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Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull
As far as shooting in B&W, it seems the only way that this movie could have been made ...my question is would it have been better with a red filter, creating contrast. Check out Paper Moon footage against this very shadowy movie, or even some Orsen Wells films. The red filter used on these movies creates a sharpness and a contrast that is missing. However, the movie does represent the film making techniques of the time with a "Casablacaish" mystique. The characters fade into each other, and the outstanding acting becomes the central focus. Scorcesse's camera angles are the best since Kubrick, when LaMotta goes down with the three-hundred sixty degree camera shot, it precludes Spike Lee's signature move.
Les carabiniers (1963)
Brilliantly Odd
As countrymen fight amongst themselves, two farmers join the fight for riches and fame, writing home to their wives with their view of the battle. Godard used actual letters from soldiers in various wars as a backdrop.
The film was originally panned as the worst film ever made. So much so that Godard pulled the film from all distribution. Amusingly thought provoking.
The best scenes in the film come during their fighting for "the king". Unknown enemy, speaking the same language and wearing the same uniforms, Godard successfully blurs the lines of war and reason.