This short film is one of the highest caliber, and a model of what short films and feature films should be.
A man starts shaving. He shaves again. He cuts himself. He continues to. Ends in bloodshed. The end.
A good simple story, treated with artistic merit. A complicated story line is what many feel makes a good film nowadays. Stories like Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest are a sublime example of carelessness in the audience's reaction, and the treatment of the medium. So many subplots, special effects, and big sets don't mean squat in the eyes of a visionary filmmaker. A good simple story that allows a lot of room for creative choices, and above all, character, is what a film should be.
I said that this film is his best besides Raging Bull because Raging Bull is of the same blood as this film. Simple story line: The rise and fall of Jake LaMotta. Raging Bull was a character piece, mysterious, henceforth, completely gripping. This is what a masterpiece looks like. The most important memorable parts of the film, from the jail cell scene to the matches, everything was propelling the change of Jake's character, superbly acted by Bob De Niro.
With the Big Shave, a simple act of daily hygiene is turned into a gory blood fest, all in a single moment, and to a tune that's ironically life-like. Whenever I'm in a fight with someone, I don't normally hear Bach playing, I hear Chopin. I don't hear depressing blues, I hear upbeat jazz! So much can be said of the five minutes of SOUL that is supplied by Scorsese.
BRAVO. 11 stars out of 5!
A man starts shaving. He shaves again. He cuts himself. He continues to. Ends in bloodshed. The end.
A good simple story, treated with artistic merit. A complicated story line is what many feel makes a good film nowadays. Stories like Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest are a sublime example of carelessness in the audience's reaction, and the treatment of the medium. So many subplots, special effects, and big sets don't mean squat in the eyes of a visionary filmmaker. A good simple story that allows a lot of room for creative choices, and above all, character, is what a film should be.
I said that this film is his best besides Raging Bull because Raging Bull is of the same blood as this film. Simple story line: The rise and fall of Jake LaMotta. Raging Bull was a character piece, mysterious, henceforth, completely gripping. This is what a masterpiece looks like. The most important memorable parts of the film, from the jail cell scene to the matches, everything was propelling the change of Jake's character, superbly acted by Bob De Niro.
With the Big Shave, a simple act of daily hygiene is turned into a gory blood fest, all in a single moment, and to a tune that's ironically life-like. Whenever I'm in a fight with someone, I don't normally hear Bach playing, I hear Chopin. I don't hear depressing blues, I hear upbeat jazz! So much can be said of the five minutes of SOUL that is supplied by Scorsese.
BRAVO. 11 stars out of 5!