22nd May 2005, 12:54 AM
DMiller Wrote:I wasn't complaining about the landscapes, per se, but about how busy they were. There is too much going on in the wide angle shots of the landscapes and cities to make them interesting. The eyes want to focus on things but with so much going on in one scene it makes it impossible to focus and, thus, the shots do not have as much appeal.
Complex and busy backgrounds have become a staple in cinema since Fritz Lang's Metropolis. That is of course not the only way to do it as there have been plenty of directors with a more minimalist style, but Lucas follows the tradition of Orson Welles and Akira Kurosawa and therefor uses very visually stimulating areas. An important element to this is the sense of being overwhelmed. :)