LE PLAISIR (Ophüls, 1952): Camera unleashed

Max Ophüls' films should be mandatory viewing for anybody interested in cinematography. LE PLAISIR consists of three Maupassant stories about le plaisir (the pleasure). There not only magnificent deep focus shots and text book dutch tilts but also complicated tracking shots some of which look like blue prints for Iñárritu's BIRDMAN (2014).

Wer sich für Kameraarbeit interessiert, kommt an Max Ophüls nicht vorbei. LE PLAISIR verbindet drei Kurzgeschichten über das Vergnügen von Guy de Maupassant. Der Film enthält nicht nur grossartige Deep Focus Einstellungen und Dutch Tilts sondern auch virtuose Kamerafahrten, die bisweilen wie Vorstudien zu Iñárritus BIRDMAN (2014) wirken.

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Dutch tilts in the first (bottom) and last (top) episode.

Unbroken camera move from third person to first person view...

...of the woman ascending, opening the window and jumping out of it.