Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has long been interested in experimenting with form. Using an iPhone to shoot movies like “Unsane” and “High Flying Bird;” recutting “Raiders of the Lost Ark” to be a black and white silent film; putting Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” alongside Gus Van Sant’s 1998 remake to create a new film, aptly titled “Psychos;” whatever the equipment, whatever the experiment, Soderbergh has probably done it – or at least thought about doing it.
In my mind, all of these experiments lead to one clear, albeit seemingly obvious, conclusion – that form truly does matter when it comes to how the audience experiences a cinematic story. Dialogue is important, performance is important, music is important, of course; but the shooting style and camerawork in a film has the potential to fundamentally shift our interpretation of story more so than most anything.
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