Word: camera
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...amusing and sophisticated entertainment. Linklater follows various groups of classmates around on the afternoon, evening and night of the last day of high school, accompanied by a nostalgic '70s soundtrack of ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, etc. There aren't main characters in the traditional sense, but the camera rests longest on the high school quarterback Pink (Jason London), and on soon-to-be-first-year Mitch (Wiley Wiggins). If Pink wants to stay on the football team, he has to sign a new anti-drug and alcohol agreement; all of his teammates have signed already with every intention...
...various points, Linklater uses the camera very effectively to add comedic dimension to the movie. Mitch's final pitch in a baseball game is filmed in slow-motion at an unlikely angle, a funny parody of how B-movies often frame crucial moments. The next scene, of Mitch's hazing (a few guys spank him with wooden paddles) is also slow-motion, and bears clever similiarity to the bull-killing scene in "Apocalypse...
...computer, like all its electronic cousins, is not especially good at surviving abuses. In fact, computers often break down more quickly than, say, a VCR or a camera, because of the delicate components which can wear down easily...
...Britain with no introduction; the notion of a host is American. "We like to be told what's coming," says Baker. "It reassures us." An advance look at his first efforts reveals that the onscreen Baker is indeed reassuring -- an intelligent, amiable presence, with a healthy respect for the camera. "You have to do your damnedest to be yourself," he says. "It's hard, like having your picture taken...
...putting an opera on TV, Nunn faced the usual dilemma: whether to televise an opera performance, with the camera tagging along as the music impels the action, or create a made-for-TV drama, with the camera shaping the action and the music being incorporated. Nunn opted for the latter, and it proves a dubious choice...