Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Down By Law (1986)

This one was a struggle. Many shots composed purely for visual impact all circulated around a non-existant story. Various scenes followed each other with no regard for what came before or after. 

Then: all the characters we saw so far, they all get arrested. They're thrown in the same cell and all of a sudden the story kicks in. And it's great. There are funny scenes and scenes of emotion. It all happens and the interesting thing is - we are never outside of the cell. The camera stays inside with the men, and we get to experience what they do.

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