Link a scene that has this technique you’re describing in it.
Are you aware that when they mixed Heat, the sound crew took out all the ‘real’ (blanks) gun shots in the downtown shootout and put in library effects? He made them put all the original sound back in. That is literally one of the greatest and most accurate sounding scenes in movie history. I can’t believe anyone wouldn’t have used the real stuff.
an example is the way you can hear the plates clattering throughout the diner scene.
That’s pretty standard sound. The difference possibly between Mann and others is that a lot of directors hate hearing the background sounds loud. Go outside and listen to sound. Go to a restaurant and listen to sound. Life is noisy and I love that.
I used to go to a Texaco gas station on the corner of Brand (or the street after Brand) and Los Feliz in Glendale, CA and it was just amazing listening to the sound of life as I was filling up the car. I wish most directors liked to hear life, but they don’t. Mann appears to be one who does. It was also fun when I worked on his commentary for Heat and I deleted a mistake he had about geography. When I was asked to explain it, he said I was right and kept it deleted lol.
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Holy shit, what a picture. Basic premise: two sweet old people become burdens to their adult children as they get on in years and they can no longer keep up payments on their own house. So yeah, it will tug on the heartstrings, but not in any way that ever feels cheap or unearned or artificial. It hit me as a son of two thankfully still-healthy (but certainly aging) parents, and it hit me as someone who will hopefully live to be an old man.
I had to do some poking around to even find a way to watch this one, because it showed no apparent streaming or rental options and my library didn’t have it, but I discovered that a service exists called Mometu - it has an app you can download onto whatever you’re using - and you can watch stuff for free (and without ads at that). It doesn’t appear to have much of a catalog, but it had this, and that was worth the free download by itself.
Excellent picture. Highly recommended as long as you’re ready for an emotional experience. It’s a 90-minute movie, so it will ask of your energy but not too much of your time.
4.5/5
Showing Barbarian to my housemates and it’s as good as I remember. 4.5/5
They really should have let Bond retire after Skyfall, what are we even doing here.
We are never making money domestically. That’s what we are always doing with this franchise.
Good Bond movies: Austin Powers; North by Northwest
Meh or worse Bond movies: Actual Bond movies
Bond movies that are for foreign audiences is a very silly concept.
That’s who watches them. U.S. don’t care
this is sort of like how galaxy quest is one of the top 3 star trek movies
Blofeld wins.
HDTGM covers one of the greatest (lol) sci-fi movies of all time…Timecop!
Okay it’s not one of the greatest, but it is a helluva lot of fun. Seen it many times and it never gets old.
Who would win in a battle: Time Cop, Samurai Cop, or Maniac Cop?
Doesn’t matter, they’re all bastards
Sir, I will not accept Robert Z’Darr being disrespected in that manner.
You have! And you will!
