Re: Deja Vu
I've developed an immense respect for Mr. Scott after seeing 2004's Man On Fire, and with Deja Vu he remains a master of populist entertainment. The script allows for many unusual but engaging situations- I particularly liked the scenes of Kilmer, Washington, and Goldberg working with the machine- a bunch of intelligent adults trying to work with each other and figure out what's going on. Denzel is eminently watchable, very natural and easy to identify with. I like how each act was slightly more fast-paced and involving than the previous one. The ending is very satisfying. If Micheal Bay's films are for "photographers, editors, and teenage boys," Tony's pictures are for photographers, editors, and adults. This latest effort is smashingly entertaining and incredibly beautiful to look at- all the deep colors, strong compositions, use of slow motion [Caviezel in the lab], and a relaxed but sophisticated visual rhythm that says "no sweat." Those saturated colors really blew me away (Look at Caviezel's eyes in the interrogation scene- they're practically green!). Here is a film that proves a lot will be lost if digital ever takes over completely.
Here's Tony on the eventual dvd, courtesy of about.com-
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Scott says there will be a director’s cut released on DVD. What will be included? “A bunch of stuff, mainly tonal,” said Scott. “This movie is PG-13 and what you’re going to get in the DVD is an R. There's a lot more stuff with Caviezel, more stuff in the lab, there's not much in terms of the love story. Most of the love story’s on the screen.
Editing is a process. Through the process of editing, things get edited down. It’s not because they’re bad. …As standalone, those individual pieces were great. Man on Fire was a classic example. I was obligated on Man on Fire to shoot three different endings because the studio wanted me to shoot three endings. I thought all three endings - have you seen the DVD? The extras are great. Sort of 30 minutes of additional scenes and I edited them, I did music and I color timed. They were really interesting scenes, it’s just that they didn’t… The end of the movie in Man on Fire was the end I always wanted.”
Scott didn’t have time to shoot different scenes specifically for the director’s cut. “No, you don't have the time. I was contracted to do a PG-13 and I didn’t see why. I’ve only done one other movie which was PG, which was Top Gun. I didn’t see why, all my other movies have been R - hard R. True Romance got an X originally. This one felt like it didn't need to be, it wasn't a story that required language or required any more violence than it had in there.” |
Regards,
Nathan
I commented to my friend that if this weren't a time travel story where I knew that Denzel would somehow go back and prevent the explosion I would have walked out after that point, it's a very brutal scene to watch.
