Vote in TTToTTT Day 2 - Surprise Cameos vs. Three Colors Trilogy (Patreon)
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It's day 2! Our first match-up is...
What Makes a Surprise Cameo Actually Good? (submitted by Eric Johnson)
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Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours Trilogy - The Original Cinematic Universe (submitted by Raman Sehgal)
The cameo video I imagine being kind of like the PG-13 F-bomb video from a few years ago - breaking down a short, simple cinematic device, discussing the functions it serves and how it can be used well. And I have strict rules about what really qualifies as a cameo. Tom Cruise in Goldmember? That counts. Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder? Not a cameo! If they appear in more than one scene it's just a supporting role.
And then for something totally different, we have Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colors Trilogy, some of the most celebrated and iconic European arthouse movies of the 90s (which I only saw for the first time in 2022). These are wonderful, incredible films...that also happen to exist within a cinematic universe, with overlapping characters and timelines. So how is this approach that has come to dominate mainstream franchise filmmaking used by a wildly different kind of movie? What does it add? Could these franchise blockbusters learn anything from it? And despite what the title here says, YES I KNOW IT'S NOT ACTUALLY THE FIRST CINEMATIC UNIVERSE, so the video itself would have a different title.
And don't forget to vote in today's other match-up, Legacy Sequels vs. Hacking in Movies!