I Wonder How 1917 Would Have Felt If:

[Daniel]

I am reading the 5 C’s of Cinematography and the book references the 1946 film Lady In The Lake (LITL) because the entire movie uses a subjective camera angle from the point of view of the eyes of the main character. The protagonist’s face only appears visible in reflections.

Here’s a few minutes of LITL:

As soon as I saw this I wondered what it would have felt like to watch all of 1917 from this POV. I also wondered if that option was ever discussed at some point.

I tried asking AI for a list of 100% POV movies out of morbid curiosity. It came up with a puny list of films made after 2013 and failed to mention LITL. However, it did claim that “1917 is commonly mistaken as a POV film.”

It’s nice to see that reading still uncovers some gems.

 

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[Roger Deakins]

Never considered 1917 as if a POV. A like The Lady in the Lake but ……

[Daniel]

Haha, I understand.

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