzy score as we follow a man’s bout with machinery. Playing with shadows and close-ups in tight quarters, it shows off a 20-year-old Zemeckis’ control of the camera,...
With the release of his World War II thriller, it’s time to take a look back at his early directorial eye when he was at USC with two short films. The first is 1972’s The Lift, featuring black-and-white photography and a jazzy score as we follow a man’s bout with machinery. Playing with shadows and close-ups in tight quarters, it shows off a 20-year-old Zemeckis’ control of the camera,...
- 11/23/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Short films are an often underappreciated art form. The ability to tell an effective story within “40 minutes or less”, as defined by the Academy, is certainly a talent, and can often be a medium for aspiring filmmakers to prove their chops and transition into feature length productions. The same principle holds true for aspiring actors as well, with many big screen stars honing their craft on smaller movies. Thus, every sunday, we will highlight one such film, to give our readers a look at how directors, writers, and actors perform with time limitations.
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Today’s film is the 1973 short A Field of Honor. The short is co-written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, and directed by Robert Zemeckis. Zemeckis found fame as a director with features such as Romancing the Stone, Back to the Future and its two sequels, and Forrest Gump. His latest feature, titled Flight, released in American theatres this weekend.
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Today’s film is the 1973 short A Field of Honor. The short is co-written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, and directed by Robert Zemeckis. Zemeckis found fame as a director with features such as Romancing the Stone, Back to the Future and its two sequels, and Forrest Gump. His latest feature, titled Flight, released in American theatres this weekend.
- 11/4/2012
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
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