Beauty Break: "Cinema Without People"
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 10:38PM My favorite tumblr of the moment is called Cinema Without People which collects images from movies without the characters in them. Sometimes it's a perfect reminder of the skill of production designers, art directors, and set decorators such as the Goldfinger set.
(One of my favorite awards stats is the different ways that BAFTA and Oscar treat James Bond films and BAFTA rightly nominated this one for Art Direction.)
Other times it reminds you of great storytelling, auteur quirks, or the characters themselves through their very absence. It's nearly always haunting and beautiful. The very shy "about" portion of the tumblr simply declares that it was made with love for introvert film fans. I am not an introvert but I can still feel the love.
After the jump 10 more images that caught my eye that I just loved...
A History of Violence (2005)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Maleficent (2014)
Blue Velvet (1986)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Three Women (1977)
Ida (2013)
[safe] (1995)
Short Term 12 (2013)
Shame (2011)
Reader Comments (5)
I think my favourite of the ones you posted is Three Women. So much character detail in that one shot alone.
One of my favorite sets of images that I always thought was a nice little touch comes from The First Wives Club, It's this sequence where the answering machines are playing messages in each of the trio's homes. You get a little insight into each character with Brenda's own being surrounded by takeout menus or Elise's which is filled with glamour shots of herself. I always liked that.
that Ida scene haunts my dreams
That Three Women shot is fabulous. Such a great film
That Short Term 12 shot is adorable and sad, just like so much of the movie.