Cinema's Most Iconic Romance Scenes Are Recreated in This Charming Music Video | No Film School

So begins Caitlin Smith's director's statement accompanying the new music video for Brick + Mortar's latest single, Train. The video pays homage to (and pokes fun at) this idea through a series of shot-for-shot reenactments of some of cinema's most iconic romantic moments. We're talking about everything from Annie Hall to Blue Valentine, from The Graduate to American Beauty.

Take a look, and prepare to be charmed:

Here's a list of films that Caitlin and cinematographer Stephen Michael Simon dutifully re-created in the video, as well as few BTS photos which Caitlin was kind enough to send over.

Train Music Video BTS

Romeo + Juliet
Say Anything
Annie Hall
Titanic
It's a Wonderful Life
Dirty Dancing
American Beauty
Sixteen Candles
Grease
Blue Valentine
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Requiem for a Dream
Love Actually
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lost in Translation
The Graduate

Train Music Video BTS

Train Music Video BTS

Train Music Video BTS

What are some of you favorite romance scenes throughout the history of cinema? Share them, as well as any questions you might have for Caitlin, down in the comments!

Source: Brick + Mortar -- YouTube

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Move over, Sean Baker and Steven Soderbergh—Danny Boyle is the latest director to make the bold choice to shoot his latest feature film on an iPhone. Why, you ask? Partly, perhaps, because the team knows it will get them some nice headlines like this one. And partly just because they can.

Whether you love or hate the idea of shooting professional video on iPhones, it’s hard to argue that these latest smartphones aren’t capable of high-end video.

The iPhone 15, which is what Boyle and his team reportedly used for the long-awaited follow-up to the original 28 Days Later in 2002 and its 2007 sequel 28 Weeks Later, in particular, has proven to be a major step forward for Apple and was very much promoted as a filmmaking-capable camera.

Still, as is always the case with these smartphone-shot feature films, there’s more to the story than just the headline here. So let’s explore how Danny Boyle and his team were able to shoot 28 Years Later on an iPhone.

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