Actually, there's black and white footage interspersed throughout If… because, like most films, it wasn't shot in order.

With an option for five more, one would hope.

And an excellent response it was, and an extremely involving film. Thanks again for repping it.

@avclub-ed0871ac01726144474982051e55c5f4:disqus That is Lester's stated position precisely.

He had. In fact, Spielberg had been working steadily in Universal's TV division for a few years by that time.

In reality, that's a challenge that Gandalf would face every day.

Hey, they can't mention everything. A Life Less Ordinary is pretty much the definition of "overstuffed." Frankly, when I caught it on cable back in the day, it gave me a headache.

Original Pelham One Two Three or GTFO.

Fetid.

Matt Smith's just this guy, you know.

How much do you want to bet Suicide Kings is going to make an appearance?

I'm vaguely interested in that, but I'm sure I can wait for paperback or hope my library gets it.

If you have Hulu Plus, Criterion has a bunch of Shinoda's films on its channel. The only one I've seen, though, is 1961's Killers on Parade, which is a bizarre cross between a children's fantasy and a violent yakuza flick.

None of Martinez's score have, but that isn't too surprising since the Academy tends to favor epic and orchestral over intimate and electronic.

What about the famous shot in The Manchurian Candidate where Frank Sinatra is slightly out of focus, but he does such a stunning acting job — and the shot is from the point of view of an addled Laurence Harvey — that it works anyway?

Sorry, I'm having a hard time getting past that first paragraph, especially in light of the fate of Germany Year Zero's young protagonist.

I imagine he'll be sanguine.

When you watch the movie letterboxed, the illusion of the super-long chain is preserved by the way the shot is cropped.

One of my favorite VCR-era discoveries was the "Luke!" "Carrie!" moment at the end of Star Wars.

One of us! One of us!