Join us lurking in the gloom as we seek out the best film scenes involving shadows – from the sinister to the comforting
This week's clip joint is by MisterIks. Think you can do better? Email your idea for a future Clip joint to adam.boult@guardian.co.uk
From the claustrophobic dread of gothic silents to the psychological shadows scattered through more modern cinema, shadows have been cast on walls, haunted the past, concealed what we may not want to see or allowed somebody (or something) to emerge into view.
The use of shadows to enrich the a film's atmosphere or narrative has been with us since the earliest cinema. For this Clip joint, I would like your favourite scenes involving shadows. My chosen scenes tend towards the horror genre, so it would to great to also see some clips where shadows offer lighter entertainment, or where shade brings respite...
This week's clip joint is by MisterIks. Think you can do better? Email your idea for a future Clip joint to adam.boult@guardian.co.uk
From the claustrophobic dread of gothic silents to the psychological shadows scattered through more modern cinema, shadows have been cast on walls, haunted the past, concealed what we may not want to see or allowed somebody (or something) to emerge into view.
The use of shadows to enrich the a film's atmosphere or narrative has been with us since the earliest cinema. For this Clip joint, I would like your favourite scenes involving shadows. My chosen scenes tend towards the horror genre, so it would to great to also see some clips where shadows offer lighter entertainment, or where shade brings respite...
- 8/23/2012
- by Guardian readers
- The Guardian - Film News
While hunting around in the archive, British Film Institute Silent Film Curator Bryony Dixon stumbled upon a short film called The Death of Poor Joe from director G.A. Smith which was released early in 1901 – making it the oldest movie featuring a Charles Dickens character. Smith’s career began in 1897, and he managed nearly 100 shorts in 13 years. His most famous work might be A Kiss In the Tunnel (which featured a man and woman stealing some time on a tunnel-darkened train for some romance), but the new recognition here might propel the minute-long Poor Joe to the top of the list. This is especially good timing because, as The Hollywood Reporter points out, because of this year’s celebration of Dickens’s work on the 200th anniversary of his birth. The movie itself features a small crossing sweeper child from the novel “Bleak House,” and it looks appropriately destitute.
- 3/9/2012
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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