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Films that revolutionized filmmaking
TLDR Battleship Potemkin, The General, Citizen Kane, Breathless, Toy Story, and 2001: A Space Odyssey are all films that made significant contributions to the history of filmmaking, from the use of montage and innovative editing techniques to groundbreaking CGI and minimal dialogue.
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The first movie on the list of films that changed filmmaking is Battleship Potemkin from 1925.
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The movie "Battleship Potemkin" was a narrative silent film that told the story of a 1905 uprising and was banned in some countries for being Russian propaganda, but also made a significant impact in filmmaking history with its use of montage, particularly the Odessa Steps sequence.
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The movie "The General" starring Buster Keaton was highly influential in filmmaking history because it showcased amazing stunts that would be mimicked throughout the years and also popularized the deadpan style of acting.
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Citizen Kane, released in 1941, was a landmark film that pioneered a nonlinear narrative, extensive use of flashback, deep focus, off-center framing, and expressionistic lighting.
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Orson Welles brought the use of moody lighting and shadows from the theater to the movies, as well as low angle shots and the use of ceilings in view, all of which were innovative and influential in filmmaking.
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Breathless introduced the use of jump cut editing, which was jarring at the time but is now commonly used to indicate the progression of time or movement in a more concise and tension-building way.
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Toy Story was a groundbreaking film as it was the first all CGI movie ever made, although now its innovations seem pedestrian.
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Toy Story broke ground in 1995 by being one of the first movies to have dialogue that flew over kids' heads and was appreciated by adults, which eventually led to the creation of the Best Animated Feature category at the Oscars.
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2001: A Space Odyssey was notable for its minimal dialogue, with only 40 minutes of dialogue in the entire 146-minute film, which sets it apart from movies like Interstellar that explain everything every 10 minutes.
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2001: A Space Odyssey had a three-part structure, with the first movement being the dawn of man sequence, the second movement being the how sequence with the computer, and the third movement being when Dave moves on to the next stage of human development with extraterrestrials.
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Stanley Kubrick destroyed all the sets, props, and footage from 2001: A Space Odyssey to prevent them from being reused or recut after his death.
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The speaker did not like the juxtaposition of the realistic story and the surrealism in the movie, as well as the inclusion of a scene where the director uses the main character to tell off critics, and the ending that contradicted the rest of the movie.
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