08/09 : Autumn Line : Technicolour

Love the oversaturated emphasis of color (excuse me, colour) that POPS the entire film while at the same time the  very quiet and understated flow from rider to rider that carries you through in a happy trance. Technicolour is a journey through color versus the lack of, and in- focus filming compared to the absence of. 

Huge floaty booters to deep pow drops and kinked out rails, combined with the colors, camera focus and special effects end up leaving you with a sense of something very complete. Each rider’s part feels balanced to the others and though they all stand out, you get to the end of the movie and realize you have no idea who you have just watched. The experience is one seamless clip.

Every shot has some primary color that stands out. The one location it stays on for an extended time (Korea) is beautifully filmed, and with the boldness of color, the focus is on people’s faces and their reactions to the world around them.  Besides Korea, the movie does not have over-sessioned rails or a “way too long spent on location” feel.  It moves, it’s prismatic and there is a lot of attention to every detail, even down to the music credits where it shows you the album and artist of each song while playing a clip. The soundtrack is well chosen.

I saw it posted somewhere else that "This is snowboarding," and I have to agree. Autumn Line came out of nowhere with this top-notch snowboard flick, and impressed me with a versitile range of riding talent and editing prowess.

The movie flows exceptionally well, combining some techinical rail mastery with huge jumps, drops, and powder shots. Technicolour doesn't dwell on any one aspect too long that you get bored, but at the same time you don't feel as if you've been rushed through it. There is ample time paid to each of the freestyle disciplines without getting repetitive or glossing over anything. 

Ben Bilocq's opening rail segment is incredible, he absolutely slays a few rails, and then presses them just for fun. Matt Hammer puts down the first no-grab back 360 I've seen in a long time, and it is super clean; oh, it's off a massive cliff drop too. Basically the whole movie is banger-filled, so go watch it already.

The film is well edited, lot's of fun technicolor era touches that give the movie some character. The "old tv" frame look got a little old by the end; luckily it isn't on all the time. Soundtrack is pretty on, well matched to the parts and editing style. The music credits at the end were well done, extra kudos for that.