Thursday, 11 February 2016

Date night at the movies

So we had date night at the DCA and saw the Assassin http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3508840/

Very slow and not much assassination - however, it was stunning and the theme of self restraint and an emotional journey of change was cleverly done.
I particularly enjoyed the sequence, that this still shot comes from.
The Assassin is watching her target from behind gauze curtains. We see her prey from her point of view and they are on screen for about 3 - 5 mins sometimes clearly on view and sometimes very obscured by the gauze. After some time i thought that the gauze curtains were a good metaphor for the Assassin's internal thoughts....
When her victims were clearly on view, the Assassin felt confident - and when they were obscured she was doubtful about her role of killer.

Stunning use of reds, golds, blues and greens too.


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