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There are not less than two situations when a film would possibly throw all logic out the window in favor of transportive phantasmagoria: a musical quantity and a drug journey. (And, if you happen to’re actually fortunate, each on the identical time).
Positive, having your movie go utterly off the rails when a personality partakes in a selection narcotic is a little bit overplayed. However so is butter on popcorn. And guess what? I’m not uninterested in it but. Even when the character is having a foul journey, drug sequences are at all times a very good time: they’re a enjoyable escape hatch right into a a lot bolder and expressionistic visible language. They’re a break from the acquainted rhythms of naturalism, medium close-up photographs, and the legal guidelines of physics.
So, I hate to interrupt it to you, however if you happen to don’t like cinematic journey sequences, you’re a giant ole’ sq.. The video essay beneath unpacks the assorted hallmarks of a visit scene, from the totally different approaches to “appearing excessive” to the ways in which the cinematographer can convey paranoia and a lack of management. The essayist neatly highlights the 2 (two!) journey sequence in Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy: one hypnotic facial melange and the opposite, a literal face-melter.
The essay additionally does a terrific job of underlining how drug journey sequences aren’t simply model workout routines. Although let’s be sincere, a little bit wildin’ out within the model division by no means damage anybody … besides possibly Nic Cage’s melted face in Mandy.
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Who made this?
This video essay on what makes for a very good film journey scene is by Karsten Runquist, a Chicago-based video essayist. You may try Runquist’s again catalog and subscribe to his channel on YouTube right here. You may comply with Runquist on Twitter right here.
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