Effective production design and location choices counter the red lights blasting their faces. If they became friends that quickly, imagine them now. Six weeks later for Nomi is 8 minutes into the film, but 12.5 weeks for us. Time is relative.
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Effective production design and location choices counter the red lights blasting their faces. If they became friends that quickly, imagine them now. Six weeks later for Nomi is 8 minutes into the film, but 12.5 weeks for us. Time is relative.
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Instant intimacy, half undressed before she enters, the film is asking us to guess what has changed. The production design and acting instantly convey an old friendship, a calm space where they can be themselves, almost like a sitcom.
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Instant intimacy, half undressed before she enters, the film is asking us to guess what has changed. The production design and acting instantly convey an old friendship, a calm space where they can be themselves, almost like a sitcom.
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Sometimes in films you are confronted with your own subjectivity. Although most Hollywood mechanics help you abandon yourself, a form of escapism, sometimes you are pulled back by the clarity of taste. I don’t like her nails. She can do better.
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Sometimes in films you are confronted with your own subjectivity. Although most Hollywood mechanics help you abandon yourself, a form of escapism, sometimes you are pulled back by the clarity of taste. I don’t like her nails. She can do better.
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Like a witch conjuring a spell that demands attention, and it succeeds. Through her nails, the caster can read inner thoughts and memories. We get her reaction before seeing the nail design, or the witch would read us too. We are next.
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Like a witch conjuring a spell that demands attention, and it succeeds. Through her nails, the caster can read inner thoughts and memories. We get her reaction before seeing the nail design, or the witch would read us too. We are next.
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Three No’s for every time she was asked. Peter denied Jesus three times, and this is how many times we have to confirm to ourselves who we are. One for impulse, one for doubt and one with certainty. The three-act structure of the film, all in one closeup!
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Three No’s for every time she was asked. Peter denied Jesus three times, and this is how many times we have to confirm to ourselves who we are. One for impulse, one for doubt and one with certainty. The three-act structure of the film, all in one closeup!
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Beautiful shot to begin with. Even better leather jacket. We follow her, the truck wiping the frame offers a reveal of the landscape and then the face of Nomi. Effective blocking that tells the story quickly. She is a woman on the move.
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Beautiful shot to begin with. Even better leather jacket. We follow her, the truck wiping the frame offers a reveal of the landscape and then the face of Nomi. Effective blocking that tells the story quickly. She is a woman on the move.
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This is the third time in 84 days Nomi was asked this, directly or indirectly, only this time there is no sexual interest from the other party but a need to reassure and protect. The key question about the heroine’s journey is established.
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This is the third time in 84 days Nomi was asked this, directly or indirectly, only this time there is no sexual interest from the other party but a need to reassure and protect. The key question about the heroine’s journey is established.
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Today is the anniversary of the theatrical release, and we celebrate with a chuckle on repeat, watching it 31 times in its honour. I feel impatient for this scene to end. I want to move away from the table. I want to dance.
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Today is the anniversary of the theatrical release, and we celebrate with a chuckle on repeat, watching it 31 times in its honour. I feel impatient for this scene to end. I want to move away from the table. I want to dance.
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Before Las Vegas, before Nomi, before the stage, there is the lion. Every spectacle needs an entrance. Showgirls: A Shot a Day begins with a roar.
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Before Las Vegas, before Nomi, before the stage, there is the lion. Every spectacle needs an entrance. Showgirls: A Shot a Day begins with a roar.
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Every new encounter begins with assumptions, but we rarely get the chance to test them. There isn’t much space for actors to explore while sitting down, and Berkley here uses the full depth. If someone did that to me, I would be intimidated.
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Every new encounter begins with assumptions, but we rarely get the chance to test them. There isn’t much space for actors to explore while sitting down, and Berkley here uses the full depth. If someone did that to me, I would be intimidated.
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As is the business, Showgirls announces itself first as an industrial object: MGM's spectacle, United Artists' authorship. Studios above characters, money over dream.
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As is the business, Showgirls announces itself first as an industrial object: MGM's spectacle, United Artists' authorship. Studios above characters, money over dream.
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What an honest response! I initially project myself onto her, a Kuleshov effect of the self, but with every loop I lose more of myself and wonder: maybe she is lying, hiding, condescending. I get lost in the repetition, hoping the next shot will anchor me.
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What an honest response! I initially project myself onto her, a Kuleshov effect of the self, but with every loop I lose more of myself and wonder: maybe she is lying, hiding, condescending. I get lost in the repetition, hoping the next shot will anchor me.
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From the two-shot to her low-angle closeup, almost kissing in vulnerability. Classic Hollywood: she gambled, her bag was stolen, banged a car in anger, fought a random black lady, vomited, ran away in agony, made a friend. It makes sense!
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From the two-shot to her low-angle closeup, almost kissing in vulnerability. Classic Hollywood: she gambled, her bag was stolen, banged a car in anger, fought a random black lady, vomited, ran away in agony, made a friend. It makes sense!
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Lost among the colours of advertisements, none offering what she needs, even if she had the money to buy it. Jeff, you thieving bastard! Hope everyone is still emotionally invested in the slowly unravelling plot. The stakes are high.
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Lost among the colours of advertisements, none offering what she needs, even if she had the money to buy it. Jeff, you thieving bastard! Hope everyone is still emotionally invested in the slowly unravelling plot. The stakes are high.
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Her makeup is so much, it is all i can look at. Will the driver be in equally impressive makeup?
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Her makeup is so much, it is all i can look at. Will the driver be in equally impressive makeup?
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A job? So you mean indefinitely?
Only at the lowest of the low will an artist pursue a job. They would rather comment on one looped shot per day from an iconic 90s film than get a job. For purpose. Unless, maybe, their mum asks them nicely?
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A job? So you mean indefinitely?
Only at the lowest of the low will an artist pursue a job. They would rather comment on one looped shot per day from an iconic 90s film than get a job. For purpose. Unless, maybe, their mum asks them nicely?
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Finally, we are outside the car. A small swerve lets the audience breathe with the promised action and the impending danger: a truck we did not even know was there. The editing cuts just before a possible impact. Will there be a crash?
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Finally, we are outside the car. A small swerve lets the audience breathe with the promised action and the impending danger: a truck we did not even know was there. The editing cuts just before a possible impact. Will there be a crash?
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For a second, she falls into his lap. We have been captive in this car for weeks now (surely Nomi feels the same), and the only human touch has been a forced one. The brief duration prepares us for an action sequence. Brace yourself.
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For a second, she falls into his lap. We have been captive in this car for weeks now (surely Nomi feels the same), and the only human touch has been a forced one. The brief duration prepares us for an action sequence. Brace yourself.
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Like the laws of the wild. She showed him she was dangerous, and he matched her offer. Now they can talk. Admittedly, she did put away the knife in the most awkward way possible.
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Like the laws of the wild. She showed him she was dangerous, and he matched her offer. Now they can talk. Admittedly, she did put away the knife in the most awkward way possible.
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That was quick! She barely did any waiting. Not my experience of hitchhiking. But Nomi gets quick results: She wants something? She will get it fast. The heroin fully established in the first seconds.
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That was quick! She barely did any waiting. Not my experience of hitchhiking. But Nomi gets quick results: She wants something? She will get it fast. The heroin fully established in the first seconds.
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Nomi's makeup matches the Elvis' outfit of our driver, undoubtedly his first line would be "Vegas". Camera setup is destroying the axis here, officially creating a sense of unease and adventure.
Great smirk, this is not her lucky day, is it?
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Nomi's makeup matches the Elvis' outfit of our driver, undoubtedly his first line would be "Vegas". Camera setup is destroying the axis here, officially creating a sense of unease and adventure.
Great smirk, this is not her lucky day, is it?
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Back-and-forth editing here for no apparent reason, unless it is there for the performance, or, even better, to emulate the rhythm of a sexy dance that will follow, like a hidden promise.
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Back-and-forth editing here for no apparent reason, unless it is there for the performance, or, even better, to emulate the rhythm of a sexy dance that will follow, like a hidden promise.
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A jarring cut as if we are already in a dream. The camera moves, the light hits her eyes just right, and the exaggerated win gives the performance something to sink its teeth into. No win goes unnoticed; all gifts shall be exploited.
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A jarring cut as if we are already in a dream. The camera moves, the light hits her eyes just right, and the exaggerated win gives the performance something to sink its teeth into. No win goes unnoticed; all gifts shall be exploited.
#ShowgirlsAShotADay #Showgirls #Elizabethberkley
That is such a great near miss. There it is! Without hitting the brakes or stopping to curse at them, as if they are dancing ghosts on the side of the road, the white limo drives past. So many possible Hollywood choices, but Verhoeven makes the right one again.
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That is such a great near miss. There it is! Without hitting the brakes or stopping to curse at them, as if they are dancing ghosts on the side of the road, the white limo drives past. So many possible Hollywood choices, but Verhoeven makes the right one again.
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