tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post1317740537194202784..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Post-1968 Movies That Use Dissolves?Jaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-53209836552138275682009-11-15T03:13:40.109-05:002009-11-15T03:13:40.109-05:00There was at least one dissolve in BLAZING SADDLES...There was at least one dissolve in BLAZING SADDLES, and Mel Brooks might've used them in later films as well (can't remember off the top of my head). Brooks also used another old-fashioned transition, seen in BLAZING SADDLES and HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART I -- a still frame of the end of Scene A "flips" diagonally to a still frame of Scene B, and the action continues.Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-53924019022988628242009-11-06T13:08:42.796-05:002009-11-06T13:08:42.796-05:00One of the great dissolve oddities in post-60s fil...One of the great dissolve oddities in post-60s film is Blade Runner, which uses a dissolve in the middle of a dialogue scene (the first conversation between Deckard and Rachel). I've never understood why Scott put it there, given that the film is so very visually careful.<br /><br />Also worth noting that a factor in the fall of the dissolve was television. As TV's limited editing toolbox became the visual standard, dissolves, irises, and wipes, all pretty much impossible with television equipment, started to seem old-fashioned.That Fuzzy Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09586029006083399346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-16271822004970586302009-11-06T07:58:33.127-05:002009-11-06T07:58:33.127-05:00I'd have to get out the DVD to check, but I th...I'd have to get out the DVD to check, but I think Bogdonovich was still using dissolves in "What's Up Doc." I know he also used another technique that is nearly forgotten in today's film and video language in that long pan across San Fransisco to the hotel in morning: the Exterior Establishing Shot.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098471743485897147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-257426168301020602009-11-04T02:17:25.157-05:002009-11-04T02:17:25.157-05:00Just watched Mamet's execrable "homicide&...Just watched Mamet's execrable "homicide"--- it's chock full of cross dissolves in almost every scene transition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-40998079028536529592009-11-03T21:42:34.300-05:002009-11-03T21:42:34.300-05:00You mention the influence of the French wave. The ...You mention the influence of the French wave. The primary impact here was Godard's Breathless and the supposed introduction of the jump cut, which lurched ahead discontinuously within scenes and was a very big influence in general<br /><br />LSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-69936347895236482362009-11-03T21:29:33.704-05:002009-11-03T21:29:33.704-05:00Robert Wise was a former editor and very hands on ...Robert Wise was a former editor and very hands on cutter as a director. Like David Lean (many famous 'shock' and direct cuts in Great Expectations, River Kwai, Lawrence) Wise often imposed very self conscious sound/picture edits in his films, like the 'click clack' editing in Executive Suite, and the sharp "cool" cutting in Odds and the memorable open of West Side Story. He had the ability and interest to experiment with the conventional grammar.<br />LSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-21273069209652214072009-11-03T15:12:07.637-05:002009-11-03T15:12:07.637-05:00Coppola uses them a lot. "Kramer vs. Kramer&q...Coppola uses them a lot. "Kramer vs. Kramer". DePalma. Cimino too.EJKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057325915784712643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-66477531496003699662009-11-02T13:38:00.785-05:002009-11-02T13:38:00.785-05:00Straight cuts were still uncommon enough in late 1...Straight cuts were still uncommon enough in late 1960's big studio American films that "A Guide for the Married Man" could propel its momentum by their sheer overuse. In that film the abrupt cuts made wit play sharper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com