I was expecting the intro to be someting like: "Hi, my name is Tony, and this is Every Frame a Painting. Now, have a seat, because today, we'll be discussing chairs."

I'm very impressed how you can elaborate on such simple prop as a chair and make me look at movies and film in a whole new way.

Dude. You made chairs interesting....

You ever notice that in Up, the Carl's face becomes more square when Ellie dies, but is rounder at the end? Someone pointed that out to me once.

Oh man, I approve so hard.

This is the only channel where I don't mind the extended breaks between uploads. I know it's all because of quality.

Referencing 'Up'; way to make me tear up during a very good essay on production design.

I hate that you've left us, but I love that you've left us these videos. I will keep coming back, a couple times a year it seems, and re-watching these videos, for as long as I can. You left a gift for us all, and I hope that whatever you're up to these days, you're loving it!

i cant wait to chair this video with my friends

Those jokes with the chairs that you pointed out were really interesting. Mainly the Chaplin one. This reminds me of how clowns are trained to use objects around them as a part of the staging they are in. Many jokes were put together by just using chairs, mic stands, coats, suits and so on.

Every Frame a Painting has taught me more about film than any of my college classes. Such a great resource

You make a video essay about chairs and it's the most interesting thing I've seen all day? Fuck man, that is talent right there.

Every time I look at a scene from the first 5 minutes of Up, a part of me dies and I curse Pixar.

Awesome analysis! I love the wide range of movies you use as examples.

Your music choice is impeccable: Black Star, Kendrick, Wu-Tang…

This is the only channel that get's me excited about chairs.

It’s not just the chair itself that can do visually storytelling, its also how an actor sits in the chair. If the actor sits back, they are either uninterested in a certain topic or has power, if the actor sits forward, they are either very interested in a certain topic or is uncomfortable and has no power

Why is the Hiiipower's instrumental in the background

Fanny and Alexander has maybe the best chair scene ever!!

4:40-4:53 I like this sequence of editing. Notice how the chairs are moving. From still life to chaos and back to still life again. It's a clever method of editing--a way to suggest the editor having his fun like a child in a sand box, throwing around sand--except, here, chairs are being thrown around. And then a return to normality--the stillness of the chairs in the Matrix suggests the framing of his brief time of fun.

I feel like Tony is indirectly making an excellent point about filmmaking, how his videos take the seemingly most mundane aspects of life and/or movies (a fucking chair, for example), and making a fascinating video essay out of it. Much like how he pointed out how David Fincher is able to take otherwise mundane scenes of three people sitting in a room, talking, and making it cinematic....

I love in Better Call Saul when Jimmy wants to hire Francesca even if she is ther first person that they have interviewed. His excitement is combined with a rocking chair, that don't stop moving until the silence of his waiting for Kim approvement.

I've always been fancy to the expression "there are no objects, only stories." Everything has a story to tell if you look closely, even a chair.

The last scene from Werner Herzog's "Stroszek" is a really good use of a chair in the character development (even though it's a telepheric), the "Is this really me?" sign is perfect for the situation and gives the shot a bigger impact.

I remember when I watched Bokurano. That show has an extremely clever use of chairs where it uses them to show details about the different characters. So, the CEO's kid has an executive's office chair, the poor guy just has a mat, the girl who's close to her parents has a rocking chair, etc.

This made me think of Nanny McPhee. In the director's commentary Emma Thompson talks in depth about the chair they got to represent the dead mother.

As soon as i saw the title, I knew "Up" would be referenced. Those chairs so perfectly portray Karl and Ellie's characters. Great video, Tony. Keep up the great work!

you can really extend this to how choices in the production design truly have a an influence on the setting and feeling of a movie

I sorta wish they had gone more book accurate for the Iron Throne where it is this huge crooked monstrosity that towers over the room and anyone wishing to sit in it actually has to climb a flight of stairs, made of swords of course, built into it. It would've sold the importance of the chair a lot more. But of course it would've cost at least double the money and made staging scenes around it a bit more complicated since anyone getting in or out of it would have to climb a bunch of stairs and everyone had to look up at them. I do like that they got around this by actually having the characters comment on how underwhelming the chair is and that there is no way the stated number of swords used in it's construction is accurate.

The one "chair scene" that always stands out the most to me is that scene in BBC sherlock where sherlock is getting ready for johns wedding and he stares at johns empty chair. It just says a lot about those two characters. It's also a mirror of a previous scene where John thinks sherlock is dead and he stares at sherlocks empty chair in mourning.

Great, great, great video! I had never really paid any (conscious) attention to the chairs in the frame. That will change from now on. Thank you for sharing this!

This channel is very rapidly becoming one of my favorites on KZfaq. Keep it up, love all your videos!

Great video man. As someone who prides themselves on understanding the 'art of a scene' this is something I've NEVER thought about. Especially that Godfather 2 Scene... damn...

i really like the scene from the seventh episode in season three of game of thrones where joffrey and tywin are having a discussion about the small council in the throne room with joffrey on the throne. at first tywin is standing at the bottom of the steps leading up to the throne so it makes joffrey look powerful and big but as the discussion intensifies tywin climbs the steps and we can see how he towers over joffrey and as he shrinks back in the chair it's size is much more apparent and he looks small and wimpy. idk mayb it doesn't rlly count bc tywin plays a big role in it too and its not just the chair but. its a v good scene imo

I love all your videos. Thanks very much. Keep 'em coming.

what about that rocking chair from Psycho?

Dude. You blow me away, every time. I watch most of your essays 2-3 times (or more) & often end up watching/rewatching movies you discuss. Like the week long Kurosawa binge I went on a while back. You always do a great job & always make me think. Thanks

Very clever of you to use the beat to Hii Power when talking about how chairs are used to promote higher powers.

loving your videos, especially that you're pointing out things not immediately apparent. great tunes too

Beautiful and inspiring as always, thank you for sharing!

The Up one destroyed me, thank you very much. I'm binge watching your videos and I'm learning a lot. From now on when I watch movies and tv shows I'll be paying attention to many more details. Thank you!!

I like the second possibility you mentioned the most--the chair as an extension of a person. It reminds me of the symbolism used in Star Trek for leadership. The captain's chair on the bridge of any ship is always in the middle of the bridge, bulky, strong, and sometimes the only chair that looks like that on the bridge. "The chair" is often used in place of rank or job; "Number One, you have the chair," when the captain is leaving and placing his Number One in charge. I remember Riker from Next Generation mentioning multiple times his ambition to "sit in that chair" as a job rather than the replacement. I'm fairly certain even the newer Star Trek movies use "the chair" as a symbol for leadership, supporting its themes. And just like in Up, a chair empty that was used often by someone is a great way to symbolize that that person is absent, often dead. Sitting in a specific spot is seems even more immutable than lying in one's own bed, so that someone not sitting in "their chair" speaks louder than them not sleeping in their bed. Neat stuff, great analysis video.

I got a notification for this video at the exact same time I was writing a character telling another to sit. Needless to say I feel I need to rethink the way in which this is done now.

I love how Every Frame a Chair made an entire video just discussing paintings

Really great analysis - love your videos Tony!

My favourite series ever. Please continue !!

Brilliant new episode! You put so much effort into your research for these videos and it really shows.

I was looking for this *exact* video for years, thanks for making this

This is such a wonderful video. This is honestly one of my favorites so far. I love how you've picked what is ultimately not an inherently important thing, but a ubiquitous one, and shown how it can be made useful to the movie. Love it.

Hi Tony! Love your channel! Very insightful and inspiring!

Dude I love your videos, keep makin em

Your videos are really informative and innovative. Thanks a lot Tony.

Just discovered these films and they're great, really well-written and terrific observations 👍👍👍

Amazing video Tony! Thank you!

man i enjoy your videos so much. keep up the great work!

All of these videos are so good and well thought out, this one is no exception

Another fantastic video! This is easily becoming my new favourite channel!

great instrumental choices

Your videos are always so good, keep up the great work!

I can never wait for your next video. Thank you so much for all the knowledge and freshness you bring to KZfaq and the indie film making community.

Quality as always. Keep up the great work Tony.

You are just fucking amazing man.

incredible insight once again. Your videos are such a treat!

Thanks for another entertaining and insightful video Tony

Love the hip hop instrumentals you choose.

As always, your essays are full of insights into the art of film making that always leaves me wanting more.

Amazing. You just took a piece of production that I mostly considered to be trivial and showed that how much it can actually mean in the context of the film. With every video you make Tony, I learn more and more about the small but important nuances of cinema and I'm very grateful for that. Keep up the great work! :D

This is excellent, Tony! Another great piece.

Awesome topic, man. Loved it. I'm glad someone else pays attention to the weird details of set design as well, haha. I'm a big fan of rugs and lamps in movies.

I love your videos. 5 minutes explaining what chair/sittig in a movie can tell about the world or the charachters it's just awesome. Thank you for the content!

Hey tony I love your videos the Amount of detail and thought you put into them is amazing and I learn a Ton from them. Do you want the channel to grow in both scale and frequency(posting) or are you happy with how it is now?

This reminded me of a great scene in American Psycho, which I rewatched recently after having not seen it for almost a decade. There's a scene when Patrick is in his apartment with his secretary, whom he initially makes moves towards killing, thereby making him feel powerful and in control. His attempt to kill her is disrupted by his fiance leaving a voicemail on his phone, which both of them overhear. Patrick, in a moment of embarrassment and humiliation, manages to sit down on the smallest chair in his apartment, which shrivels his posture in response to the voicemail, making him look, firstly, tiny when sitting across from his secretary, but also defeated and ever so slightly more human than what we've grown used to throughout the movie.

Your blowing my mind Tony, your blowing my MIND!

Your videos are some of the best film courses I could have asked for. Kudos.

my new favorite vid, bravo tony

Since I found this channel by accident, I really am amazed by how much you can find out and analyze! Great Job :)

Tony you are amazing! Keep up the good work!

Oh, I'd never thought about chairs this way before ! It will of course improve my productions in the future, your channel is by far the best about cinematography ! keep the good work, thanks !

Where was Dr. Strangelove? A fine chair performance.

I love your videos. Good stuff

Your channel has made me watch film so differently, looking at the shot choice, like where the character is placed and what significance that has, and it's made my viewing experience so much better. Thanks!

These are great please make more

Fantastic work. I’ve been curious when you were going to tackle production design. Just beautifully executed.

Im too impatient to have this channel be my favorite! The waiting kills. I check for new videos daily! Thanks for making this so much a part of me and making it so though provoking. This channel brings up many interesting topics and makes me think more as a film maker while watching the video and when filming, editing, etc.

Probably Tony's best video, every now and then I rewatch it.

love the music and the vid was great as usual. Keep it up!

There is a great quote from Mark Romanek, "If a broken chair has more latent, resonant, potential meaning than and unbroken chair, then break the chair" ... more about having the audience come up with their own theories but a chair is a great vessel for that.

These vids are really cool man!

This channel is magnificent. I'm waiting for some discussion on Visual Design and Atmosphere Creation...Some Kubrick, Tarkovsky and Ridley Scott! :)

Big fan of your videos! Thank you!

Great essay! I've never thought about such a subtle detail, but that's what makes it great.Keep up the good work!

You are my most favourite movie-related KZfaqr! I love how you always think through your videos in every little detail. very nice produced! And so far I have learned so much just from watching your videos. Movies are so much more to me now

I'd totally forgotten about that chair scene in 'Knocked Up', probably my favourite line in the movie

Your videos are quickly becoming some of my favourite in KZfaq.

Man, I absolutely dig your appreciation of hip hop instrumentals.

Brilliant, as always.

Amazing video as always

This video has become a staple in my undergrad semiotics course. It makes concrete and visual all the abstract theory I'm trying to convey to my students. It's a wonderful video-essay!

You are such an inspiration... every time I need to direct something, I always take some hours and take a look at your videos to inspire me more.. Please dont you ever stop doing this, its so nice to have someone to trust.. And you Sir, have our trust for sure.. :)

You have easily become one of my favorite KZfaqrs, man. I love your choice of instrumentals for your videos. Especially the hip-hop ones. Two of my favorite things in the world is Hip-Hop and Movies and you perfectly blend them in your editing and extreme knowledge of cinema. Much love and respect to you.