Zoe ,'The Train Job'
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How does that compare to other directors, and what percentage of his (money) shots does it account for?
I think that shot composition is so strongly associated with Kubrick that to use it would be called "Kubrickian."
I bet the Coen brothers and Fincher have used that composition. Wes Anderson too. But probably with an element of self-consciousness that they were borrowing from Kubrick.
I immediately thought of Moonrise Kingdom (which was the most recent WA film I've seen) and realized that Wes Anderson definitely uses that single perspective a lot, coupled with (I don't know the term) sideways tracking shots.
Here's an interview with Moonrise Kingdom's cinematographer: [link]
Did someone get paid to come up with ridiculous fucking axes to create useless "infographics"?
The number 29.4 is only a little bit bigger than the number 27.7 which is associated with the box office of a different movie everyone hated. Want to know more?
Who could resist a hook like that?
Also, let's not bother adjusting for inflation and ticket prices at all while we're at it.
Why you gotta complicate numbers, PC? Who do you hate?
That is a bad article. I just read the box office mojo article where they cribbed all their comparison choices too.
What do you all think of the boycott of the Orson Scott Card movie coming out in November?