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re: Best cinematography you've seen?
Posted on 8/1/16 at 6:21 pm to Jack Ruby
Posted on 8/1/16 at 6:21 pm to Jack Ruby
I'll agree with most mentioned and throw out two sort of recent favorites - Nebraska and Grand Budapest Hotel. The cinematography was critical to both.
A couple of others - Inglourious Basterds and Inside LLewyn Davis. Tarantino and the Coens put a lot of work into it.
Older - The Man Who Would Be King and Lawrence of Arabia.
A couple of others - Inglourious Basterds and Inside LLewyn Davis. Tarantino and the Coens put a lot of work into it.
Older - The Man Who Would Be King and Lawrence of Arabia.
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Posted on 8/1/16 at 6:27 pm to Tigris
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Grand Budapest Hotel.
Haven't seen it yet, but Moonrise Kingdom had fantastic cinematography. It was one of the first things I watched on my new 4k set.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 6:31 pm to Tigris
Apocalypse Now
Empire of the Sun
Fiddler on the Roof
Empire of the Sun
Fiddler on the Roof
Posted on 8/1/16 at 7:25 pm to Bout_Dat_Lyfe
Tarkovsky's Stalker (1979)
Posted on 8/2/16 at 5:09 am to xxKylexx
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The Revenant hands down. One of the most surreal movie experiences in a long time and it really showed just how unforgiving mother nature can be.
Posted on 8/2/16 at 6:20 am to Ace Midnight
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Haven't seen it yet, but Moonrise Kingdom had fantastic cinematography. It was one of the first things I watched on my new 4k set.
I agree on Moonrise Kingdom, if anything Grand Budapest is bit better for cinematography. Ralph Fiennes kills it in this one. I thought Grand Budapest Hotel was the best movie of the year, that or Whiplash which was damn good too.
Posted on 8/2/16 at 6:37 am to Tigris
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I agree on Moonrise Kingdom, if anything Grand Budapest is bit better for cinematography.
I don't always "get" Wes - I liked Bottle Rocket, Royal Tenebaums and Moonrise Kingdom - didn't care for Rushmore and Life Aquatic.
He's been using Yeoman since Bottle Rocket in 1996 (among other things, Yeoman also did the cinematography for To Live and Die in L.A., Dogma and the terrible, all-girl Ghostbusters.) I think they do a good job of capturing that unique Wes Anderson visual style, even if I don't care for all the films.
Posted on 8/2/16 at 8:19 am to Bout_Dat_Lyfe
True Grit (remake)
The Road
Galipoli
The Road
Galipoli
Posted on 8/2/16 at 8:30 am to Ace Midnight
Wes Anderson is hit or miss for me as well. Personally I'd rank them Rushmore, Grand Budapest, Bottle Rocket, Moonrise Kingdom and from there it's a big step down. Fantastic Mr. Fox was OK, Royal Tenenbaums and Life Aquatic were fairly meh, and I didn't care at all for Darjeeling Limited. It's interesting how much people's opinions vary so much on his different movies and that connecting with them is somewhat random. But one thing I think he's continued to improve on is cinematography.
Posted on 8/2/16 at 9:09 am to Bout_Dat_Lyfe
Birdman
The Revenant was good also.
Life of Pi
The Revenant was good also.
Life of Pi
Posted on 8/2/16 at 10:12 am to Bout_Dat_Lyfe
Also, let's not forget
This movie is utterly stunning. And some of the cuts in it are just unreal. The way they are able to flow from one time/setting to another, the way a scene is repeated in each setting, serves to hold the movie together and provide a visual link to the worlds. I love everything about this movie.
This movie is utterly stunning. And some of the cuts in it are just unreal. The way they are able to flow from one time/setting to another, the way a scene is repeated in each setting, serves to hold the movie together and provide a visual link to the worlds. I love everything about this movie.
Posted on 8/2/16 at 10:32 am to blueboy
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Dr. Zhivago
That's got my vote.
Posted on 8/2/16 at 10:35 am to Tigris
I like Moonrise Kingdom and loved Fantastic Mr. Fox.
His other stuff puts me to sleep. And I say that as someone whole likes most of Terrence Malick's stuff. So something about Wes Anderson and me just don't click, for whatever reason.
His other stuff puts me to sleep. And I say that as someone whole likes most of Terrence Malick's stuff. So something about Wes Anderson and me just don't click, for whatever reason.
This post was edited on 8/2/16 at 10:37 am
Posted on 8/2/16 at 10:47 am to GeauxTGRZ
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Citizen Kane
Nothing compares to this. There are some great great films out there, but CK set the bar for cinematography that no one can ever reach. The creativity that Wells achieved was revolutionary and still repeated to this day. It's the reason CK is considered the greatest film of all time.
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Last of the Mohicans
Once upon a time in the west
both of these are great selections from two different time periods
Posted on 8/2/16 at 10:56 am to Midget Death Squad
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CK set the bar for cinematography that no one can ever reach.
It wasn't even that he did anything "new" - it was that he combined all the techniques learned to that point, and used them to great effect. He put on a clinic of lighting and camera use of techniques that had not been used liberally or to the same effect.
Toland did a great job with the lights and cameras on that film - Welles nabs the lion's share of the credit, but Toland - and their sound guys, Fesler and Stewart, deserve a lot of credit for the final package. Welles almost predicted Kubrick, in that he had studied enough of the photographic and recording techiques to make a difference as the director (as well as being the writer/producer/star - which predicted folks like Clint Eastwood and Kevin Costner in the post-contract era.)
Posted on 8/2/16 at 11:07 am to Ace Midnight
Great great thread. So many great ones mentioned, I want to go and watch them all right now. Some are obvious, others less so.
A couple that haven't been mentioned I wanted to throw out. Shawshank Redemption. Everyone loves this movie, such a great story, but I honestly think Darabont doesn't get enough credit for the dark beauty of the world he creates. Truly haunting:
The opera scene and Brooks was here are just classic.
Also, Mann gets a lot of deserved credit for Mohicans, but The Insider is one of the least appreciated masterpieces of the modern era imo. Love love this movie and it gets better with age. The score is one of my favorites of all time, and the cinematography is masterful and deserves a mention here imo:
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A couple that haven't been mentioned I wanted to throw out. Shawshank Redemption. Everyone loves this movie, such a great story, but I honestly think Darabont doesn't get enough credit for the dark beauty of the world he creates. Truly haunting:
The opera scene and Brooks was here are just classic.
Also, Mann gets a lot of deserved credit for Mohicans, but The Insider is one of the least appreciated masterpieces of the modern era imo. Love love this movie and it gets better with age. The score is one of my favorites of all time, and the cinematography is masterful and deserves a mention here imo:
This post was edited on 8/2/16 at 11:17 am
Posted on 8/2/16 at 11:17 am to Tiger Voodoo
Eaaaasily my favorite and most watched film. One of only a couple movies to impact my life in a tangible way.
Posted on 8/2/16 at 11:27 am to Tiger Voodoo
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Mann
Speaking of whom - a missed opportunity of Hollywood was missing the Gates of Fire (another story of Thermopylae) - Mann was going to direct, Clooney and Willis were going to be the leads (they never decided who would have been Leonidas and who would have been Xerxes). The story is much truer to fact than the fantasy story 300 - and while I enjoyed 300, a realistic Gates of Fire adaptation, done with quality filmmakers and a big budget could have been lights out.
But, Mann could have nailed the cinematography and overall direction.
Posted on 8/2/16 at 12:57 pm to Ace Midnight
What is the story behind the production, or lack of, with Gates of Fire?? Is it still possibly in the works? When was this?
Sounds amazing and I hadn't heard of this before
Sounds amazing and I hadn't heard of this before
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