Ep 117: “Miami Vice”

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We re-mem-buh Michael Mann’s “Miami Vice” and discuss:

• cinematography, shooting multiple formats, emulating a style;
• story & writing, starting deep into the story, grounding the world;
• and other such stuff and things and stuff.

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Notes & References:
They filmed on Kodak film, and digital cameras: Sony CineAlta HDW-F900, and Thomson VIPER FilmStream Camera (iMDB link to tech specs)
John Ortiz iMDB
Dave Grohl doesn’t believe in guilty pleasures

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Reference clip:
I was thrown off by Todd’s comment about a lazy edit with a repeated frame — I didn’t understand what he was referencing until I dug up the clip at the end of the film, this is the repeated frame he’s talking about, they hold on it for over a second, presumably needing more runtime for the rhythm of the sequence? (A fair criticism!)

http://thepestlepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Miami-Vice-repeated-frame.mp4

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