The Out-of-Fashion Film Trick That Makes 'The Holdovers' So Affecting

Re:The Out-of-Fashion Film Trick That Makes 'The Holdovers' ... by david927 on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @10:58AM (#38629270)

Dissolves, like so many other touches, were spot on. He didn't just set it in the 1970's but made it feel like a film from that time. And it works. My daughter saw it at her college and wrote, "Why does no one talk about this film?!" She didn't realize that it was just released.

But what I admired more about this film, besides the impeccable acting and flawless script, was the way Payne hinted at a specific trope and then rug-pulled it away, sometimes dramatically.

For me: film of the year.

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Re:The Out-of-Fashion Film Trick That Makes 'The Holdovers' ... by jetrink on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @11:29AM (#38629721)

They even went to the effort of making the opening titles look like they were not made on a computer. I saw the movie in an old, single screen theater that also uses retro pre-feature announcements and it was such an immersive nostalgic experience that I really wasn't ready for.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daKU7mqnrKo

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Re:The Out-of-Fashion Film Trick That Makes 'The Holdovers' ... by HNDen21 on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @11:47AM (#38630028)

Saw it at the Princeton Garden theater which is also old school, could have been plucked right out of the movie :-)

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