It’s not often in a career that having your hard work go by unnoticed is actually the ultimate compliment.
Movie crews, almost uniformly across any filmmaking disciplines, find themselves in this nebulous zone where the less their work stands out, the more accolades they get from critics, peers and audiences.
If costumes stand out, the characters feel a bit off.
If set decoration draws attention, it doesn’t seem like the story is grounded in a real-life environment.Stunts may be the only exception to the rule.
Seeing daring escapades on screen becomes the bait to get audiences into seats.
Who didn’t have great expectations of what Tom Cruise and company would pull off in “Top Gun: Maverick”?A movie like “Glass Onion” might be a great mystery, but audiences aren’t clamoring to see it because of the amazing stunt work.
But maybe they should.
(Spoilers ahead.
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