Battlestar Galactica

[Charlie Bell]

On 12/04/2008, at 2:24 AM, Martin Lewis wrote:
> On 4/11/08, Charlie Bell <charlie at culturelist.org> wrote:
>
>>> I noticed that take,
>>
>> Takes, dude. More than once in the movie. Over and over, long takes.
>> OK, no single one of them quite as special as the first chunk of  
>> Snake
>> Eyes, but a collection of great sequences.
>
> The thing is the Snake Eyes take is done just because De Palma can.

Yes.
>
> It is hollow spectacle. The long takes in Children Of Men really
> immerse you in the world.

Sure. You'll agree with me that the long takes in Children of Men were  
very carefully thought out, and designed to suck you in to the scene,  
rather than the cinematic wanking of De Palma. (And yes, De Palma was  
just out to slap Altman about...). But the start of Snake Eyes, and  
the start of The Player were still very cool.
>
>
>> Yes, you're talking about the sequence near the end in your post, but
>> there were others.
>
> Yeah, the long shot from inside of the car is brilliant.

That was fantastic.

C.