Cinematography

[GetCarter]

Last movie I watched that I loved the camerawork and lighting was 'Road to Perdition' - just watched DVD of 'Pride and Prejudice' (2005 version with Sutherland, Dench and that girl with the pointy chin).

Very lavish, beautifully shot rural English landscapes.

If you can do without car chases, explosions and put up with hopeless romantisim it's worth a watch (and actually quite funny in places).

[Don]

Also worth it from the sheers aesthetics point of view is "The Draughtman's Contract".

Don't ask me what its about though...

[V6GTO]

Sorry, Pulp Fiction every time for me.

Martin.

[elderly]

GetCarter said:

- just watched DVD of 'Pride and Prejudice' (2005 version with Sutherland, Dench and that girl with the pointy chin). Very lavish, beautifully shot rural English landscapes. If you can do without car chases, explosions and put up with hopeless romantisim it's worth a watch (and actually quite funny in places).

I hated watching that 'World of Interiors' version of P & P - and as for all
those sisters gigling inanely all the time, SOO annoying! The last TV series IMVHO was better all round,
especially for the so important adaptation of the novel.

Pulp Fiction for me too!
(Will somebody please tell me how to insert Smilies)

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[grimston barr]

My vote goes to the movie Seven. You could pause the film almost anywhere and be rewarded with a superb still image.

[Andy Mac]

O Brother where art thou, or 2001:Space Oddesey!

[Gruffy]

Kill Bill (particularly the showdown scene in pt1 with Lucy Liu in the House of Blue Leaves and the loft scene with Gordon Liu in pt2).

Or for the old school... Kurasawa's Seven Samurai and Rashomon - every frame a work of art.

Gruffy

[FourWheelDrift]

Lawrence of Arabia. No CGI

[Bacardi]

Gruffy said:

Or for the old school... Kurasawa's Seven Samurai and Rashomon - every frame a work of art.Gruffy

Prefer Yojimbo. If you like lavish, beautifully shot rural English landscapes you could try Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility or anything from Merchant Ivory. I agree you can't go far wrong with Mr Kubrick, the Coen brothers or David Lean. A film I keep going back to is 'Shine', Not overtly cinematic, but a very underrated and well crafted film, IMHO.

[Mr Noble]

Andy Mac said:

2001:Space Oddesey!

Greatest film ever!!! I love watching it with dummass mates and seeing how long it is before they say "What the hell is this pile of crap" and I then have to spend ages explaining the meaning of it all!!!

Very thought provoking movie. As are the 3rd and fourth ones. (2061 and 3001) (BOOKS ONLY)

Greg


ps. Armageddon is great too!

[Andy Mac]

I've read all of them... 2010 is also a great film. The books are good, but get very silly after 2061 and so on! Still the all time best sci-fi movie, and still looks visually stunning, even with all the cgi nowadays..

[GetCarter]

I didn't realsie we were going to go back so far!

I am also a huge 2001 fan - watched it 3 times in my local Odeon the week it came out (I told you I was an old fart).

I've never managed to open any pod bay doors either



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[Gruffy]

Bacardi said:

Gruffy said: Or for the old school... Kurasawa's Seven Samurai and Rashomon - every frame a work of art. Prefer Yojimbo.

Equally amazing and also in the collection. I could go on and on with Kurasawa's films but I just gave my two personal favourites. The shot at the end of Seven Samurai with the survivors standing in front of the Samurai graves... beautiful.

Gruffy

[Mr Noble]

www.kubrick2001.com/

You need to see this site. Its a flash explanation of the fundamental thoughts behind the books.


Get, I am sorry to say that your tincy bandwidth may not cope with it, but have a try.

Greg

[imperialism2024]

My vote goes to Man on Fire.

For a television series, my vote would have to go to The Shield, though I don't know how prevalent that program is in the UK.

[Andy Mac]

Mr Noble said:

www.kubrick2001.com/ You need to see this site. Its a flash explanation of the fundamental thoughts behind the books. Get, I am sorry to say that your tincy bandwidth may not cope with it, but have a try. Greg

I saw that a while back. It's probably the best explanation out there, without getting into the realms of sillyness!

[Captain Beaky]

Don said:

Also worth it from the sheers aesthetics point of view is "The Draughtman's Contract".

I'd second that.

I would also add a vote for "The Magnificent Ambersons", Orson Welles second film.

And the same cinematographer, Stanley Cortez, did "The Night of the Hunter", a wonderfully sinister work.

[magnum]

I think some of the cinematography in Michael Mann's Heat and Collateral movies is superb. Lawrence of Arabia edges it though.

[Andy M]

magnum said:

I think some of the cinematography in Michael Mann's Heat and Collateral movies is superb. Lawrence of Arabia edges it though.

You can add to that his work on The Insider as well. Mann is possibly my favourite producer/cinematographer - his movies offer a steely coolness unmatched by others IMO.

[matt gravy]

GetCarter said:

Just watched DVD of 'Pride and Prejudice' (2005 version with Sutherland, Dench and that girl with the pointy chin). Very lavish, beautifully shot rural English landscapes. If you can do without car chases, explosions and put up with hopeless romantisim it's worth a watch (and actually quite funny in places).

Funny, i thought exactly the same thing....really well shot IMO.