Kinolab: Film Language Tags: canted frame

Film Language Tag: canted frame

Framing that is not level, creating an unbalanced appearance. [Also known as canted angle or Dutch angle] Corrigan and White, The Film Experience: An Introduction, 5th ed.

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A Date with the Porter, The Third Man

When Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) and Anna Schmidt (Alida Valli) arrive at the Porter's place, the Porter is already dead. The crowd believes Martins was involved and chase him down the street.

A Visit to Papinou, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Jean-Do visits his elderly father, who is unable to leave his apartment, and gives him a shave.

All Hope Gone, The Birth of a Nation

After giving aid to a fallen Union soldier, Ben Cameron leads the charge at the Battle of Petersburg and plants his battalion's flag in a Union canon before he is wounded.

Attempted Murder in a Gallery, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

Sam helplessly witnesses the attempted murder of Monica Ranieri.

Billie Witnesses a Lynching , Lady Sings the Blues

While on a tour of the South, Billie (Diana Ross) witnesses the lynching of a Black man

Blaylock's Demise, The Hunger

Sarah (Susan Sarandon) kills her boyfriend Tom (Cliff De Young), and Miriam (Catherine Denueve) comforts her.

Brawl Breaks Out in Sal's, Do the Right Thing

(TW: use of the n-word) Sal (Danny Aiello) smashes Radio Raheem’s (Bill Nunn) boombox, starting a fight between his family and the residents of the neighborhood that spills out onto the street

Butter Biscuit, BlacKkKlansman

Ron and David Duke share memories of Black figures in their lives.

Captive, Foxy Brown

Foxy Brown (Pam Grier) wakes up in "The Cabin" after being drugged and kidnapped by the gang of white drug dealers who killed her boyfriend (Terry Carter).

Chase in the Sewers, The Third Man

Harry Lime (Orson Welles) flees from the British Police through the sewers of Vienna. He shoots and kills Sergeant Paine (Bernard Lee) and is badly injured. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) kills Lime as he's trying to escape.

Closing Scene, The Great Beauty

As Santa Maria climbs the long staircase inside the Scala Sancta, Jep recalls a recurring memory from his past.

Closing Sequence, Don't Look Now

John follows the red-hooded figure while Laura races to catch up to him.

Closing Sequence, The Earrings of Madame de...

Louise (Danielle Darrieux) prays that Donati (Vittorio De Sica) be spared, then races to the hill where Donati and the General (Charles Boyer) duel.

Closing Sequence, The Hunger

While a detective (Dan Hedaya) finds Miriam's home empty, Sarah (Susan Sarandon) survives and now lives in London.

Closing Sequence, BlacKkKlansman

Ron and Patrice are lured out of Ron’s apartment to witness robed Klansman gathered around a burning cross as the film gives way to footage from the August 2017 white supremacist and neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Closing Sequence, Old Joy

Mark (Daniel London) drops off Kurt (Will Oldham), who wanders around the city at night.

Come with Me, The Story of a Three-Day Pass

Turner (Harry Baird) goes to a bar his first night in Paris and meets Miriam (Nicole Berger), whom he plans to go with to the beach the following day.

Dave's Evaluation, 2001: A Space Odyssey

Hal asks Dave whether or not he sees the mission as strange or suspiscious, and admits to evaluating his psychology.

Does That Make a Book? , The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

After becoming gravely ill with pneumonia, Jean-Do learns that his book is a success.

Dreams of the Sea, Once Upon a Time in the West

Frank (Henry Fonda) returns to the train car and finds Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti) on the verge of death.

Fake Memories, Ghost in the Shell

After Major (Atsuko Tanaka) and her partner Batou (Akio Otsuka) interrogate a garbage man, she goes for a dive in the ocean.

Final Confrontation, Foxy Brown

With the help of the Neighborhood Black Task Force, Foxy Brown (Pam Grier) gets her revenge on her brother's killers.

Guila Defends Herself, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

The assailant attempts to murder Guilia.

He Tried to Rape Me, BlacKkKlansman

Ron arrives at Patrice’s house to prevent Connie from delivering the bomb, but his attempts are thwarted by fellow police officers.

He's Not Coming, Carrie

Carrie's mother attempts to stop Carrie from going to prom.

Horror Movie Viewing, Scream

Randy (Jamie Kennedy) drunkenly watches a horror movie, while Sidney (Neve Campbell) fights the ghost face killer (Skeet Ulrich).

Impaled in the Gallery, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage

Sam is attacked by Monica in the gallery.

In Your Hands, Old Joy

Mark (Daniel London) and Kurt (Will Oldham) get lost trying to find the Bagby Hot Springs.

Information Retrieval, Brazil

Sam (Jonathan Pryce) starts a new position at Information Retrieval and meets his new boss, Mr. Warrenn (Ian Richardson).

Jean-Do’s Story Begins, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

As Bauby begins to narrate his autobiography, his words simultaneously conjure up the past and present of the Naval Hospital in Berck-sur-Mer, including its former tuberculosis patients and the dancer Nijinsky.

Kino, The Heart of the World

Anna becomes the new and better heart of the world: Kino.

Life Remote Control, Exit Through the Gift Shop

Banksy talks about Thierry's documentary, Life Remote Control.

Lynching of Jesse Washington Story x Klan Induction Ceremony, BlacKkKlansman

Jerome Turner (Harry Belafonte) recounts the lynching of Jesse Washington at a Civil Rights rally as it is cross cut with Philip Zimmerman's (Adam Driver) - posing as a white version of Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) - induction into the KKK. Turner describes in detail the murder and we go back and forth between this and David Duke's (Topher Grace) white nationalist speech. All the while, Stallworth is watching the induction ceremony happen from a window.