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Do check out this story from the Beat. Dammit. These people are the reason I cannot fill my sketchbook at cons anymore. Check out the comment from Charles Vess.
So, I watched the Good German on Sunday. It’s an interesting film. It is very clear that they went to painstaking lengths to make this feel like a movie from the 40’s or early 50’s. The music feels like it is from that time of filmmaking, overly dramatic-even when it is not needed. It’s in black and white, and the images look a bit faded, but the lighting is terrific. The acting is just slightly over dramatic as well. Steven Soderberg achieves a near pitch perfect feel of an old time noir film. George Clooney and Cate Blanchett both feel like old time movie stars in this picture. Either one would be at home in a film like Double Indemnity or Casablanca(Have I ever mentioned that I love Casablanca? Cause I do). Everything feels right…except one. The repeated use of the words “fuck” and “fucking”. Now, i don’t have a major problem with the profanity in modern movies…but to pay such close attention to detail in attempting to emulate the movies of the past-and yet ignore such a glaring difference between then and now?
