Comments on: Bring Me the Head of Tony Scott http://filmjournal.net/robertsharp/2007/05/13/bring-me-the-head-of-tony-scott/ These are the films I watch each week on DVD and at the cinema Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:17:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: anephric http://filmjournal.net/robertsharp/2007/05/13/bring-me-the-head-of-tony-scott/#comment-2295 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:44:48 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/robertsharp/2007/05/13/bring-me-the-head-of-tony-scott/#comment-2295 I'm not sure Scott's been that outrageously inventive lately - everything he's done stylistically recently has been done in the mainstream before, by Oliver Stone for one. And his revoltingly miniscule average shot length makes me feel fairly sick. It's interesting that you pick out Revenge as some kind of turning point for Scott, because that film got taken out of his hands by the producer and recut for being too uncommercial. I’m not sure Scott’s been that outrageously inventive lately - everything he’s done stylistically recently has been done in the mainstream before, by Oliver Stone for one. And his revoltingly miniscule average shot length makes me feel fairly sick.

It’s interesting that you pick out Revenge as some kind of turning point for Scott, because that film got taken out of his hands by the producer and recut for being too uncommercial.

]]> by: Nathan V http://filmjournal.net/robertsharp/2007/05/13/bring-me-the-head-of-tony-scott/#comment-2294 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:47:20 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/robertsharp/2007/05/13/bring-me-the-head-of-tony-scott/#comment-2294 Very perceptive comments on the younger Scott. He is certainly has become quite the artist, especially with the outrageous experimentation of his last few films. Very underated work. As a photographer familiar with cross-processing, hand cranking, etc, it's so exhilarating to see such joyful and proficent application of the craft on the big screen. Glad to see some insightful writing about the guy. Very perceptive comments on the younger Scott. He is certainly has become quite the artist, especially with the outrageous experimentation of his last few films. Very underated work. As a photographer familiar with cross-processing, hand cranking, etc, it’s so exhilarating to see such joyful and proficent application of the craft on the big screen. Glad to see some insightful writing about the guy.

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