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We Blew It (2017)
WORST. EDITING. EVER.
The opening sequence was so beautiful done, I had hoped this would be another Wild Wild Country, in terms of pace and movement.
But I can't imagine whoever editing the opening also edited the rest of the film. This was the slowest editing I've ever seen, even for a documentary, documentaries themselves being slow by nature.
There are static shots of people that are about to be interviewed,walking towards the camera that last 1:30! Nothing else. Just them walking down the street. Sometimes there is a voice over, sometimes not. It's just painful. Which is a shame because when people do talk they offer incredible insightful views into not only American history, but it's current state of affairs.
It's worth watching for any history buff, or anyonenstill fascinated by the endless ironies of the 2016 election. But as an editor myself I could only take it in sections.
The Marrying Kind (1952)
A not a good remake of "The Crowd'
I saw this film maybe about a year ago. It was very mixed. Like the earlier comment said it at first seems like it going to be a screwball comedy, but is throughout a intense melodrama of the disintegration of a marriage. Its like Cukor wants to make a serious film, but throws some screwball in a few places to lighten it up. It doesn't really work..he is not Billy Wilder, a director who was so apt at dramedies.
I was just watching King Vidor's "The Crowd" on Youtube, and I kept saying to myself, "Ive seen this in another movie. But which one?". Then I realize it was this one. This is a offbeat remake of the "The Crowd". The ordinary Joe trying to get ahead in some dead end job. The suddenly wealth of an inheritance (in "The Crowd"it was a grand prize of $500), and the careless death of a child.
If you actually liked this film you should see "The Crowd", I thought this film was quirky, but gave it credit for being ahead of its time. But now that I know that its a REMAKE of a film 30 years earlier, I have to say my opinion of it is diminished.