Cinematography Recommendations

[ulairix]

Basically looking for eye candy. I usually prefer darker themed stories as well, but I'm open to anything at the moment. Some of my favorites are The Fire Within, Brazil, Barry London, Taxi Driver, Pi, The Conversation, Stalker, etc...

I just purchased The Spirit of the Beehive which looks promising.

Thanks.

[MacGuffin]

Anything shot by Benoît Debie (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0213424/).

[Russ]

Basically looking for eye candy. I usually prefer darker themed stories as well, but I'm open to anything at the moment. Some of my favorites are The Fire Within, Brazil, Barry London, Taxi Driver, Pi, The Conversation, Stalker, etc...

I just purchased The Spirit of the Beehive which looks promising.

Thanks.
If you enjoy The Spirit of the Beehive, do yourself a favor and track down Erice's followup film (10 years later! Who does he think he is -- Kubrick?), El Sur, a film whose reputation, like Barry Lyndon, is built on all the gorgeous natural light cinematography, and none more astonishing than the opening 5 minutes. Here are some screenshots (http://match-cut.org/showpost.php?p=272504&postcount=19) I posted in another thread.

[Spinal]

Antichrist!

[D_Davis]

The Blade - dir: Tsui Hark

[Raiders]

Antichrist!

Nah. It's been a while since he's posted, but ulairix is good people.

[B-side]

The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077707/)

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Letter from an Unknown Woman (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040536/)

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Kwaidan (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058279/)

http://www.horrordvds.com/reviews/a-m/kwaidan/kwaidan_shot1l.jpg

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Ivan the Terrible Part II (Eisenstein)
Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein)
Diabel (Zulawski)
Metropolis (Lang)
Jules and Jim (Truffaut)
And anything that Sven Nykvist had his hand in.

[baby doll]

Raoul Coutard, William Lubtchansky, Sacha Vierny.

[B-side]

Raoul Coutard, William Lubtchansky, Sacha Vierny.

Vierny lensed the Ruiz I mentioned above. Coutard is always a great choice. Didn't recognize Lubtchansky immediately, but he seems to have shot nearly everything Rivette has done, so he's certainly good.

[baby doll]

Vierny lensed the Ruiz I mentioned above. Coutard is always a great choice. Didn't recognize Lubtchansky immediately, but he seems to have shot nearly everything Rivette has done, so he's certainly good.I wonder now that he's dead how Rivette and Philippe Garrel will be able to function.

[Dukefrukem]

Antichrist!

first movie that came to my mind.

[Fezzik]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Seriously. The camera work in that was a-ma-zing.

[ulairix]

Thanks a lot guys, keep them coming. I will look into those mentioned already and see if I can get my hands on them.

[ulairix]

Its very hard to find trailers for some of these movies. The stills a few of you gave look solid, but I can't say I'm sold just based on them.

[MacGuffin]

Its very hard to find trailers for some of these movies. The stills a few of you gave look solid, but I can't say I'm sold just based on them.

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Trust me. It's exactly what you are looking for.

[Spinal]

Winter Light

[Derek]

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[Yxklyx]

Songs from the Second Floor
Heavenly Creatures
Lost Highway
Se7en

[Chac Mool]

The late Piotr Sobocinski lensed some beautiful work, both in Europe and in some sub-par Hollywood films.

Most of Zhang Yimou's films (but particularly Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern and Hero) are visually splendid.

For knockout camerawork decades before CG, check out I Am Cuba (I still can't figure out how they got some of those shots).

The Third Man still stands as the most strikingly lit film I've seen.

Ron Fricke's worldless Baraka has some of the most beautiful shots I've seen put to film (and is significantly better than the -qatsi films, on which Fricke was the DP).

Tonino Delli Colli's work on Sergio Leone's films is legendary (though much of the appeal comes from the composition, which may have been Leone himself).

The films of Terrence Malick contain indelible images (the sunlit fields of Days of Heaven, the suffocating jungles of The Thin Red Line).

I like the mention of The Werckmeister Harmonies, though I'm mixed on the film itself. And speaking of former Soviet-bloc filmmakers, Tarkovski's Stalker, The Mirror, Solyaris and Andrei Rublyev are visually staggering.

[Russ]

Trust me. It's exactly what you are looking for.
Just saw this (thanks for the reco). Terrific camerwork, for sure.

That scene in the bar was really something else.

Man, those guys sure can dance! :lol:

[MacGuffin]

Just saw this (thanks for the reco). Terrific camerwork, for sure.

That scene in the bar was really something else.

Man, those guys sure can dance! :lol:

Glad you enjoyed it! Vinyan, his follow-up, is well worth watching and also features terrific camerawork from Debie.

[MacGuffin]

Vinyan trailer:

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I'm really just remembering certain scenes from this movie that were really incredibly powerful. I need to check it out again. Recommended. Same with du Welz's earlier movie Calvaire (The Ordeal). Vinyan is a horror movie where the horror takes place in a character's mind and slowly comes to life before them.

[BuffaloWilder]

My board standards -

The "wasteland" movies of George Miller (shot by Dean Semler and Andrew Lesnie, respectively) -
http://thefilmist.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/shot00041.png?w=668&h=268
http://thefilmist.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/shot0048.png?w=604&h=242
http://thefilmist.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/shot0040.png?w=676&h=268
http://thefilmist.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/hp4.jpg?w=600&h=247

Georgi Daneliya’s “Kin-Dza-Dza” -

http://thefilmist.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/shot0030.png?w=640&h=480
http://thefilmist.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/shot0029.png?w=640&h=480

Francis Ford Coppala's Dracula, which - even if it has narrative and performance problems - is an astounding visual piece work -

(warning, thar be Sadie Frost boobies ahead)

http://thefilmist.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/shot0023.png?w=720&h=404
http://thefilmist.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/shot0022.png?w=720&h=404
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So, there's some I guess.

[ulairix]

Trust me. It's exactly what you are looking for.

Both Calvaire and Vinyan both look like horror movies. When it comes to horror, I'm not really that big of a fan. It really has to be something out of the ordinary in the way its presented. Thanks for the recommendation though. I'll keep these in mind for around Halloween.


Winter Light
I still have a lot of Bergman to see. I've only had the opportunity to see Wild Strawberries, Persona, and The Seventh Seal.


Werckmeister Harmonies
Seen it. Good choice, but like Mr. Mool I have mixed feelings on it overall.


Songs from the Second Floor
Heavenly Creatures
Lost Highway
Se7en

I've seen/own some of these already. Songs from the Second Floor was somewhat interesting looking based on the trailer. Thanks.


The late Piotr Sobocinski lensed some beautiful work, both in Europe and in some sub-par Hollywood films.

Most of Zhang Yimou's films (but particularly Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern and Hero) are visually splendid.

For knockout camerawork decades before CG, check out I Am Cuba (I still can't figure out how they got some of those shots).

The Third Man still stands as the most strikingly lit film I've seen.

Ron Fricke's worldless Baraka has some of the most beautiful shots I've seen put to film (and is significantly better than the -qatsi films, on which Fricke was the DP).

Tonino Delli Colli's work on Sergio Leone's films is legendary (though much of the appeal comes from the composition, which may have been Leone himself).

The films of Terrence Malick contain indelible images (the sunlit fields of Days of Heaven, the suffocating jungles of The Thin Red Line).

I like the mention of The Werckmeister Harmonies, though I'm mixed on the film itself. And speaking of former Soviet-bloc filmmakers, Tarkovski's Stalker, The Mirror, Solyaris and Andrei Rublyev are visually staggering.

Those Zhang Yimou films do look nice. I'm really picky when it comes to Chinese and Japanese films though. That flying around is just ridiculous in my opinion. The Promise by Chen Kaige is very attractive too, but once again that flying shit...err.

I have a question about I Am Cuba. Is it similar in style to Ron Fricke's work or is there a storyline like typical films? I have not seen Baraka by the way. I wish they would show it On-Demand or just on TV instead of renting it or having to purchase it.

I'm not into Westerns or Clint Eastwood at all. That basically cancels out anything Sergio Leone has done. :\

I really need to give Malick a chance. I just find his choice in material to be meh. Badlands is the only piece by him I've seen in full.

The only Tarkovsky films I have not viewed are his last two.


My board standards

Own The Road Warrior. Great movie and the best of them all so far.
Kin-Dza-Dza looks very Gilliam like. I hope I can find this somewhere.

Thanks again for all the recommendations and feel free to keep posting more.

[ulairix]

If you enjoy The Spirit of the Beehive, do yourself a favor and track down Erice's followup film (10 years later! Who does he think he is -- Kubrick?), El Sur, a film whose reputation, like Barry Lyndon, is built on all the gorgeous natural light cinematography, and none more astonishing than the opening 5 minutes. Here are some screenshots (http://match-cut.org/showpost.php?p=272504&postcount=19) I posted in another thread.

Just finished The Spirit of the Beehive today and it was far beyond my expectations. Very well crafted all the way through. I will definitely check out El Sur soon.

[baby doll]

Henri Decaë, Michael Ballhaus (especially his films with Fassbinder), Agnès Godard, Ed Lachman, Robby Müller.

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Willy Hameister: The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (Weine)

http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thegenredirector/files/2008/08/mv5bmtixodk4oty4nl5bml5banbnxk ftztywndawnzu2_v1_sx450_sy351_ .jpg

Christian Berger: The White Ribbon (Haneke).

http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk/images/large/the-white-ribbon-28072_6.jpg

[Chac Mool]

]Those Zhang Yimou films do look nice. I'm really picky when it comes to Chinese and Japanese films though. That flying around is just ridiculous in my opinion. The Promise by Chen Kaige is very attractive too, but once again that flying shit...err.

Other than his three martial arts films (Hero, House of Flying Daggers, The Curse of the Golden Flower), Zhang Yimou's films are powerful, emotional historical dramas with strong emphasis on Chinese society and traditions (and with not a trace of swordfighting, walking on water, or gliding through trees).


I have a question about I Am Cuba. Is it similar in style to Ron Fricke's work or is there a storyline like typical films? I have not seen Baraka by the way. I wish they would show it On-Demand or just on TV instead of renting it or having to purchase it.

It's definitely a narrative films,with three segments (if I remember correctly) depicting the revolution and subsequent life within the new regime.

[ulairix]

Henri Decaë, Michael Ballhaus (especially his films with Fassbinder), Agnès Godard, Ed Lachman, Robby Müller.

What would you say are their top three films?

[soitgoes...]

Those Zhang Yimou films do look nice. I'm really picky when it comes to Chinese and Japanese films though. That flying around is just ridiculous in my opinion. The Promise by Chen Kaige is very attractive too, but once again that flying shit...err.
Also, there are more Chinese films where there isn't flying around than where there is for whatever that's worth. It's almost always found only in Hong Kong action/wuxia films. In addition I'm pretty sure I've never seen a Japanese film where wire fu is used at all, unless in parody of a Hong Kong film.

[MacGuffin]

Both Calvaire and Vinyan both look like horror movies. When it comes to horror, I'm not really that big of a fan. It really has to be something out of the ordinary in the way its presented. Thanks for the recommendation though. I'll keep these in mind for around Halloween.

If you're really that picky (and aren't we all sometimes?), check out Innocence. It's also shot by Benoît Debie and it's directed by Gaspar Noé's wife. It's a better movie than Calvaire and Vinyan and also better filmed. I was going to see if you'd save it for last, but go right ahead.

[baby doll]

What would you say are their top three films?Ballhaus: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The Marriage of Maria Braun, Goodfellas
Decaë: Bob le flambeur, Les Quatre cents coups, Les Bonnes femmes
Godard: Beau travail, Trouble Every Day, Vendredi soir (really any of her films with Claire Denis)
Lachman: Far From Heaven, I'm Not There., A Prairie Home Companion
Müller: Paris, Texas, Dead Man, Breaking the Waves