12019-01-24T19:06:49+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b12The Crowd (1928)plain2019-01-24T19:07:12+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3bAfter a quick city montage, the film cuts to a low-angle shot of an enormous skyscraper—actually, a miniature lying on the floor. The camera appears to crane up, up, impossibly up, toward one of the higher floors, where it approaches a window. When the camera’s ascent turns into a descent, we realize the stark contrast between the camera’s seeming ability to go anywhere and John’s own fate, going nowhere.
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12018-12-05T01:29:40+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3bChapter One: American Cinema, German AnglesPatrick Keating8Chapter on silent-era camera movementplain542019-02-03T20:24:52+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
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