16 jaar geleden verscheen Steven Spielbergs Catch Me If You Can in de Amerikaanse zalen. Daarin jaagt Tom Hanks op een oplichter gespeeld door Leonardo DiCaprio. Hoewel het een box-office-hit was, vindt Guillermo del Toro dat het de meest onderschatte film aller tijden is.

De regisseur van The Shape of Water bekijkt de film minstens één keer per jaar en prees onder meer de acteursregie, het camerawerk en de vertolkingen van Hanks en DiCaprio.

I concur. Prodigious, nimble camera/actor staging. Out Donen’s Stanley Donen (or Minelli or Wellman) and has at heart a wonderful set of performances and a touching, delicate personal story disguised as a romp. I watch it every year at least once. https://t.co/uA7OthTiYU

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) December 24, 2018

His camera is incredibly fluid- like Donen or Wellman and his color scheme and shots can also recall Minelli or Donen. “Some Came Running” or “Funny Face” or “Charade”

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) December 24, 2018

When I watch some pre-code Welman, like “Another Man’s Woman” and marvel at how fluid his camera work is- how inventive. Spielberg idolizes Curtiz, Wyler and I would think, Wellman.

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) December 24, 2018

It’s perfectly engineered. Spielberg is the modern master of the 1-3 minute single shot. Precision work. Leonardo arrives from school and her mother is in the bedroom with the Rotary club guy ( a beautiful master ) and then with minimal coverage he completes the scene

— Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) December 24, 2018

Bron: IndieWire