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Tom Ronca - 2005-03-22 14:50:13
"ShockHeaded Peter" actually played (albeit very briefly) in L.A. a couple of years ago and seemed fascinating, but I missed it -- will definitely catch it if it makes its' way here again.�'Open Water' plays like a student film to me, in that it goes nowhere but nonetheless has a certain level of craft to it.��From what I can gather about its' making, it was put together by a largely amateur crew, and on the basis of the reception it received at Sundance, got released as a feature.�� I know what you mean about the 'look' of digital video, but it's not always bad. "Open Water" was shot on DVcam, which is basically a prosumer format, as distinguished from the High Definition Digital Video cameras used in shooting films like "Session 9", "Russian Ark" and of course, "Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones".�This Hi-Def DV format actually looks pretty good to me.
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Paula - 2005-03-22 15:06:15
OW has a student-film feel to it, definitely.
As for the video, for the most part, it looks OK, but whenever there's quick movements, it looks blurry. It's just a little off-putting. I noticed that in the Rebecca Miller movie Personal Velocity, but that was a better film, so it didn't jar as much.
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Flasshe - 2005-03-22 20:40:05
This kind of digital video is off-putting to me also. I gave it some leeway because of its origins, but I had a lot of problems with Open Water. It did make me tense though.
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