“The most powerful shot of all,” Demme said in a 2015 interview with Plugged In, “is when you put the viewer right in the shoes of one of the characters so that they are seeing exactly what the character is seeing.” And starting with his offbeat romantic comedy Something Wild from 1986, that’s precisely what he did. This effect, while aided by strong performances, was largely due to Demme’s groundbreaking use of subjective camera angles. It felt like at any moment, we could reach out and touch them, talk to them, connect with them.
Whether revolutionising the concert documentary with Stop Making Sense, or delving into the homophobia of Philadelphia, his films immersed us in conflict, often removing the artifice between audience and character.
Few directors explored the human condition as intimately as the late Jonathan Demme.
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