Review Films by Cinematographer

[Qrazy]

We so frequently organize the films we watch in relation to directors, let's give those cinematographers a fair shake. I will compile a list of a few for you tomorrow.

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[D_Davis]

Peter Pau is one of my favorites.

The Bride With White Hair, The Promise, and The Phantom Love, among many others, are great looking.

I'd love to see him work with Tarsem on something good.

[Li Lili]

ha! Luckly I read again! I thought first the thread was about cinematographers who then are directors...
and thought of Yu Lik-wai, Chinese cinematographer of Jia Zhangke who also directed a couple of films, such as Love will tear us apart (quite good), All Tomorrow's Parties (kind of anticipation, post apocalyptic film, ok film) and Plastic City which I disliked and stopped watching.

I plan to rewatch Love will tear us apart, so I may post something after, if I've got time.

[Li Lili]

Peter Pau is one of my favorites.

The Bride With White Hair, The Promise, and The Phantom Love, among many others, are great looking.

I'd love to see him work with Tarsem on something good.
yeah, he's very famous cinematographer, and shot many big budget HK movies.
Another is Cheng Siu-Keung, known for being the cinematographer of the Milkyway Image Production, especially for Johnnie To's movies.

[Qrazy]

ha! Luckly I read again! I thought first the thread was about cinematographers who then are directors...
and thought of Yu Lik-wai, Chinese cinematographer of Jia Zhangke who also directed a couple of films, such as Love will tear us apart (quite good), All Tomorrow's Parties (kind of anticipation, post apocalyptic film, ok film) and Plastic City which I disliked and stopped watching.

I plan to rewatch Love will tear us apart, so I may post something after, if I've got time.

A friend of mine, maybe you're familiar with her (Cult Iconic) was a big fan of All Tomorrow's Parties. You didn't like it that much?

[Qrazy]

Cinematographers:

1. Kazuo Miyagawa
2. Sergei Urusevsky
3. Vittorio Storaro
4. Sven Nykvist
5. Gregg Toland
6. Gordon Willis
7. Christopher Doyle
8. Conrad Hall
9. James Wong Howe
10. Charles Rosher
11. Janusz Kaminski
12. Roger Deakins
13. Wally Pfister
14. Bruno Delbonnel
15. Emmanuel Lebezki
16. Vilmos Zsigmond
17. Freddie Young
18. Russell Boyd
19. Robert Burks
20. Gianni Di Venanzo
21. Vadim Yusov
22. Leon Shamroy
23. Joseph Ruttenberg
24. Charles B Lang
25. George Folsey
26. Robert Elswit
27. Jeff Cronenweth
28. Cesar Charlone
29. Andrew Lesnie
30. Otello Martelli
31. Bill Pope
32. John Toll
33. Robert Richardson
34. Peter Pau
35. Dante Spinotti
36. Nestor Almendros
37. Ed Lachman
38. John Alton
39. Raoul Coutard
40. Haskell Wexler
41. Nicholas Roeg

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Cinematographers:

13. Wally Pfister

:lol:

[Boner M]

Troll Hunter - nay
Hallvard Bræin wasn't on the list, KF. And we're after reviews, not monosyllabic dismissals.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Hallvard Bræin wasn't on the list, KF. And we're after reviews, not monosyllabic dismissals.

Son of a...

[Qrazy]

:lol:

Just because you are incapable of appreciating his craft doesn't mean he doesn't have any.

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Just because you are incapable of appreciating his craft doesn't mean he doesn't have any.

He has craft. Shitty craft, but it is craft.

[Qrazy]

Here's another. Asakazu Nakai.

I might explore this guy given that I think his work with Kurosawa resulted in the majority of Kurosawa's greatest films.

[Qrazy]

He has craft. Shitty craft, but it is craft.

Nah, you just suck at cinematic appraisal.

[Li Lili]

A friend of mine, maybe you're familiar with her (Cult Iconic) was a big fan of All Tomorrow's Parties. You didn't like it that much?
Yes, I know who Cult is (well, we have in common the interest on the Asian films). I didn't say I disliked All Tomorrow's parties, but to explain briefly I used to watch many Mainland Chinese films, and I found the indie Chinese films that are shown in the west (especially the ones shown on western film festivals) are in general rather similar. Now, I don't watch them very much anymore for several reasons. All Tomorrow's Parties has the interest of being more like an anticipation film with a very visual, vivid cinematography.

[Izzy Black]

:lol:

One of the worst, most overrated cinematographers in filmic history.

I plan on picking a film for this thread soon.

[Stay Puft]

I've seen Plastic City and it is indeed terrible.

Yu Lik-wai does great work with Jia Zhangke, though, that's true.

[Stay Puft]

Ping Bin Lee is my favorite cinematographer working today. I try to seek out films on the basis of his involvement. Vertical Ray of the Sun and Flight of the Red Balloon are probably my favorite.

I recently downloaded a documentary about him from KG, called Let the Wind Carry Me. I may try to watch that and write a bit about it and his work, and watch/review a film he shot that I haven't seen yet, as a contribution.

[Boner M]

One of the worst, most overrated cinematographers in filmic history.
+1

[Qrazy]

Herpaderp.

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One of the worst, most overrated cinematographers in filmic history.

I plan on picking a film for this thread soon.

I don't know if he's one of the worst, but he's surely seriously overrated.

[MadMan]

Love Conrad Hall. He's done work for so many movies, but one of my favorites of his is The Professionals (1966), which is a great western.

The Professionals (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060862/fullcredits#cast)

[Qrazy]

Love Conrad Hall. He's done work for so many movies, but one of my favorites of his is The Professionals (1966), which is a great western.

The Professionals (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060862/fullcredits#cast)

Agreed, great film.

[Izzy Black]

Ping Bin Lee is my favorite cinematographer working today. I try to seek out films on the basis of his involvement. Vertical Ray of the Sun and Flight of the Red Balloon are probably my favorite.


Same. I suspect I may do a Ping Bin Lee film, but I think I'd rather do someone I'm not as familiar with.

[Izzy Black]

I don't if he's one of the worst, but he's surely seriously overrated.

One of the worst.

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A few more notable cinematographers that Qrazy's recklessly failed to mention:

Gábor Medvigy
Peter Suschitzky
Yûharu Atsuta
Gabriel Figueroa
Russell Metty
Stephen H. Burum
Eduard Tisse

[Dukefrukem]

This is a neat idea and I might be in the minority here... but one thing I've always admired about Michael Bay films, is the wide shot and the overused steadycam flyover shot. I thought they worked well in Bay's movies. Cinematographer John Schwartzman did The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbor and Seabiscuit. He's also doing the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man.

[Li Lili]

Ping Bin Lee is my favorite cinematographer working today. I try to seek out films on the basis of his involvement. Vertical Ray of the Sun and Flight of the Red Balloon are probably my favorite.

Yep, his collaboration with Hou Hsiao hsien is great.
Didn't like much Vertical Ray of the Sun but the cinematography was bery good (the only thing I found interesting in this film).