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Telluride ‘08: “Benjamin Button” Preview Reactions
Fataculture —
... beyond the cool blacks and blues with florescent highlights that have thus far defined his visual style. It’s a period epic, so the broader visual palette makes sense, but it came as a relief that, within all this beauty, the effects used to transform Pitt first into an 80-year-old man and then backwards into a child felt of a piece and not overwhelmingly effect-y.” She goes into detail as to what she she at the screening, which I did not read, but feel free to do so yourself. As is Anne Thompson , “The movie is gorgeously mounted in minute period detail, complete with ...
Telluride ‘08: “Prodigal Sons,” “O’Horten,” “Tulpan”
Fataculture —
... , ”I’m not sure that it’s especially ‘good’ in the sense of being flawlessly made. But it’s a film about inescapable flaws. Sometimes a movie does the simplest thing film has to offer: it shows us something we have never quite seen or felt before; it shows us something that shocks and alarms us - and that doesn’t have to be an ingredient from a horror picture, or something capable of fictional redemption” Anne Thompson , “Reed tries to weave her story, her brother’s story, and their dramatic family conflict into a coherent documentary, but in this case a more experienced ...
Telluride Round-Up: Brad Pitt Qualifies For Oscar in 20 Minutes Flat [Telluride Film Festival]
Gawker: defamer —
... , a few closer reads of previews emerging from the Rockies suggest the final result might be a little more complex: Extraordinary digital effects! ...
'Benjamin Button' and the Curious Stories Surrounding Him
RopeofSilicon.com —
... " and finally saying, " Certainly there's never been anything like it. " Can the Academy's small brains figure out what they are supposed to do? Let's face it, they don't watch all the films up for nominations and critical perception seems to guide the way more and more these days. Those looking at this situation thinking Paramount is just another studio out to ruin someone's film consider the $150 million price tag and guess again. Benjamin Button has never been approached as anything more than an attempt to woo the Oscar elite and despite something of a meager push for ...
