This is probably where I need to clarify a few things.
When I said "languid pacing", I meant that in conjunction with the physical state I was watching it in. Much like Titanic, you pretty much know the end of the story: Joan of Arc is going to be burned at the stake. So in a way, the pacing...
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Overall Score: A-
:emoji_thumbsup:
- acting
- cinematography
- editing
:thumbsdown:
- questionable editing in parts
- pacing
It's often a good thing when a person has no formal expectations going into a movie. A viewer is more likely to be surprised than...
The Seventh Seal
Score: A-
- pacing
- dialogue
- easily accessible, yet attaining layers of complexity
- cinematography
- costuming
- the women
- make-up
- questionable "acting" sequence
Reviewer's Tilt:
This movie has been on my must-see for quite some time now. Of course, a...
Between now and the time that U.K. plays Mississippi State in College F-Ball this weekend, I'll have an opportunity to catch at least one of these movies. A media library has the Criterion Versions of The Seventh Seal and Joan of Arc, and my local video store has Andrei Rublev. I'm...