Just watched it, I thought it was not bad! The acting at the start was pretty good, a really intense opening. After that, I tend to agree with CamVader that it became a little slow. I think I was also distracted by the graininess. I'm going to assume that you chose the grainy look to add to the overall gloominess, which is an artistic choice and I can respect that. The one shot that slipped through ungrainy (about 1:10 into the second part) looked pretty sweet and as a comparison I think it would be interesting to see what it would have looked like if clean.
Which brings us onto lighting for which I think you did a good job, in keeping with your film noir look. The tankards of candles is such a brilliant idea and worked very well, I'm definitely going to be experimenting with something along those lines! Again, I'm wondering how it might have looked had there been just a small amount of fill light to bring out some of the set.
Story-wise it was intriguing, but there's bits that I've either missed completely or weren't included deliberately that left me somewhat unsatisfied.
Spoiler: Steve was about to tell us something important, then Frank interfered and I guess we'll never know? Also, what is the deal with Frank? What happened to him? Is there any meaning to his incessant rhythmic knocking? And finally, suicide? I think it was a bit of a rash decision, Allen seemed to be a (mostly) well balanced chap up until then!
See all in all, I enjoyed it, glad I gave it a second chance after reading your detailed analysis (the first time I gave up because it felt a bit slow, lol... 20 minutes watching, plus 30 minutes write-up time, it's precious, man!) Although I don't think the pistols at dawn approach below is the best way of ingratiating yourself to the forum.
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Now tell me, at 21-years-old, which seems to have been 24 years ago for you, what did you achieve?
What did your second production do for you?
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Keep up the good work man and remember that light criticism is to be expected
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