Bond vs. Chan: Jackie shows how it’s done

DB here: During the 1990s several critics began to notice that filmmakers were doing something odd with action scenes. Directors were consciously, even joyously, sacrificing clarity. When two characters were punching it out, the framing didn’t make it easy to know who was hitting whom, and how. Changes in angle and shot scale were sometimes … Continue reading Bond vs. Chan: Jackie shows how it’s done