Red Mosquito

Rangi Guy wrote:This was fun, and slightly more grounded then the trailer led me to believe it would be

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Jorge wrote:That said, this is the most Netflix-looking Netflix movie ever made. Flat, murky, horrendously underlit, No flavor at all, and no visual identity aside from a few boring tracking shots. This is a shame because the setting is very rich and filled with opportunities -- I kept thinking "ugh! That would've made such a cool shot if they put some sauce into it"

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Jorge wrote:That said, this is the most Netflix-looking Netflix movie ever made. Flat, murky, horrendously underlit, No flavor at all, and no visual identity aside from a few boring tracking shots. This is a shame because the setting is very rich and filled with opportunities -- I kept thinking "ugh! That would've made such a cool shot if they put some sauce into it"

Did Blue Ruin or Green Room really look much better, though? Saulnier has never been much of a visualist.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.