http://www.awn.com/ Blog Listing. xx http://www.awn.com/blogs/ricks-flicks-picks/war-horse-2011-12 <!--paging_filter--><!--paging_filter-->Over the years Steven Spielberg has certainly adapted his style to fit the project. The black & white cinematography in SCHINDLER'S LIST added a grim solemnity. The desaturated colors and herky-jerky photography of SAVING PRIVATE RYAN only matched the gritty war sequences. In WAR HORSE, he tackles the first World War with a touch that matches the melodramatic nature of the source book and play. He channels the melodramas of the 1940s and 1950s like John Ford's HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY, creating an almost surreal fable.<p><a href="http://www.awn.com/blogs/ricks-flicks-picks/war-horse-2011-12">read more</a></p> http://www.awn.com/blogs/ricks-flicks-picks/war-horse-2011-12#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:01:00 -0800 rdemott2 106574 at http://www.awn.com