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Butch_Beth t1_jadg1zs wrote

Reply to Are there any movies that use fundamental movie making mistakes as plot devices? by concept_I

The really notable one I can think of is the Hannibal TV series, the two main characters are infatuated with each other and as one of them begins to lose track of who he is, they will cross the line so they're both facing the same direction. It's a handful of shots spread over the entire series, but it's really quite brilliant.

Satoshi Kon crosses the line to explain it in Paprika, it's part of an extended dream sequence. There are a bunch of filming jokes and intentional 'mistakes' in Day for Knight, a Truffaut film about filmmaking, my favourite is the director having terrible problems filming with a cat and when you see the final edit of the scene, it's just a different cat.

It's rare to do it on purpose, breaking fundamental film grammar usually just looks like a mistake. You've got to be very good.

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agarimoo t1_jadg09f wrote

Reply to I keep end up disliking good films simply because all the characters are sad degenerate fucks and I hate them for it. Is there a trick to liking these kinds of films? by KellyKellogs

If you don’t have a problem with movies that start with what you describe as a sympathetic character that, through difficult circumstances, turns into a cunt, think about the circumstances that turned all those characters you dislike into cunts. Maybe that will help you understand them and not want to torture them.

Charlie Babbit in Rain Man was an orphan raised by a very dismissive father (whose description fits the one of a narcissist) separated from his brother without even being told about it. Of course he was going to turn into a selfish person, that’s what he learned! He learned that the world is a hard place and he can count on no one but himself. You could ask yourself why do you hate him so much when he’s just a regular dude unlike the other murderous characters you listed.

I mean, do you realise you’re asking this character to show compassion while you’re showing none towards him and want him “to be ripped apart limb by limb”?

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MerkelousRex t1_jaddhga wrote

Reply to First Image of Ben Mendelsohn, Jovan Adepo & Shailene Woodley in 'TO CATCH A KILLER' - A talented but troubled police officer is recruited by the FBI's chief investigator to help profile and track down a mass murderer | A film by Damián Szifron ('Wild Tales') by mayukhdas1999

Holy shit they have beaten the dead horse with this trope of the troubles talented cop lol. For fucks sake how many cigarettes and scotch on the rocks is the man gonna drink in the film.

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