David Lean talks SHOTS *Lawrence of Arabia*
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Here's a MEGA-CUT of the stuff I've been posting on my IG. The great directors all died before the advent of dvd commentary tracks but Spielberg got a 'live commentary' from Lean when they watched the restoration of 'Lawrence of Arabia' together. I've cut Spielberg's story together with a rare clip I found of Lean talking about why he chose specific shots for a pivotal scene in the picture. (The original audio is a British show broadcast at a different frame rate. I've replaced the scenes from the film with hi-def footage but the audio is impossible to sync perfectly.) In my Story Class I bang on about ‘contrast’ being the key to engaging images but also in drama (and sound, music, motion, editing etc.) - which Lean touches on at the end of this clip (it's also nicely illustrated by the Zhivago clip inspired by King Vidor's 'The Big Parade'.
They literally do not make them like this any more.
They just did again with Dune and Dune 2.
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Absolutely.
Rush fan are we?
David Lean was a brilliant story teller and it's not only apparent in Lawrence, but also in Zhivago, as well in Kwai or even Oliver or Passage to India. You are not watching a movie, but going on a adventure. No other story teller has come along since, nor do I expect will we see again.
His pre-color period was also incredible. Flawless adaptations of Dickens as well,
In a David Lean film, you are living IN the movie. His use of the first-person point-of-view, to place US into the eyes and mind of a character, inspired Spielberg.
Haven't seen Dune and Dune Pt II yet have you?
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No wonder Lean was so good with script to screen and visual perception. Lean was probably Dyslexic. He failed miserably at school, but excelled as a storyteller. The man who told a thousand stories that captivated the world....
I SALUTE ALL THESE PROPLE WHO WORKED BEHIND THE SCENE:
How amazing! This is the first time I've ever seen an interview with Lean. He's just as intelligent and eloquent as I imagined he would be. I loved being able to hear him talk about the shots. Listening to the artist speak about his work and what thought went into it has helped me appreciate this movie even more. Thank you for sharing it.
Why the hell hasn’t this more views?? There are million film studies courses in the world and none of them are studying film.
Does it look like modern filmmakers are studying the old masters like David Lean?
@@mikelezcurra810 No. They're probably not intellectually capable of absorbing it. It's all about money, glitz, shallow materialism and 'glamour' now - film is out of fashion. And that despite the fact that the Lean epics, shot in 70mm, as Lawrence and Dr Zhivago were, and properly projected on the big screen, still kick a lot of the modern stuff into the gutter for quality and effect.
Lean, the emperor-genius of the long take. Spellbinding imagery such as this has never been equaled in cinema. A true artist on so many levels. Adore and miss this man!
One of the best films ever made.
Lean's use of the first-person point-of-view, where WE the audience see through the eyes and mind of a character, echoes Hitchcock...and Spielberg.
I watched this movie for the first time in my late 30s and it blue my mind. No movie compares to it, not even Star Wars, Avatar or Dune.
Oh come on, you're apparently not realizing that for Lawrence of Arabia they only had to create another time, not another world, Star Wars was so ground breaking because everything was set in a different world yet looked so realistic, the insides of the spacecraft looked like used cars instead of looking new and pristine, that's what's so groundbreaking about it, Lucas created a world that actually looked lived in instead of like everything was brand new which was the major flaw with everything sci-fi before that.
And Dune/Dune Pt II, wow, just wow, Star Wars and the new Dune movies are what Lawrence of Arabia was in it's time.
Saw this with my parents the first week it was released and we were all completely captivated and transported into that world.
Wonderful description of David Lean’s ability to work with actors, technicians, and script.
He is uniquely able to see through the camera lens and edit with skill creating a piece of art from his own vision.
Best of all, I love to hear David Lean speak. He is a master when he explains his work. It is a pleasure to listen to him.
LOA was a masterpeice . Lawrence was a very interesting and in my view heroic man. I watch the film around once a year just to rmind myself how great a movie is was.
This is sick! Thank you very much for uploading it.
The pinnacle of film art.
Dune and Dune Pt II
Right up there with Lawrence.
I can't wait for Pt III.
This picture is a #Masterpiece by a #MasterofCinema #DavidLean
A certified genius
Bravo!! A superb compendium to gather all the disparate elements and assemble them into a coherent whole. Of course the cut from the match to the sunrise is the greatest straight cut in cinema, even exceeding the cut from the bone to the spaceship. I had to say that about that cut. That cut made me want to make films which I have done for more than fifty years. Your presentation made me want to start making films all over again.
A veritable masterpiece indeed.. I watch it once a year diligently 😊
Lawrence was kept up during the night thinking if it was possible to get all the men across the desert safely without losing any to heat? Afterall, one of the main duties of an officer is to ensure the safety of all men under his command. And he did including the one he went back off after he fell exhausted from his camel.
Lean, God bless him, never sat around expatiatng about the sacred distance between the camera and its subject and other theories of profundity in film; he just MADE profound films.
Lawerence of Arabia remains the best film I’ve ever seen 62 years later,,,,funny enough Oliver Twist in my eyes is Leans #2 film,,, it is a wonder to look at,,, under appreciated
I have seen this interview before for Bragg. When he tlaks about how the critics ripped him for Ryan's Daughter, its really something.
I often wondered how the dog was whipped into that frenzy. Now I know!
I never thought the shot at 3:00 is day for night.
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The scene with Guinness is especially poignant. Lean had directed him earlier in " Great Expectations, " and " Oliver Twist " and Bridge...Kwai. "
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At 16:00 - punching the camera was a happy accident? Random dude ran up.? 😂😂😂
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Don't you mean... Drawn, Shot, & Cut ? In the order of Storyboards Drawn, Footage Shot, and Footage Cut in the Editing room.
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