Re: Raiders' Raven Bar gunfight.

Posted by Belosch from cache1-outside-a.fw-sj.sony.com (160.33.82.116) on Wednesday, September 19, 2001 at 2:19pm :

In Reply to: Raiders' Raven Bar gunfight. posted by Rundquist from adsl-63-201-187-189.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net (63.201.187.189) on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 at 1:50pm :

I couldn't agree with you more! It disturbs me that some
moviemakers believe that "fast editing = excitement." More often than not it's just jarring. On the other hand, Spielberg is a master of action that "flows" from one camera shot to the next with kinetic energy. There are judicious fast cuts, but also more long-held shots as well. This seems to be true regardless of the editor he's
working with, and you can see it in Raiders, Duel, or even a
"lesser" effort like The Sugarland Express. I wish more filmmakers would study this so we could have action sequences that are exhilarating rather than simply nerve-jangling.

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