was argento really the first to introduce this kind of shooting? according to the information of my copy of this doovde, he was....i just find it hard to believe someone else wouldnt have already done this before, at least hitchcock or someone...i mean, i know argento is an absolute genius, and he has done so much for film in general, ...anyone know?
shareThe earliest example I could think of was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from 1931 by Rouben Mamoulian - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022835/.
But I'd be surprised if Hitchcock hadn't used it before Argento in Rear Window or something like that.
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Definitely FAR from the first. Not only has there been POV shots in other movies, there has been ENTIRE movies that are nothing but POV shots (Lady in the lake, there's a Bogart movie too but i forget the title). That trivia is grossly wrong. Might as well say this is the first film to ever use color too while they are at it.
shareThe Bogart film is Dark Passage where about the first third of the film is from Bogey's point=of-view. I always thought that nobody does first-person pov shots as well or as stylishly as Argento.
shareWhat makes Argento's POV shots different is that they're not obvious from frame 1. The realization that it is indeed a POV shot adds to the tensity and surprises the viewer.
shareI thought they were all to obvious. Especially the glasses of milk that were supposed to be in Fransiscus's hands.
sharei thought about Hitchcock's "Suspicion" with the poisoned glass of milk shots
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