Tom Tykwer

I saw two films which was directed by Tom Tykwer named Perfume (2006) and Cloud Atlas (2012) this weekend. And had seen the movie Lola rennt (1998) a few month ago, which is another film Tom directed. The director obviously has his own unique shot langrage and editing method.

Tom Tykwer tend to use a kind of rapid clip to though the plots and expression actor’s mind (always be protagonist’s). He cut and connect several items which are seems like separate but actually have some connection. The final work looks like a sequence of photo slide or montage. For example, when Jean-Baptiste Grenouille come into old flavorist’s cellar, he sees a mass of raw material of perfume like this first time. In this case, the common shot in many other film is panning slowly to show materials. But Tom Tykwer use his rapid clip to show every part of materials separate even without using Shot-Reverse-Shot. It enhances the importance of this sequence and give audience sense of urgency. Also, director use the same skills in Lola rennt (1998) when Lola run to save her boyfriend.


The other skills which always be use together with rapid clip by Tome Tykwer is flashback and cross-cutting. And Tom tend to use it to connect beginning and ending (Perfume) or past time and contemporary (Cloud Atlas and Lola rennt). 

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