Executive Managing Editor @IndieWire. Author of books including "Hollywood Victory," out now from @running_press and @tcm.
Dec 23, 2017 • 24 tweets • 10 min read
Before I shut down for the holidays, a few thoughts on #StarWars#TheLastJedi.. Where to begin? Well, to start, it’s the first blockbuster I can remember that demands you scan all edges of the frame. A wide screen has rarely been used this dynamically.
Not to get all David Bordwell on you guys but most blockbusters still do center their action in the middle of the frame regardless of the widescreen format, so what Rian Johnson does is incredible - worthy of Kurosawa, Tati, Preminger, film's masters of widescreen aesthetics.