Comparing "All My Life" and "D'Est"

These two films are completely different in every context but I still felt the need to compare them. "All My Life" lasts only three minutes while "D'Est" is close to two hours. "All My Life" has piercing color with beautiful sound and "D'Est" has dull and uninteresting colors and only the sounds of people muttering and passing by can be heard. The first film has no people or objects in it, only the fence and surrounding wheat and grass. The second film has hundreds of people, buildings, and objects. Also, while I considered the first film to be one of my favorites, "D'Est" is low on my list of goodies. However, while these films are ultimately opposites, parts of "D'Est" are similar to "All My Life." The scenes in the train station where the camera slides along the sideways reminded me of the qualities I saw in its opposite. This is the only part of the film that I actually enjoyed because there's always someone or something new to look at. It leaves you wondering what happened to the previous subject that we just saw. In "All My Life," I knew what I was going to see next, but I was still intrigued. I guess one technique that won't fail to catch my eye is the sideways sliding camera. Hmmmm.