Why is it that this movie, especially at the beginning, almost looks like it was shot on video? I'm absolutely ignorant about the technical side of movie making, so I'm unaware of any explanation for this. Does anyone know?
What's the spanish for drunken bum?
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What's the spanish for drunken bum?
It might be a poor DVD transfer. Check here for comparisons of two different transfers.
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare/limelight.htm
Fringo - I noticed the same thing thing too. I'm watching a TiVo'd recording of it right now and was so curious about it I jumped onto IMDb to see if there was anything here in the "Technical Specs" page to explain it, but no.
It looks to me like the film was shot at 30fps instead of the usual 24. That would be very unusual, especially in 1952. Generally if you step through a video one frame at a time, there is a "freeze-frame" at every 5th frame to reconcile the difference between 24fps film and 30fps broadcast TV.
But when I stepped through an early scene of "Limelight", EVERY FRAME MOVES.
I wonder why they did that.
PS: My Latin friends say "borracho" or something like that, for drunkard.
I guess that would explain it. I'm glad I'm not just going insane!
What's the spanish for drunken bum?