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  1. From: blenderdumbass . org

    Tony Scott's 2009 film The Taking of Pelham 123 is a remake of a 1998 TV movie with same name, which is a remake of a 1974 movie with the same name, which is an adaptation of a 1973 book, with the same name. Strangely enough, apart from Denzel Washington playing the hero and John Travolta playing the villain, the film also prominently shows John Turturro an...

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  2. I like #JosephSargent’s 1974 #TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree a lot. It has one of my favorite film sets, the MTA control room. A large room with lots of desks and people in wonderful 70s colors. There are always fantastic tracking shots through the room that divide the image into the three layers of foreground, middle ground and background. It’s also a great demonstration that Cinemascope is not just for exterior shots, but can be masterfully used in interiors. — #CineMastodon #FilmMastodon