Originally posted by Capo de La Cosa Nostra: What consitutes a "perfectly shot film" as opposed to, say, an "incredibly shot film"?
All I remember, of both films, is liking them very very much. My database entry for Vivre sa vie reads:
"As the opening title explains, this is a film told in twelve scenes; every shot, in its rejection of basic cinematic rules, constantly reminds the viewer who is behind the camera, and the narrative dances along with building momentum until the Monogram B Picture finale."
Capo,
"Perfectly" is an adjective I've seen used by other cinematographers to describe Storaro's work in the film.
Doesn't Godard shoot one of the scenes in "Vivre Sa Vie" in shot/reverse shot albeit not in typical analytic editing? Godard in the film shoots each scene differently and thus giving us a survey of different cinematic techniques moreso than breaking them - shows the endless possibilities on how to stage a scene. In the process, he strays from norms and "breaks rules."
