There were 2 things that always impressed me about The Hunt for Red October.
1) It's an excellent example of the movie being better than the book. There are two climactic arcs in the book, but the second one feels like just a regrind of the first, with no higher stakes. Condensing that down to just one real ending makes a lot of sense.
2) Lighting and staging. You get a visceral feel of darkness in the submarines - especially the Russians - but it's actually well lit. Not like a lot of recent movies where darkness is just darkness (which is both boring and frustrating to look at). The focused lights at floor level that illuminate the faces of the Russians from below are really striking. Ditto with the staging that shows the tightness of the control room and the vast size of the missile bay.
Mar 25, 2022·edited Mar 25, 2022Liked by Sonny Bunch
That no "No papers?" moment should be mainlined into the veins of any and all Americans who think this country somehow has it wrong on freedom and liberty and despots like Putin have it right. Nah, never mind. They'll never get, no matter what.
There were 2 things that always impressed me about The Hunt for Red October.
1) It's an excellent example of the movie being better than the book. There are two climactic arcs in the book, but the second one feels like just a regrind of the first, with no higher stakes. Condensing that down to just one real ending makes a lot of sense.
2) Lighting and staging. You get a visceral feel of darkness in the submarines - especially the Russians - but it's actually well lit. Not like a lot of recent movies where darkness is just darkness (which is both boring and frustrating to look at). The focused lights at floor level that illuminate the faces of the Russians from below are really striking. Ditto with the staging that shows the tightness of the control room and the vast size of the missile bay.
That no "No papers?" moment should be mainlined into the veins of any and all Americans who think this country somehow has it wrong on freedom and liberty and despots like Putin have it right. Nah, never mind. They'll never get, no matter what.
Good movie, though.