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327. Directorpiece Theatre: Why Harry Potter’s Later Films Feel Like Fincher Movies
🕑 Added 2020-10-16 13:00:05 +0000 UTC
Abe walks us through the early 2000's and the development of that era’s neo-noir look, how technology facilitated its dominance over the box office, and why Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was both an adopter and a trailblazer in this visual movement. Also, Jim Broadbent was a chair in this movie. Name another movie that’s true. Thought so.
The book that Abe references in the episode is “The Development of Post-war Literary and Cinematic Noir” by Lee Horsley.
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Comments
Lowell Blikre
Here's fun drinking game for sober people; drink anytime Abe says the first name of a director he really respects. You'll be OK. Sobriety assured. Fincher's first name is David. His close friends call him Davo! (with the exclamation point).
Harry Moore
I think, as much as it is a talent to create a new and unique style, EQUALLY it is a valid and important skill to be able to identify that style a film SHOULD take. If you'd told us, the readers, that Harry Potter's late movies should be a nee-noir style we'd have laughed at ya. To be able to see a style, and mentally transfer it mentally to stories and scripts that would benefit it is every bit as valuable as being the pioneer that creates a distinct style.
