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toong_bo
Posted 19 years ago
I was hoping we might start a list here of films that are exemplary in their photography. I don't know much about film and want to start exploring it more, and I particularly want to discover films distinguished by their photography. Which films do you consider most outstanding as pieces of visual art?
Since I've posed the question, I'll start the list. This perhaps doesn't represent a very inspired choice, but then it's precisely my narrow awareness within film that prompted me to post this topic. That said, film #1 is:
1. Schindler's List
I saw this for the first time in over a decade a couple of months ago, and caught my breath more than once at the beautiful compositions and use of light. I think you could freeze the frame almost anywhere in the entire three hours and have a nearly perfect photograph. But one of the scenes I remember most clearly is the wide-angle shot up the giant staircase when the young woman comes to Schindler's office to petition his aid for her family. The shot stretches from the girl in the foreground all the way up the stairs to Schindler's silhouette, which appears wearing a hat in the top right of the frame.
I suppose one reason I choose Schindler's List is that its aesthetics are particularly amenable to the kind of photography sought out here. It is this kind of film I am personally most interested in hearing about, but this need not restrict the list: any film with great photography qualifies.
So, what've you got?
-James
Since I've posed the question, I'll start the list. This perhaps doesn't represent a very inspired choice, but then it's precisely my narrow awareness within film that prompted me to post this topic. That said, film #1 is:
1. Schindler's List
I saw this for the first time in over a decade a couple of months ago, and caught my breath more than once at the beautiful compositions and use of light. I think you could freeze the frame almost anywhere in the entire three hours and have a nearly perfect photograph. But one of the scenes I remember most clearly is the wide-angle shot up the giant staircase when the young woman comes to Schindler's office to petition his aid for her family. The shot stretches from the girl in the foreground all the way up the stairs to Schindler's silhouette, which appears wearing a hat in the top right of the frame.
I suppose one reason I choose Schindler's List is that its aesthetics are particularly amenable to the kind of photography sought out here. It is this kind of film I am personally most interested in hearing about, but this need not restrict the list: any film with great photography qualifies.
So, what've you got?
-James
the other bruce
Posted 19 years ago
The Wings of Desire, at least that is what I think it is called, directed by Wim Wenders. Some of Woody Allen's New York movies. Citizen Kane is dated but it was ground breaking for the use of depth of field aka deep focus.
A lot of Hollywood's original film noir (done before the term was invented) although finding a good print of them is difficult.
One movie I loved the look of was Seconds. Rock Hudson gets a second chance.
A lot of Hollywood's original film noir (done before the term was invented) although finding a good print of them is difficult.
One movie I loved the look of was Seconds. Rock Hudson gets a second chance.
Purely subjective, but, with a street-ish style or theme:
For classic b&w, Carol Reed's The Third Man.
For something more modern, Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decameron (gritty), and Three Colours Blue, White and Red (stunning).
For classic b&w, Carol Reed's The Third Man.
For something more modern, Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decameron (gritty), and Three Colours Blue, White and Red (stunning).
Some of my personal faves are: Chungking Express (Chris Doyle), Lost in Translation (Lance Acord), Days of Heaven (Nestor Almendros, Haskell Wexler), and Collateral (Dion Beebe, Paul Cameron).
A couple more that are very commonly noted for cinematography are In Cold Blood (Conrad Hall) and The Conformist (Vittorio Storaro).
I heartily second Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy. Red (Piotr Sobocinski) is possibly the most profound movie I've seen.
A couple more that are very commonly noted for cinematography are In Cold Blood (Conrad Hall) and The Conformist (Vittorio Storaro).
I heartily second Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy. Red (Piotr Sobocinski) is possibly the most profound movie I've seen.
loungerie
Posted 19 years ago
most of the titles quoted above and, absolutely:
-The third man by Carol Reed (b&w)
-Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrick (colours)
-Accattone by P.P. Pasolini (for its strange use of white)
-Most films (especially in B&W) by F. Fellini
-My own private idaho by Gus Van Sant.
-The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover by Peter Greenaway (and most of his earlier films)
Better if I stop here (while I'm thinking about Antonioni, Visconti, Wenders, Welles)
Ah, and if you haven't seen it yet, don't miss Blow Up by Michelangelo Antonioni. It's all about taking pictures...
-The third man by Carol Reed (b&w)
-Barry Lyndon by Stanley Kubrick (colours)
-Accattone by P.P. Pasolini (for its strange use of white)
-Most films (especially in B&W) by F. Fellini
-My own private idaho by Gus Van Sant.
-The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover by Peter Greenaway (and most of his earlier films)
Better if I stop here (while I'm thinking about Antonioni, Visconti, Wenders, Welles)
Ah, and if you haven't seen it yet, don't miss Blow Up by Michelangelo Antonioni. It's all about taking pictures...
This page here will give you a complete list of all previous oscar nominations and winners of the cinematography award. I was going to suggest Apocalypse Now (also Vittorio Storaro) and any of the better Film Noirs but that's my bias - the oscars might very argueably be as good a place to start as any?
other beautifully shot films:
Kurosawa's Dreams, Maborosi, Tropical Malady, The Beautiful Country, The New World, The Thin Red Line, The Elephant Man (B&W), George Washington, Sex and Lucia, Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring, Salaam Bombay, The Sacrifice, and especially (if you can handle esoteric 4-hour Russian biopics) Andrei Rublev(B&W):
Kurosawa's Dreams, Maborosi, Tropical Malady, The Beautiful Country, The New World, The Thin Red Line, The Elephant Man (B&W), George Washington, Sex and Lucia, Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring, Salaam Bombay, The Sacrifice, and especially (if you can handle esoteric 4-hour Russian biopics) Andrei Rublev(B&W):
As loungerie says, Antonioni's "Blow Up" is well worth a look, as are the early Peter Greenaways.
I'd also recommend any films by Nick Roeg: "Walkabout", "The Man Who Fell to Earth", "Don't Look Now", "Performance" etc.
Also any Kurosawa films, which are stunningly photographed. (just see the post above)
And the Russian director Tarkovsky created some dreamlike images in his movies.
I'd also recommend any films by Nick Roeg: "Walkabout", "The Man Who Fell to Earth", "Don't Look Now", "Performance" etc.
Also any Kurosawa films, which are stunningly photographed. (just see the post above)
And the Russian director Tarkovsky created some dreamlike images in his movies.
oceanhug
Posted 19 years ago
Probably the best movie ever shot about photography is the documentary War Photographer about the Magnum photographer James Nachtwey. It is really capturing to hear him talking about his profession and how he approaches his subjects who are the victims of war, torture, famine, or poverty. The team attached a minicamera on his camera so that the viewer gets actually put into his person, which is very fascinating and insightful as well as controversial.
towering mist [deleted]
Posted 19 years ago
I'll second Barry Lyndon; it's shot entirely in natural light, partly with a Zeiss 50mm f/0.7 (!) lens.
Also In the Mood for Love by Wong Kar Wai; every frame is perfectly composed.
Finally, since this is a "hardcore" group I'd recommend The Battle of Algiers. Gripping story, shot documentary style.
Also In the Mood for Love by Wong Kar Wai; every frame is perfectly composed.
Finally, since this is a "hardcore" group I'd recommend The Battle of Algiers. Gripping story, shot documentary style.
shveckle
Posted 19 years ago
Jim Jarmusch: Down By Law, Stranger Than Paradise.
Spike Lee, Do The Right Thing
Spike Lee, Do The Right Thing
hinius
Posted 19 years ago
As a cinematographer, I quite admire Ed Lachman, who's got a nice way of filming the urban environment: check out the Virgin Suicides, Far From Heaven and The Limey.
And of course, Christopher Doyle (In the mood for love, 2046, Rabbit Proof Fence).
Am also partial to anything by Terrence Malick.
And of course, Christopher Doyle (In the mood for love, 2046, Rabbit Proof Fence).
Am also partial to anything by Terrence Malick.
sir.grok
Posted 19 years ago
I think that the movies Baraka and the entire Quatsi Trilogy are must sees for anyone who is interested in art, culture, or cinematography. Check them out. (The Quatsi trilogy consists of Koyannisqatsi, Naqoyaqatsi and Powasqatsi). Al four of these movies are similar in their style, but I like the Quatsis better.
panic-embryo
Posted 19 years ago
Virtually any film by the director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the cinematography is simply stunning:
Delicatessen
City of Lost Children
Amélie
A Very Long Engagement
Delicatessen
City of Lost Children
Amélie
A Very Long Engagement
j6 photo
Posted 19 years ago
Girl on Bridge. not out on DVD in the US yet, but if you can find it - BW film with Johnny Depp's wife, visually stunning.
rainy digestion [deleted]
Posted 19 years ago
Off the top of my head: Blade Runner, for what should be obvious reasons. I think someone has mentioned The Third Man already. Gilda would be pretty instructive in lots of ways. And I always really enjoyed certain sections of Casino.
But I could think of loads more, given time.
Photographers should watch and look at as much as they can: films, photos, life, etc.
But I could think of loads more, given time.
Photographers should watch and look at as much as they can: films, photos, life, etc.
Chris Marker : Sans Soleil
Jim Jarmusch : Dead Man
Jim Jarmusch : Dead Man
cowspastrami
Posted 19 years ago
to Steve Felix, I say that i'm not very good at rating movies in this category, but Lost In Translaton is certianly a good one.
boring picture [deleted]
Posted 19 years ago
Edited by boring picture (member) 19 years ago
strongly recommended: Films directed by Hong Konger Wong Kar Wai, cinematographer Chris Doyle. 2046 is one visual spectacle transporting you from 60s to the future of year 2046, Chungking Express and Fallen Angels reek of the pulsating pace of urban life in Hong Kong, Happy Together is filmed entirely in Argentina through the eyes of the Asian and In the Mood for Love is red, red, red as the title suggests.
The last two films i watched that left an impression are Millennium Mambo and Three Times by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao Hsien. The former shoots the film like a never-ending disco song while Three Times offers a glimpse of three different time periods in Taiwan. =)
The last two films i watched that left an impression are Millennium Mambo and Three Times by Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao Hsien. The former shoots the film like a never-ending disco song while Three Times offers a glimpse of three different time periods in Taiwan. =)
ShanePapaDiesel
Posted 19 years ago
i second exquisite corpse's mention of Sans Soleil, especially for this group.
Sans Soleil has be one of the most wonderful, magical films I have ever seen.
JimReeves
Posted 19 years ago
The Pianist for one.
The latest one worth mentioning is "Munich" Very sleek.
The latest one worth mentioning is "Munich" Very sleek.
Kubrick's films generally, Crouching Tiger, House of Fying Daggers, Hero, Paris Texas, Apocalypse Now, Metropolis, Ryan's Daughter, Solaris, Nic Roeg's films, Titus Andronicus, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, AI.......
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who contributed their suggestions so far. I love that such a question, posted here, receives such a ready and informed response. Many of these films I'm never heard of but I'm eager to check them out after your recommendations, though it now rests to find a way to get hold of some of these more obscure titles while I'll be living in Seoul. Should keep me busy for months, and will hopefully serve others who are interested in exploring photography through film. Thank you....
dnik
Posted 19 years ago
oh yeah, lots of good ones here...
I'd say definite must-see movies are Paris Texas, War Photographer, In The Mood For Love and Baraka.
I'd say definite must-see movies are Paris Texas, War Photographer, In The Mood For Love and Baraka.
rutger spoelstra
Posted 19 years ago
Blow up by Antonioni was the first that popped into my mind but offcourse was already mentioned several times. Others:
Lola rennt Tom Tykwer
Underground Emil Kusturica
Ghost dog: The way of the samurai Jim Jarmusch
C'est arrive pres de chez vouz Benoit Poelvoorde
Lola rennt Tom Tykwer
Underground Emil Kusturica
Ghost dog: The way of the samurai Jim Jarmusch
C'est arrive pres de chez vouz Benoit Poelvoorde
english monkey
Posted 19 years ago
Goodnight and Good Luck, the recent film about Edward R. Murrows and the McCarthyism era, is beautifully shot. Well worth a watch.
vision_v
Posted 19 years ago
american pie???u surely r kidding??!!!
For your sake atleast I hope you are....
For your sake atleast I hope you are....
Jim O'Connell
Posted 19 years ago
War Photographer, as everyone mentioned.
Also... Born into Brothels. A must see for photographers.
Blow Up has David Hemmings annd some great old Hassies and Nikons, but it bugs me that he really doesn't use them right. For instance, in the photo shoot with Veruschka, he's shooting her from two feet away with an 85 millimeter lens that can't focus at less than a meter.
I've been meaning to see "Pecker" by John Waters again - another camera movie.
"The Killing Fields" has John Malkovich as a crazy journalist during the Viet Nam war. "Apocalypse Now" has Dennis Hopper, but I cant watch that without wondering where he gets his film way up in the jungles of Cambodia.
I heat that "Bridges of Madison County" features some nice old Nikons, but I can't bring myself to go see it. Interesting though, that it's about a photographer from the midwest played by Clint Eastwood—perhaps the most famous midwest photographer was Harry Callahan, who coincidentally shared the same name as Clint Eastwood's most famous role, Harry "Dirty Harry" Callahan... "
(I know what you're thinking. "Did he shoot thirty-six frames or only thirty-five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a Nikon F, the most powerful camera in the world, and could crop your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk? )
Also... Born into Brothels. A must see for photographers.
Blow Up has David Hemmings annd some great old Hassies and Nikons, but it bugs me that he really doesn't use them right. For instance, in the photo shoot with Veruschka, he's shooting her from two feet away with an 85 millimeter lens that can't focus at less than a meter.
I've been meaning to see "Pecker" by John Waters again - another camera movie.
"The Killing Fields" has John Malkovich as a crazy journalist during the Viet Nam war. "Apocalypse Now" has Dennis Hopper, but I cant watch that without wondering where he gets his film way up in the jungles of Cambodia.
I heat that "Bridges of Madison County" features some nice old Nikons, but I can't bring myself to go see it. Interesting though, that it's about a photographer from the midwest played by Clint Eastwood—perhaps the most famous midwest photographer was Harry Callahan, who coincidentally shared the same name as Clint Eastwood's most famous role, Harry "Dirty Harry" Callahan... "
(I know what you're thinking. "Did he shoot thirty-six frames or only thirty-five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a Nikon F, the most powerful camera in the world, and could crop your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk? )
acceptable instrument [deleted]
Posted 19 years ago
The Third Man. Probably the best British Movie ever!!! Not just my humble opinion.
SMOKE. Great story. Plus harvey Keitels in it. The best reason to become a photographer ever.
Documentary about my favourite photographer. CAPA or
"The man who danced" Documentary about Bresson. You see Bresson working and the guy actually dances when making images
SMOKE. Great story. Plus harvey Keitels in it. The best reason to become a photographer ever.
Documentary about my favourite photographer. CAPA or
"The man who danced" Documentary about Bresson. You see Bresson working and the guy actually dances when making images
Stephen_Miller_60
Posted 19 years ago
A Star Maker by Tornatore (1995)
Another vote for Barry Lyndon and Kubrick's amazing f.7 (F POINT 7 - a full stop faster than F1.0) zeiss lenses. He shot the film using candles and the lens wide open for the indoor scenes.
Another vote for Barry Lyndon and Kubrick's amazing f.7 (F POINT 7 - a full stop faster than F1.0) zeiss lenses. He shot the film using candles and the lens wide open for the indoor scenes.
Decca dblues
Posted 19 years ago
I have to add
Heat by Michael Mann
Simply wonderful cinematography - a must see
Heat by Michael Mann
Simply wonderful cinematography - a must see
I'm going to say anything directed by Akira Kurosawa is going to be worth watching just for the cinematography alone.
aznym
Posted 19 years ago
The Man Who Wasn't There.
I have seen it many times and appreciate the work more everytime.
I have seen it many times and appreciate the work more everytime.
I never thought of SMOKE as an exemplar of great cinematography, but it IS a wonderful film and Harvey Keitel's photographer/shop owner's explanation of his photopgraphy is a beautiful scene and one of the most sophisticated descriptions of photographic "art" I've ever seen in a movie.
Rainfall_Media
Posted 19 years ago
heat; directed by michael mann, starring pacino deniro kilmer etc
i love this film because of its realism
and its amazing cinematography
i love this film because of its realism
and its amazing cinematography
Peter Greenaway's 'The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, Her Lover' for awesome use of colour and camera angles. The plot's a bit sticky but maybe that helps to make this a great film
acceptable instrument [deleted]
Posted 19 years ago
This will shock a few of you. However what about "Funny Face"? Losely based on Richard Avadon, he also was technical advisor and stills photographer on the movie.
Even if the storys crap AH is in it, and as the most beautiful woman who ever lived it's a must see
Even if the storys crap AH is in it, and as the most beautiful woman who ever lived it's a must see
jeffhartge
Posted 19 years ago
Days of Heaven (1978) was completely filmed during the "magic hours" around dawn and dusk. It is visually quite nice. The story and acting is unspectacular though.
JFK (1991) has the sequence incorporating "real" autopsy stills. While far from a spectacular movie, it is interesting to think about reconstructing events between stills. This part of the movie was done quite well.
It is also interesting to see many of the 70s films that over-used diffusion filters (like most portrait/wedding photographers of the time). The only movie I can think of off hand is "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" but there were tons of movies from this time period that did this.
(I don't belong here, but I couldn't help put my two cents into the conversation.)
JFK (1991) has the sequence incorporating "real" autopsy stills. While far from a spectacular movie, it is interesting to think about reconstructing events between stills. This part of the movie was done quite well.
It is also interesting to see many of the 70s films that over-used diffusion filters (like most portrait/wedding photographers of the time). The only movie I can think of off hand is "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" but there were tons of movies from this time period that did this.
(I don't belong here, but I couldn't help put my two cents into the conversation.)
melancholyyellow
Posted 19 years ago
I do not belong here either, but we are talking about films, right?
Films that an AMATEUR photographer should see:
Citizen Kane
The Third Man
The Last Emperor
The Sheltering Sky
Chungking Express
Fallen Angel
In the Mood for Love
2046
A Time to Live, a Time to Die (by Hou Hsiao-hsien)
A City of Sadness(OK, I am biased: all films by Hou Hsiao-hsien)
Films that an AMATEUR photographer should see:
Citizen Kane
The Third Man
The Last Emperor
The Sheltering Sky
Chungking Express
Fallen Angel
In the Mood for Love
2046
A Time to Live, a Time to Die (by Hou Hsiao-hsien)
A City of Sadness(OK, I am biased: all films by Hou Hsiao-hsien)
bosworth.dk
Posted 19 years ago
I've seen quite a few of the films that are mentioned above and look forward to getting to see the rest :-) It's quite an impressive list by now.
I would recommend "MirrorMask" by Dave McKean for its astonishing images. It's not 'Hardcore Street Photography', but a lot of the cinematography is unique, fresh and different.
I would recommend "MirrorMask" by Dave McKean for its astonishing images. It's not 'Hardcore Street Photography', but a lot of the cinematography is unique, fresh and different.
KRS666
Posted 19 years ago
Since several people have already beat me to Terrence Malick, I'll go with a more underappreciated director: Lynne Ramsay, director of "Ratcatcher" and "Morvern Callar." She started out as a still photographer, and she's great with a landscape as she is shooting the street life of Scotland and Spain.
Another great one I just watched again the other night: "The Beat That My Heart Skipped."
Another great one I just watched again the other night: "The Beat That My Heart Skipped."
Lost Highway and I Am Cuba. Two radically different films, but both are outstanding for their photography, at least as I see it.
Heck, why not Sword of Doom as well:
I'd also point out, though, that great photography is actually quite common in movies. The main thing lacking in most films is good ideas.
It seems to me that the mainstream, big budget formula for making a film is this: Hire all of the most talented, professional, highly skilled and motivated specialists in every field... the real artists, the perfect technicians, the people who give their heart and soul to their work... then hand them a crap-ass script, and subject them to the arbitrary rule of an incompetent director and production team so that their talent and efforts are entirely wasted. If all goes according to plan, you can make a great Director of Photography look like a complete ass, and turn out a picture that's thoroughly ugly and rotten from beginning to end. Add clumsy CGI effects for spice and "broad audience appeal."
I'd also point out, though, that great photography is actually quite common in movies. The main thing lacking in most films is good ideas.
It seems to me that the mainstream, big budget formula for making a film is this: Hire all of the most talented, professional, highly skilled and motivated specialists in every field... the real artists, the perfect technicians, the people who give their heart and soul to their work... then hand them a crap-ass script, and subject them to the arbitrary rule of an incompetent director and production team so that their talent and efforts are entirely wasted. If all goes according to plan, you can make a great Director of Photography look like a complete ass, and turn out a picture that's thoroughly ugly and rotten from beginning to end. Add clumsy CGI effects for spice and "broad audience appeal."
I say anything by Arthur Freed is great to see. The cinematography is quite theatrical. dramatic, and beautifully designed in his films. I also love the Fred Astaire/Audrey Hepburn movie "Funny Face", because it is loosely based on Richard Avedon.
migrant
Posted 19 years ago
I like Wim Wenders movies. Note that he is also an amazing photographer. If you get a chance to look at "Once", a book with photographs and text by him. Really good.
@fotodudenz
Posted 19 years ago
Wes Anderson's movies: Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic.
The Salton Sea.
Everyone here needs to see "La Jetee" by Chris Marker.
The Salton Sea.
Everyone here needs to see "La Jetee" by Chris Marker.
Steve Felix
Posted 19 years ago
"La Jetee" is very street, in a sense, and it's comprised almost entirely of stills! It transcends classification -- it may be photography, filmmaking, or poetry -- but it's certainly fine art.
EvilSpike
Posted 19 years ago
Can imagine a fair few will disagree, but 'battle royale'
There is a lot of raw emotion on way too young faces that is exquisitely captured. And it is a danm good film too...
There is a lot of raw emotion on way too young faces that is exquisitely captured. And it is a danm good film too...
ShanePapaDiesel
Posted 19 years ago
Speaking of raw emotion and young faces, "Pixote" is one that everyone should see, especially for unrelenting depictions of the streets. It follows a 10-year old boy and his friends, all non-actors, through the streets and favelas of Sao Paulo where they actually live. The boy who played the title role was killed by police a few years after the film was released.
jl_auch
Posted 19 years ago
2001: A Space Oddysey, City of God*, Soy Cuba* (black and white), Princess and the Warrior, What time is it there?, Baraka*, Apocolypse Now, Tokyo Story* (black and white), Red Beard* (black and white), Citizen Kane, The Proposition, 8 1/2* (black and white), The Thin Red Line, Days of Heaven*, In Cold Blood*, Barry Lyndon, Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Delicatessen, City of Lost Children*, Pi, Laurence of Arabia, The Third Man, Ran, The Man Who Wasn't There*, Godfather.
Anything by Christopher Doyle; Chung King Express*(street photography in Hong Kong), In the Mood for Love
Anything by Vilmos Zsigmond; Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate
Anything by Lance Acord; Buffalo 66*, Lost In Translation
Anything by Raoul Coutard.
also worth exploring:
Michael Ballhaus, Eugen Schufftan, Freddie Francis, Tonino Delli, Slawomir Idziak, Sacha Vierny, Kazuo Miyagawa, Gianni Di Venanzo, Ray Rennahan, Boris Kaufman, Leonce-Henri Burel, Henri Decae, Setsuo Kobayashi, John Alton, Robby Muller, Lee Garmes, Lucien Ballard, Ghislain Cloquet, Robert Burks, Jack Cardiff, Bert Glennon.
Anything with a * is a must see immediately, for the sake of the photography alone.
Anything by Christopher Doyle; Chung King Express*(street photography in Hong Kong), In the Mood for Love
Anything by Vilmos Zsigmond; Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate
Anything by Lance Acord; Buffalo 66*, Lost In Translation
Anything by Raoul Coutard.
also worth exploring:
Michael Ballhaus, Eugen Schufftan, Freddie Francis, Tonino Delli, Slawomir Idziak, Sacha Vierny, Kazuo Miyagawa, Gianni Di Venanzo, Ray Rennahan, Boris Kaufman, Leonce-Henri Burel, Henri Decae, Setsuo Kobayashi, John Alton, Robby Muller, Lee Garmes, Lucien Ballard, Ghislain Cloquet, Robert Burks, Jack Cardiff, Bert Glennon.
Anything with a * is a must see immediately, for the sake of the photography alone.
colleen g o'neal
Posted 19 years ago
yes...Lost in Translation.
i think that.. Eyes Wide Shut.. has amazing lighting.
and if you are into zombie flicks, i was quite impressed with...
28 Days Later
i think that.. Eyes Wide Shut.. has amazing lighting.
and if you are into zombie flicks, i was quite impressed with...
28 Days Later
lightboxdc
Posted 19 years ago
This is one of the best discussion questions ever posted on flickr, love it. So many good responses here. My faves for the photography:
- Citizen Kane
- Apocalypse Now (the longer director's version)
- Last Year at Marienbad
- any film by Kubrick
- Raise the Red Lantern, Red Sorghum, Days of Being Wild, and just about any serious Chinese film from the mid 80s into the early 90s
- The Battle of Algiers
- Olympia, and Triumph of the Will, both by Leni Riefenstahl. She sold her soul to the devil, literally, as Hitler's favorite director. Her films show the very dangerous uses of a deep cinematographic talent.
- Citizen Kane
- Apocalypse Now (the longer director's version)
- Last Year at Marienbad
- any film by Kubrick
- Raise the Red Lantern, Red Sorghum, Days of Being Wild, and just about any serious Chinese film from the mid 80s into the early 90s
- The Battle of Algiers
- Olympia, and Triumph of the Will, both by Leni Riefenstahl. She sold her soul to the devil, literally, as Hitler's favorite director. Her films show the very dangerous uses of a deep cinematographic talent.
Oliver Lavery
Posted 19 years ago
Hmm so much modern stuff based on the hollywood 'system'. Good photography, but in a rigidly structured hollywood sense.
Man with a movie camera. Period. Playful, inventive, and wonderful begnnings of 'moving pictures' rather than formulaic 'movies'.
Get the recent version with a soundtrack by The Cinematic Orchestra apparently inspried by Vertov's original notes.
Man with a movie camera. Period. Playful, inventive, and wonderful begnnings of 'moving pictures' rather than formulaic 'movies'.
Get the recent version with a soundtrack by The Cinematic Orchestra apparently inspried by Vertov's original notes.
The Los Angeles Recordings
Posted 19 years ago
City of God, The Battle of Algiers, Munich, Ghost Dog, and Style Wars. All of those inspire me to shoot.
Juan Ferrer.
Posted 19 years ago
Any from HONG KAR WAY, for example : "In the mood for love" or "2046"
Any from Ingmar Bergman.
Of course Kubrik, Kurosawa...
Any from Ingmar Bergman.
Of course Kubrik, Kurosawa...
Dan Sumption
Posted 19 years ago
The 1939 film La Règle du Jeu (aka The Rules of the Game) by Jean Renoir (Son of the Impressionist painter Pierre Auguste Renoir), probably the most amazing cinematography of any film ever, this film has an incredibly instinct painterly approach to creating tableaux from human bodies, and it uses three dimensions in a way that no other film I've ever seen does.
Plus any film by Tarkovsky.
Plus any film by Tarkovsky.
lightboxdc
Posted 19 years ago
I noticed yesterday a book of Kubrick photography, from his young days as a photog for New York's Look magazine. Amazing work, and good notes for the chapters. You can see in the book his eye for cinema. Here is a link on amazon:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0714844381/qid=1151243307/sr=2-...
www.amazon.com/gp/product/0714844381/qid=1151243307/sr=2-...
Anthony Posey SIR:Poseyal Knight Poet of Desposyni
Posted 19 years ago
any that they are intrested in,
organic bulb [deleted]
Posted 19 years ago
My ex girlfriend is a fine artist and has spent years watching boring boring boring french black and white subtitled art rubbish(IMO :-) ), reading endless books on boring boring boring black and white subtitled rubbish and refining her ability to conceptualise the aestethic(or some such arty shit). Her work mainly is lame. I have studied the films 'Debbie does Dallas' and 'bambi' and my work rocks.
migrant
Posted 19 years ago
Just watched Paris,Texas again yesterday... every frame is like a Stephen Shore photograph.
Patrick Moran
Posted 19 years ago
check out a Film Called "The Proposition" www.theproposition.co.uk/
harsh bubble [deleted]
Posted 19 years ago
Edited by harsh bubble (member) 19 years ago
The Bad Sleep Well Kurosawa and Somebody has to Shoot the Picture with Roy Sheider
Also check out this link
commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/writings/febcolumn.html
Also check out this link
commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/writings/febcolumn.html
I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Ozu
I'd have to second Red Sorghum, especially the scene where the guy is running along (is it that one or a different Yimou film?)
And:
Most things by Aki Kaurismaki
Arizona Dreams
Northfork
I'd have to second Red Sorghum, especially the scene where the guy is running along (is it that one or a different Yimou film?)
And:
Most things by Aki Kaurismaki
Arizona Dreams
Northfork
Michael_Simon
Posted 19 years ago
Soy Cuba/Ya Kuba (1964)
Directed by
Mikheil Kalatozishvili
This movie was censored in the USA till 1992.
seriously, go out, and get it, then watch it 12 times.
that scene in War Photographer where Jim is sending the printer back and forth to "get a litle more out of the sky" kills me...that guy is such a maniac!
Directed by
Mikheil Kalatozishvili
This movie was censored in the USA till 1992.
seriously, go out, and get it, then watch it 12 times.
that scene in War Photographer where Jim is sending the printer back and forth to "get a litle more out of the sky" kills me...that guy is such a maniac!
seventyeleventyseven
Posted 19 years ago
If they haven't been mentioned, here they are:
Gummo
City of God (this one is even ABOUT a photographer.. amazing story)
anything by Stan Brakage.
Gummo
City of God (this one is even ABOUT a photographer.. amazing story)
anything by Stan Brakage.
Damn Yankee
Posted 19 years ago
See new discussion topic: Diane Arbus Movie this November. The film, "Fur", stars Nicole Kidman as Diane Arbus.
absent basin [deleted]
Posted 19 years ago
it comforts me that so many people feel the same way i do about Christopher Doyle and Wong Kar Wai.
Other favs of mine are Down by Law, My Life to Live, The Coen Brothers stuff, Lost Highway and Manhattan.
and finally, I'll jump on the Paris, Texas bandwagon as well.
Other favs of mine are Down by Law, My Life to Live, The Coen Brothers stuff, Lost Highway and Manhattan.
and finally, I'll jump on the Paris, Texas bandwagon as well.
silent crown [deleted]
Posted 19 years ago
Finnish script writer and film director Aki Kaurismäki has also made many good films for example: "The Man Without a Past" and "Lights in the Dusk".
Twelve Monkeys
Das Boot
8 mm
oh, and Se7en
Das Boot
8 mm
oh, and Se7en