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First McCabe example: opening shot – how perfectly timed the two movements are – camera and credits (also wind over Warner Bros logo as Kolker mentions)
opening shot
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2:01
posing him next to half built church
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17:58
how briefly we see Mrs Miller the first time
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30:18
a complete scene! also a chance to see a good reverse zoom. Altman really likes this fiddle player as someone to either start or end with! (this is right after Mrs Miller has come to town)(also good to hear the sound overlap – sound of the new scene starts well before we get there)
complete scene!
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the zooms – you’re never quite sure where they’re going to land! not always in a straight line. in this one, we don’t know we’re going to wind up on Mrs Miller’s plate of food, we can see the camera wander a bit before it gets there
the zooms
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99:06
the rapid zoom shot – brief – of man who’s going to kill McCabe
rapid zoom shot
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105:11
the last egg he finally does it in one shot!
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118:49
from McCabe dead in snow – all the way to Constance in the opium den - the flute player has replaced the fiddle player!, then back to McCabe dead in snow - not our last star left freezing in the snow!
from McCabe to Constance