Frances Ha
Re: Frances Ha
Can someone please tell me what [spoiler]Ha is short for? I was distracted as she was writing it in full and it is bugging me.[/spoiler]
Thanks in advance
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Re: Frances Ha
[spoiler]It was all that would fit into the doorbell label of her new apartment so she folded the -lliday over leaving just Ha of Halliday. Frances Ha.[/spoiler]
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Re: Frances Ha
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Re: Frances Ha
Thanks, someone else said they thought that's what it was but they were not 100% certain.stuartboy wrote:[spoiler]It was all that would fit into the doorbell label of her new apartment so she folded the -lliday over leaving just Ha of Halliday. Frances Ha.[/spoiler]
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Re: Frances Ha
I thought the lead actress was very good and the majority of the film was good. What let the film down for me was the ending.
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Re: Frances Ha
ah I didn't know that you were checking what the Ha was short for I just thought you knew how it came about & just wanted the full thing which as I said isn't particularly important. Well I didn't think so.M R M R wrote:Thanks, someone else said they thought that's what it was but they were not 100% certain.stuartboy wrote:[spoiler]It was all that would fit into the doorbell label of her new apartment so she folded the -lliday over leaving just Ha of Halliday. Frances Ha.[/spoiler]
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Re: Frances Ha
Well I really enjoyed it. I mean, sure the lead is self-obsessed, immature and occasionally annoying, but then aren't we all sometimes? Her being annoying is kind of the point considering the message of the film.
Here's my full thoughts:
http://www.londoncitynights.com/2013/07 ... -noah.html
4/5*
Also, I'm genuinely pretty disturbed by the people criticising the black and white photography. This was a gobsmackingy beautiful film which wouldn't have looked half as good in colour. Black and white photography accentuates texture on screen, something used to brilliant effect in create a world that's simultaneously contemporary and timeless. One of the best looking films I've seen in a long time.
Here's my full thoughts:
http://www.londoncitynights.com/2013/07 ... -noah.html
4/5*
Also, I'm genuinely pretty disturbed by the people criticising the black and white photography. This was a gobsmackingy beautiful film which wouldn't have looked half as good in colour. Black and white photography accentuates texture on screen, something used to brilliant effect in create a world that's simultaneously contemporary and timeless. One of the best looking films I've seen in a long time.
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Was it not contemporary because it was a modern day setting and timeless because you associate black and white with older movies? Had it been shot in colour I doubt any reviews would have rated the cinematography as more than functional but then again I wasn't watching with my 'Art House' hat on.LondonCityNights wrote:Black and white photography accentuates texture on screen, something used to brilliant effect in create a world that's simultaneously contemporary and timeless.
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Yeah that's it. It was contemporary because it was obviously the modern world and timeless because the photography visually links the film to the 60s New Wave work of Godard and Truffaut and to Woody Allen's Manhattan - films that Frances Ha references in the way the dialogue is written, in the plot and in the themes of young urban city dwellers searching for meaning.D-Fens wrote:Was it not contemporary because it was a modern day setting and timeless because you associate black and white with older movies? Had it been shot in colour I doubt any reviews would have rated the cinematography as more than functional but then again I wasn't watching with my 'Art House' hat on.LondonCityNights wrote:Black and white photography accentuates texture on screen, something used to brilliant effect in create a world that's simultaneously contemporary and timeless.
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Re: Frances Ha
It would have been much, much better in 3d