Tuesday, 12 January 2010

12 Angry Men (1957)

Don't think I've ever seen it, but now, finally. And indeed it's a wonderful piece.

There were pieces of dialogue, rather repetitions of dialogue, I did not find too believable, but, for example, how they all literally turn their back on the angry old guy, is a wonderful piece of performance.

I tried to focus on dialogue and shots, getting a feeling for the rhythm, how they used shots, close-ups, &etc to tell this story, but I must admit I did follow the story thoroughly and this kept me from focussing on the "meta-side" most of the time.

Wonderful film.