Tarsem Singh's "The Fall" - and surrealism
I'm looking forward to seeing "Iron Man" and "Indiana Jones" but I don't think either of these films will be even in the same league as Tarsem Singh's "The Fall."
The trailer alone is probably better than both films combined. Tarsem's last film "The Cell" was dark, beautiful, and surreal. I, being a sucker for good surrealism, fell instantly in love with "The Cell." But alas, after 8 years he has finally made a second film!
This brings me to the subject of surrealism. I am of the opinion that filmmakers have not fully explored the surrealist genre. "The Cell" is quite the masterpiece of course, and a great study in its capabilities, but we could go further. I think surrealism actually translates better in film than a painting. Why? Well, because that is how we dream, we dream in "shots," and moving images. Therefore with the magic of filmmaking, anything could be done.
The challenge of course is giving surrealism meaning, and rendering it intelligible. But probably the real reason the genre of surrealism hasn't peaked is because of its challenging nature, to conseive of a world, to create a world that is so different from anything we have ever seen before or after, is quite a daunting task and not for the faint of heart. This is where the true talent lies. Perhaps this is why it took Tarsem 8 years to make his second film?
Imagine if you were watching a film where the rules you know, were constantly broken, this is what made "The Matrix" so amazing, and why the second and third film flopped. We love to watch the rules of our world be broken, thats why we are entertained by magicians. Imagine a film that like a good magic trick left you wondering where, how, even when its going, one in which only the extraordinary is seen. That would make a spectacular film. That would make a film worth remembering.
Tarsem Singh's "The Fall"
One more surrealist film that would be interesting to watch, unfortunately it will never be distributed.
Drawing Restraint 9 - with Bjork
The trailer alone is probably better than both films combined. Tarsem's last film "The Cell" was dark, beautiful, and surreal. I, being a sucker for good surrealism, fell instantly in love with "The Cell." But alas, after 8 years he has finally made a second film!
This brings me to the subject of surrealism. I am of the opinion that filmmakers have not fully explored the surrealist genre. "The Cell" is quite the masterpiece of course, and a great study in its capabilities, but we could go further. I think surrealism actually translates better in film than a painting. Why? Well, because that is how we dream, we dream in "shots," and moving images. Therefore with the magic of filmmaking, anything could be done.
The challenge of course is giving surrealism meaning, and rendering it intelligible. But probably the real reason the genre of surrealism hasn't peaked is because of its challenging nature, to conseive of a world, to create a world that is so different from anything we have ever seen before or after, is quite a daunting task and not for the faint of heart. This is where the true talent lies. Perhaps this is why it took Tarsem 8 years to make his second film?
Imagine if you were watching a film where the rules you know, were constantly broken, this is what made "The Matrix" so amazing, and why the second and third film flopped. We love to watch the rules of our world be broken, thats why we are entertained by magicians. Imagine a film that like a good magic trick left you wondering where, how, even when its going, one in which only the extraordinary is seen. That would make a spectacular film. That would make a film worth remembering.
Tarsem Singh's "The Fall"
One more surrealist film that would be interesting to watch, unfortunately it will never be distributed.
Drawing Restraint 9 - with Bjork
posted by Tim at 1:00 AM
1 Comments:
mmm...i'll definitely be seeing that one. i'm reminded of Pan's Labyrinth a bit. i agree that surrealism in film hasn't been explored nearly enough, and maybe it couldn't ever be explored enough given that there are no limitations which makes the possibilities infinite. kind of like animation which still falls terribly short of its potential.
there couldn't be a better musical piece for this trailer either. i know that when you heard that start to play, you were already won over.
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