Posted by Darth Dobbin at 208-58-251-12.s12.tnt2.nwhv.ct.dialup.rcn.com on August 25, 2000 at 00:30:12:
In Reply to: Re: What about the flat acting? posted by Vincent on August 25, 2000 at 00:19:04:
I give you a Dave McKean painting, and you make a set out of it, and you are not "ripping it off," you are displaying a talent and an eye for translating a 2D image into a 3D world, with cameras and motion.
Beyond that, the artwork used was done by some really revolutionary and groundbreaking artists, whose use of symbolism was very practiced and studied, and all of it was integrated artfully such that it felt like one cohesive vision. It all went to creating something seemingly impossible- a verisimilitude of representing dreaming. That's a hurdle to jump, in my opinion, of the highest kind.
Would you call the MATRIX's visuals "ripoffs" of Darrow's artwork because he designed the look of the technology? Or ALIEN's visuals a "rip off" of Giger becuase Scott did not draw them himself? If you were taken in by the imagery, then the directors did a good job of breathing moving life into still-life..
I was completely engrossed by the movie, and thought it was just wonderful.
How come you never "talk" at the film-411 board about this kind of happy-crappy?