Nothing will ever break my heart more than the mirror scene.

@FrameofMind

2 жыл бұрын

Kills me, too.

@dmartinwriter

Жыл бұрын

Lemmon goes through about 30 emotions in 10 seconds. It’s a scene that always hits me in the gut.

This movie is one of my favorite films of all time.

Billy Wilder’s masterpiece. One of those oscar winners for best picture that really earned it.

I can watch The Apt. every single day. Masterpiece.

Billy wilder did it again and again! Perfection all around.

Thanks for this. The Apartment has long been one of my favorite films, but as a technical ignoramus I've mostly been interested in the brilliant writing, directing, and performances. I had a vague idea the movie looked pretty good too, but had never really delved into that aspect. Wonderful choice of scenes to highlight as examples. The scene where Fran staggers out of the bedroom while Baxter is on the phone with Sheldrake is so emotionally fraught that it's easy not to notice the stunning visual execution.

@FrameofMind

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Brian! Billy Wilder films always seamlessly incorporate technical skill to tell stories.

anamorphic black and white is such a cinematic format, the italian films from the 60's used it so well. It would be great to see more modern movies shot like that, Nebraska looked beautiful.

Wow, a fantastic overview. I wish I could be educated like this every day.

I like this movie. specially the soundtrack is amazing.

One of the best films from one of the greatest writers of all time.

@FrameofMind

4 жыл бұрын

Big fan of your Apartment video.

@ScriptSleuth

4 жыл бұрын

@@FrameofMind Thanks!

I can severely relate to this guy everytime i watch this movie 🎬

Just found this. Underrated editing and voiceover. Good job going into a perspective that probably was the reason why many people liked this movie but they didn't know why.

There are so many YT cinema commentaries that *pretend* to have real food for thought, and real insight... so it's nice to run across one that actually does. Great video. Cheers.

The most ravishing use of anamorphic black and white was in Jack Clayton's The Innocents with the genius of Freddie Francis Cinematography. Last I saw, this frightening and elegant gem is still available for free on KZread.

@FrameofMind

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds awesome! Gotta check that out.

great little doc. I absolutely love the look of this film. I personally wouldn't mind if more contemporary films were done in mono

Wonderful and brilliantly editet analysis of one of my personal all-time favourite films. Very insightful and new, content-wise (at least, for me)! I also loved your mentioning of "Jailhouse Rock" (I think it is Elvis's second best film after "King Creole", "Loving You" being third).

Amazing video, the first time I watched this film I was in awe over the b/w anamorphic combo; I wasn’t aware anamorphics had been used as far back as the early 60’s. Thanks for sharing.

Never knew that I was such a Billy Wilder fan; 'The Seven Year Itch' and 'Double Indemnity' are also on my Top Ten 'desert island' lists...

Was just able to see this movie at a theatre and on the big screen for the first time for a revival screening here in Seattle. It's been a favorite of mine for a long time and I do agree that the cinematography of it has always been underrated when it comes to its numerous accolades that are talked about. I always loved the shot of him at his desk in the sea of other office workers in the bullpen (most recently in an episode of Star Wars: Andor, there is a shot of a character getting put in menial job for the Empire and it is eerily similar, but in Star Wars fashion)... and the mirror shot of him looking into it such a great moment. The shot of him sleeping on the park bench is another great one. Great breakdown here.

Wonderful job on this. It's my favorite film and I'm always open to new ways to look at it. I've seen it on the big screen a couple of times. Then only on TV for years, pan & scan, then the same on VHS. Kind of forgot about the widescreen aspect. I've always loved the look of it, the b&w and the Panavision adds so much. As you say, it's a "perfect" movie. Thanks for posting this! ;)

Beautiful. This presentation enables me to appreciate this fine aspect of the director’s and cinematographer’s art.

BEST SCREENPLAY- EVERY WORD VITAL!

Wow. What a great job you do with these videos.

@FrameofMind

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Terrific video. Thank you.

Very illuminating! Just watched The Apartment recently, ( for the umpteenth time, ) and it's as great as the first time.

Wonderfully done. Subscribed! :)

Thanks buddy!! Fun to learn!!

im actually stunned with what i saw. It makes me want to create my animated show in black and white XD

Excellent video on an absolute masterpiece.

Saw the movie thanks to Pogo and his song "J'adore Juin", though that the movie was in french for the title of song. lol Anyways, found out the name of the movie, I saw it and man... It's one of my favorite movies ever! I been rocking my profile pic with Ms. Kubelik because she has an smug expression

One of my favourite movies.

who would downvote this? This was great

@FrameofMind

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

LEARNED SOMETHING NEW TODAY...THANKS

The happiest ending to a film that I've ever seen

Fascinating vid. Very enjoyable.

@FrameofMind

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, homie!

perfection.

Found this video in the related videos for my own Apartment video essay. Great stuff! Subscribed so I can check out your backlog.

Awesome video! Love this film

Enjoyed your approach. And slow chill voice. Very good job!

@FrameofMind

3 жыл бұрын

Such a comment is high praise coming from a channel called Thoughts for Happy Minds! :)

@ThoughtsforHappyMinds

3 жыл бұрын

@@FrameofMind :)) Is a pity you stopped. Did you start another channel?

@FrameofMind

3 жыл бұрын

No... just.... life.... we really want to do another. Hoping that'll happen this year!

@ThoughtsforHappyMinds

3 жыл бұрын

@@FrameofMind :) Life :) Good answer :)

Just 470 subscribers... What a shame...

I thought, great, another KZreadr covering my favourite film from my favoirite director, I gonna subscribe. I was already subscribed...

@FrameofMind

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I'm talking about! :)

@iododendron3416

3 ай бұрын

​@@FrameofMindthree years later, on a Billy Wilder binge, watching again...

All things taken into account probably the best movie ever made.

A wonderfull melancholy Film!

I loved Shirley MacLaine in this; she's wearing the same cute short haircut that she rocked in Hitchcock's 'The Trouble with Harry', in which she was 'introduced'. Is Hitchcock responsible for her look in those 2 films?

@FrameofMind

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great question! Anyone have the answer?

1960 was the golden year of Hollywood

@FrameofMind

Жыл бұрын

Psycho........

Appreciate it. Why do you stop making videos?

Black and White Anamorphics films not mentioned - Bad Sleep Well, High and Low, Red beard, Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo and Sanjiro (just to name a few)

@FrameofMind

2 жыл бұрын

Love all this, thank you!!

Thank you for great video! only one minor mistake, 06'45" text "Yojimo", "Yojinbo" is correct.

@FrameofMind

3 жыл бұрын

😔 I am ashamed Thank you, don’t know how I missed that.

is andrei rublev anamorphic? love the look of that along with marketa lazarova. also onibaba

@FrameofMind

5 жыл бұрын

Yo, excellent eye!! Every film you mentioned was shot using an anamorphic process, according to IMDb. All in black and white, too, no? I guess I need to watch them... (Don't hate me.) I'm not so cultured on classic European and Japanese, which I know is like everything. I will go on a binge one of these days.

My favourite movie of all time. I loved this video, though I do still believe that, considering the dark subject matter of the film, the black and white added a purity to the shots that colour would have failed to do. Any frame of MacLaine's face will show you that.

@FrameofMind

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree!

where did you find high quality scenes of The Apartment?

@FrameofMind

2 жыл бұрын

I can't recall where I got my file... I'm sure I obtained it through completely legal methods. :)

when cinemascope debuted they probably never imagined that after a few years of color productions reverting to monochrome (in anamorphic) features would seriously be even considered

Any chance you could list the other films you briefly showed throughout?

@FrameofMind

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Amateur move not to provide the titles of the films... 1:35 - Sept 20, 1959 Episode of What's My Line with Groucho Marx (lol) 2:12 - The Sound Of Music (1965) - 70mm Todd AO (Spherical) 2:18 - East of Eden (1955) - 35mm CinemaScope (Anamorphic) 2:22 - This Is Cinema (1952) - 3 x 35mm Cinerama (3 x Spherical) 2:25 - Ben Hur (1959) - 65mm MGM Camera 65 (Anamorphic) 2:27 - Sleeping Beauty (1959) - 35mm negatives (blow up to 70mm prints) Super Technirama 70 (Anamorphic) 2:29 - How The West Was Won (1962) - 3 x 35mm Cinerama (3 x Spherical) 2:36 - Guys and Dolls (1955) - 35mm CinemaScope (Anamorphic) 2:41 - 2001, A Space Odyssey (1968) - 70mm Super Panavision 70 (Anamorphic) 3:14 - The Robe (1953) - 35mm CinemaScope (Anamorphic) 4:37 - Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954) - 35mm CinemaScope (Anamorphic) 6:35 - The Hustler (1961) - 35mm CinemaScope (Anamorphic) 6:38 - Jailhouse Rock (1957) - 35mm SuperScope 235 (Anamorphic) 6:40 - In Cold Blood (1967) - 35mm Panavision (Anamorphic) 6:43 - Yojimbo (1961) - 35mm Tohoscope (Anamorphic) 6:47 - Manhattan (1979) - 35mm Panavision (Anamorphic) Hope that's helpful!

@isaiahwilliams2642

2 жыл бұрын

@@FrameofMind it is. Thank You very much

what is the name of the song at the end?

@FrameofMind

4 жыл бұрын

That music is the theme music for The Apartment, otherwise known as "Jealous Lover," composed by Charles Williams. Here's a link... if you listen in for about 20 seconds you'll start to hear the part of the recording I used during the last portion of the video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aJdosNuAaNLLlqw.html

Very interesting. I work in the film business as a Production Manager.

AWESOME MOVIE....GREAT DRY COMEDY

what's the name of the movie at 2:19?

@FrameofMind

2 жыл бұрын

That is East of Eden (1955) directed by Elia Kazan, starring James Dean, Julie Harris, and Raymond Massey.

again if u are over 50======must watch=====jack lemmon shirley maclaine-----AWESOME

Is The Last Picture Show anamorphic?

@FrameofMind

5 жыл бұрын

IMDb says spherical.

@FrameofMind

5 жыл бұрын

Also not wide screen. 1:1.85

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Be a mensch!

The rise & Fall of tv. It began with modern fairy tales , it ends with CNN.

What the fuck is "expersivity"?

@FrameofMind

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, expressivity. Clearly I need to articulate more in these videos.

Pure crap. Wasn't funny at all.

@FrameofMind

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy the movie.

Well made, sexist trope.

@FrameofMind

5 жыл бұрын

Can you expand on your comment. There's definitely sexism represented in the film. Do you mean the whole film is a sexist trope?

@mellow5123

5 жыл бұрын

It''s been a while since I've seen it, but yes, that was my impression. Caveat, I'm feeling that way about lots of films from the earlier decades. Even while so much social progress was being made at the time, the portrayal of women from today's eyes is overwhelmingly demeaning, I feel.

@FrameofMind

5 жыл бұрын

@@mellow5123 I feel you. These days especially, I look at movies from former eras very differently especially given our current culture. Even films made not that long ago, really. I'm finding I almost have to compartmentalize my perspective of some films when watching them... Sometimes I really have contextualize the film within its era to take it in as it is. Of course, I also can't help but look at through modern eyes. And I also look for what remains universal and timeless within the film. I apologize for plugging another video, lol, but I wonder what you'd think of the content of our in-depth Dr. Strangelove video, sort of pertains to this conversation: looking at films from the past from both a modern context and within their time.

@mellow5123

5 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see that. Strangelove is a masterpiece and an old favorite so I will look it up. I'm really glad to have stumbled upon your what I now understand is a channel. Having come from the film world, including having been a colorist for a long time, seeing discussion about not only the technical beauty of film, but cogent discussion of content is highly refreshing. To be continued! @@FrameofMind