Hi folks,
Watching the sequence of Ryan, 'lyrical' was the last thing that came to
my mind. I gather you refer to the style of this sequence, and although
it is filmed from the character's POV, the images and sounds do not
display his personal feelings, nor those of the filmmaker, but they just
show the battlefield in all its cruelty, very explicitly, as a mere
registration of what happened. To add some subjectivity in the recording
does not change that. I would rather call it 'dramatic', because its
overwhelming effect, supported by the music and the character's POV.
Subjective camera or POV narration doesn't imply automatically a lyrical
stance of narration; they're not even necessary to be lyrical
> According to my usage, the lyrical bits of a movie are the bits where you'd
> typically expect the music to come in.
>
This, IMHO, is what is called 'pathetic' (in the non-pejorative sense of
the word). And I think Spielberg is one of the good examples of pathetic
use of music, sound and images in his films.
Kees Bakker
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