#Bill Pope

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[sesiondemadrugada]

Bound (Lana & Lilly Wachowski, 1996).

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spider-man 2 (sam raimi, 2004)

[vertigoartgore]

The Wachowskis's The Matrix Revolutions turn 20 today. Feel old yet ?

[astrogender]

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"You planned this whole thing."

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Alita: Battle Angel (2018) dir. Robert Rodriguez

Cinematography by Bill Pope

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Bound (1996) dir. the Wachowskis

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[cinesludge]

Movie #36 of 2024: Darkman

I watched this when I was around 10 years old and thought it was AMAZING. My kid self was WRONG. Amazon has been on a tear the past year scrounging up old films that you kinda sorta remember seeing in the theater, or on crappy vhs, maybe laserdisc and vaguely recall with some kind of misplaced nostalgia... The point is, however you imbibe this brittle and broken Sam Raimi pulpy b-superhero movie you won't enjoy it. Danny Elfman's score is so reminiscent of Tim Burton's Batman, from a year prior, one has to wonder if he just re-used rejected by Tim Burton compositions and cashed a paycheck for this gig. There's a lot of "problematic" subtext to this crapshoot of a boondoggle of a flim flam of a who gives a shit. That 90 minute runtime though... unbeatable.

[ogradyfilm]

Recently Viewed: Bound

The fateful first encounter between the co-protagonists of Bound—Jennifer Tilly’s femme (albeit not necessarily fatale) mob moll Violet and Gina Gershon’s (comparatively) butch thief Corky—is brilliantly composed by cinematographer Bill Pope. As the two women exchange fleeting, flirtatious glances, their matching closeups condense the space surrounding them, isolating the pair and reducing the world that they inhabit to an indistinct blur, as though their blossoming relationship is the only thing that truly matters. The illusion of intimacy, however, is abruptly shattered by a wide overhead shot, which reveals that the characters are actually occupying opposite ends of a surprisingly roomy elevator, with Joe Pantoliano’s sleazy gangster situated directly between them—elegantly (almost subliminally) establishing the story’s central conflict barely thirty seconds into the 110-minute running time.

Released just three years before The Matrix launched their careers, Bound is the Wachowskis’ answer to the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple—a lean, mean postmodern masterpiece that deconstructs its chosen genre by boiling it down to its essential elements, playing its associated tropes and clichés with utter sincerity, and trimming away any excess fat. Indeed, despite its sapphic twist, this steamy neo-noir rarely deviates from the familiar narrative formula—a bare bones, no-nonsense approach that allows the filmmakers’ style to emerge as the movie’s ultimate substance, its raison d’être. And while it never quite delves into the delirious maximalism that would come to define the siblings’ later work (see: Speed Racer, Cloud Atlas), Bound features enough dynamic camerawork and bold framing to sustain the script’s taut, minimalistic plot and deliciously suspenseful atmosphere.

It is, in short, a perfectly calibrated thriller.

[bigspoopygurl]

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

“I love French wine, like I love the French language. I have sampled every language, French is my favorite. Fantastic language. Especially to curse with. Nom de dieu de putain de bordel de merde de saloperie de connard d'enculé de ta mère. It's like wiping your arse with silk. I love it.”

Directors: Lana & Lilly Wachowski

Cinematographer: Bill Pope

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His Silly Rabbit

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Didn't know what to draw so here's a self portrait including lots of random characters I like. VERY random too cause why is Johnny Test and Poppee in the same drawing

[marmsart]

part two of three commissions for @/astral_dyke based on her fic! what could they be getting up to in dr. pope's new office 👀

[vertigoartgore]

Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity from the 1st Matrix movie (still the best).

[femboyhorror]

saw one of these color wheel challenges and figured i'd make my own. was almost going to have 2 characters for each color but figured that'd take too long.