Monday, April 13, 2020

Visual Parallels: Knives Out + The Handmaiden



While rewatchimg Knives Out again and admiring its wonderful production design, I realized that the film's lovely cinematography highlights it as much as another movie I love - The Handmaiden. So today I decided to check if there are any visual parallels between them. It turns out that not only there are, but at one point both movies use the coin toss as a way to start and end the flashback.

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19 comments:

  1. I wouldn't have thought of putting these two together, but this is great! Nice job!

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  2. You have a great eye, I never would've considered these two films visually similar.

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    1. I think I'll pair Swallow and Sharp Objects next :)

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  3. Some goods ones here! I agree with Katy and Brittani to I wouldn't have thought of the two as similar but now I do see it :)

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  4. Oh man! You have such a talent in finding similarities in these movies! I really need to watch Knives Out! I've been hearing lots of good things about that movie!

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    1. It's wonderful, you should check it out!

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  5. Don't hate me... I have't seen the The Handmaiden... SO SORRY! But the visuals, I knew, were going to be eerily similar and I wasn't wrong.

    Nice job! As usual.

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  6. I haven't seen the Handmaiden, but now I want to. :D I loved Knives Out too. You have such an eye for these.

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    1. You definitely should, it's a masterpiece!

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  7. I really really dig these posts, even if I haven't seen the movies. opens my inner movie eye up a bit more everytime, thank you!

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    1. Thank you! You should check those two movies out!

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  8. Jesus what a feast for the eyes, amazing work yet again! The attention to detail in these posts is insane; definitely my favorite ongoing blog series.

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  9. Your eye for detail is exquisite. I love how you put your all into these posts.

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  10. This makes me want to rewatch both films. Great post!

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  11. I haven't watched The Handmaid, but I've watched Knives Out. And it's cool to see what cinematic choices were made in both films.
    -Quinley

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