Tommy Cash – Surf (2017)
Everything about this is 🔥
Long time followers will be able to guess that part of what I love about this is the way it makes you think one thing in close-up and then the camera pulls back to reveal the broader context and it’s not quite what you thought it was.
And the use of color is breathtakingly uniform. (Pay attention to the woman’s color and the trim of the plate in the lateral tracking shot of everyone sitting at the table polishing silverware. Note: how this is repeated in just about every scene–including the book bags strewn throughout the bathroom.)
On top of all that: I’m super into the fact that this seems to be a prophylaxis against Wes Anderson’s hollow hipster bullshit. But, I think to leave it at that is to give too little credit. There’s some interesting work being done w/r/t expanding the notion of what camera movement telegraphs about a scene. I’m thinking here of 20th Century Women–which although hell of problematic in it’s politics, does use push ins and pull outs (not those kind, Pervy McPervington) to captivating effect.
Acetylene Eyes 