Road to Perdition - How Sam Mendes Tells a Complete Story in ONE Shot

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Oh my god, I wrote a entire essay about this shot in film school, one of my favourite shots of all time and no one talks about it

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This blew my mind....... the fact that a visual deliberately defines the entire story. Wow, sucha beautiful shot. Thanks for sharing this analysis!

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blew ours too, had to share it :D

[@Baelor97]

Great movie. The score & cinematography is outstanding.

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[@heisen-bones]

this is why Conrad Hall (the cinematographer) deserved his Oscar for this movie

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Some of the best Cinematography I’ve ever seen. And I still can’t believe that Thomas Newman hasn’t won an Oscar...to THIS day!!!!Loved the video!

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There's always hope.

[@m.mishra9133]

"...following his thought" Genius.

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great directing

[@afrosymphony8207]

oh man i'd totally forgotten about how much i loved the soundtrack of this movie. gonna go listen to it again thanks lool

[@StudioBinder]

Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:37 Road to Perdition Story 2:26 Scene Exercise - Rack Focus 3:44 How Conner is Presented 4:44 Floorplan & Recap

[@912yos]

Irish Chicago ⭕️⚡️44 son of perdition. Micheal? Michelle? Goat of Mendes presents Baraq Hussein Obama son of perdition.

[@juliogimenez2513]

Films like this is why i appreciate directors like Mendes. They orchestrate a scene and harness the energy from talented actors to drown the viewer into the story.

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[@tturnquest1]

WOW, these are details I didn't notice while watching this movie. Road To Perdition is one of my favorite movies.

[@StudioBinder]

Lot of great directing in this film

[@tturnquest1]

@@StudioBinder Indeed. It's one of the most personal films for me.

[@donvitocorleone6346]

Lord, there is a brooding atmosphere in this film, the cinematography paired with the wardrobe in this film, (which in my opinion, never got the recognition it deserved), Sam Mendes and co. gave it their all, and StudioBinder, you've given us this wonderful exposee about this very subject, loved the video!

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[@Au60schild]

Not to be overlooked is the fact that Mendes shot as much of this movie as he could at night or in very low lighting (eg. the nightclub where he almost was shot, the countyside diner, Niti's office, etc.) to set a dark, malicious tone. It magnifies the difficulty of the task which Sullivan has set for himself, and hints at it's foreboding denouement. It's one of my favorite movies, both for Hank's and Newman's performances, but also for it's screenplay, cinematography, and directing. It definitely helped Newman go out in style, and not just as some cartoon character's voice.

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Sam Mendes and Thomas Newman's collabs will be up there with Nolan and Zimmer, Spielberg and Williams, etc

[@StudioBinder]

Fantastic duo for sure :)

[@mariolanzersto]

When it comes to filmmaker and composer duos, Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone are always in the top 3 of those rankings

[@SHVideografie]

What about holy trinities: (director + composer + cinematographer)? Nolan + Zimmer + van Hoytema / Mendes + Newman + Hall / Leone + Morricone + Colli for example.

[@flavio7180]

@@SHVideografie To be honest, more than half of Nolan’s films have been done with Pfister instead of Van Hoytema (Inception and Dark Knight Trilogy are some of Nolan’s most iconic films, not to mention Memento, The Prestige which are among Nolan’s best and Insomnia which has some great cinematography too). So he deserves a mention as well when we talk about Nolan.

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Appreciate that :)

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So excellent that you covered this! One of my favorite movies but I haven't seen it in years - now need to revisit since I'll appreciate it on a whole other level thanks to insight like yours

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Definately a Connie Hall moment! His art is so much missed.

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very well made!

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Sam mendes is really really underapprieciated

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I think he's getting a lot more appreciation since 1917

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Loved the analysis!

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OMG... the score at 3:40

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Good vid about one of my favourite flicks. Poor Connor...life gave him lemons but he made lemonade...now he’s a secret agent.

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I love the camera wrk for this movie... please can u make a video on cinematography wrk of this movie.. especially that gun shooting scene in rain..

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we could do another director's playbook on it!

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on the way!

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Thanks

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[@alexispapageorgiou72]

Awesome! Another way was the reverse shot. Instead of shooting their backs and just Conor's face, follow the father with Conor always fossilized in the corner of the frame (deep focus) and move back. Grab everyone's reaction to the humiliation and at the moment they pass Conor, let them surpass the frame and zoom in on his back , leaving the audience to imagine his feelings (his left hand on the table will be crucial). Their reactions magnify the humiliation even if we don't see his face, and one two smirks from them is also a knife in the back with this shot. I don't know the relationships between the characters, and which of them he wanted to emphasize but this was also perfect.

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That would be an interesting choice!

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Focus is important

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It is!

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Had to pause mid way through the story section. I gotta watch this movie!

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Not only Mendes best film but one of the best films ever made. And a perfect one!

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Well worth watching for sure

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I watched this movie very recently that only for Conrad L Hall

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[@AllThingsFilm1]

Great video. If I were to shoot that scene differently, instead of pushing in to Connor I would make sure Rooney and Sullivan were in the foreground at the beginning of the shot, screen right. As they walked past Connor, Connor would move from watching them walk by to facing forward. All the while, the camera would be pulling back to make Connor small in the frame emphasizing the emptiness of the room. Thereby, making Connor seem small and insignificant, holding the shot for a few seconds when the room is empty except for Connor. That being said, the original way it was shot was probably the best way.

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I love this episode ❤️

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Underrated movie

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Great video! Do you ever have any issues around using film footage? Do you have to get permission or is it all ok as it's quick and educational? Thanks

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Do a video on Sam Mendes directing techniques.

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Thanks for the suggestion!

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Interesting!!

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[@chiefwitz7547]

Mendes made the right choice by using the rack focus effect.

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Agreed, very elegant camerawork

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Hitchcock/Truffaut is a classic

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[@chrisryan489]

That's also a testament to Conrad Hall. I'm sure he had a lot to do with that decision.

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For sure, he executed Mendes vision perfectly

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Funny I just watched this film a few hours ago... Man, Jude Law is surprisingly great as vilain!

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no movie name mentioned ...... like every time.....

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JOHN WICK story is also similar to this movie.. father saving son’s life frm a man who lost everything

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2:38 I was thinking leave it in a wide shot, he would appear more alienated as the room empties.

[@StudioBinder]

that could work, though it wouldn't focus as much attention on his thoughts

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@@StudioBinder Good point, I was only thinking of the camera. When you have a great actor like Daniel Craig he can convey all of those emotions with a look.

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I don’t like rack focus much It kind of draws too much attention it itself

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Isn't that the intention?

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like all techniques, depends on how the director uses it

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@@jascrandom9855 Ya but it draws attention to the film making

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@@ruly8153 That's not necessarily a bad thing.

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tom hanks

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He was great in this film

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Do about any Indian movie in the next video. pls..

[@amrithraj6796]

And also other than JEALOUSY other main theme is REVENGE, an emotion that Michael Sullivan succumbs to which leads him to his death! JEALOUSY - in John rooney's biological son (connor). VENGEANCE - in John rooney's metaphorical son (sullivan)

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