Which films have the best photography?

All About Lily Chou Chou was the first feature film shot on 24P it procalims in japan. looks good too, the ricefields. i love that movie.
 
Saving private Ryan was my all time favourite as quality of photography goes. The audio and digital effects were second to none as well, which tied the whole package together.
 
I loved the look in:

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Most movies these days have great dvd bonus features that give away helpful hints. My favorite is "American Beauty." From a first time director who learned alot from other director commentaries, his is great. He raves about is DOP and I can see why.
 
I know the rules set in the thread-opening post stated:
"I'm not talking of big film competition awards (oscar etc..) here, but real life."

...but I still have to consider a "big film competition" film- Legends of the Fall.
To me it has some of the best cinematography seen in modern films.
 
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Double Life of Véronique
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Uzak (Distant)
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Ratcatcher
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Breaking the Waves
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There are quite a few pages to this thread, but on the ones that I looked at, did anyone mention Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers??
That movie blew me away when I saw it for the first time, not only did I love the story line but the use of different film formats and the amazing use of different cuts, the lighting! I find that movie entirely entertaining and beautiful. I could watch it thousands of times without getting tired of it.
Incase it hasn't been said...Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway were also entirely stunning!
 
Baluardo said:
I'm not talking of big film competition awards (oscar etc..) here, but real life.

Which films impressed you the most for the quality of photography?
I'd like to have your suggestions so I can learn more watching the ones i don't know already.

One of the best i can think ok is the KILL BILL saga (even though i didnt like them as films as a whole, which is weird as a Tarantino fan).
Another one I loved from the photography point of view was 'AMELIE' (successful 2001 french film)

contribute to my list!
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well I risk being standard but for me a favorite two are ----
it is the comparison between Citizen Kane (dp Greg Toland )and the unlikly little documentary by Orson Wells called
"Its all True "
about fisherman in south america who journey to a capitol to petition for thier rights .
In the small film "its all true "we see (I think) ,the eye of Wells operating and placing cameras as his instinct tells him . There is a great documentary showing a few behind e scenes views .
in such away as you can clearly imagine ---It was not just Toland teaching Wells but Wells teaching Toland something fresh .
Also with Black and White films (to Me ) there is such a greater need to know what the light might do for you to tell the story..or to work against the story .. "all grey space " if no key light seperates and distinguishes the important subject .
many more color films follow ,,,,,
Blade Runner
Satyricon by fellini
The Dualist Ridly Scott
Days of Heaven on and on
black narcissus a british film in early technicolor
 
Sad Max - you know you're stuff. Yeah the good thief great photography. Of course let's not forget GOdfather part 2 and In Cold blood.
 
Bruce Morgan said:
:engel017:
well I risk being standard but for me a favorite two are ----
it is the comparison between Citizen Kane (dp Greg Toland )and the unlikly little documentary by Orson Wells called
"Its all True "
about fisherman in south america who journey to a capitol to petition for thier rights . . .
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The footage from "It's All True" on the beach of the women working in the shade was beautiful. It's a shame he wasn't able to complete this project.
 
anything by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (esp. amelie and a very long engagement)
anything by Conrad L. Hall (esp. american beauty and road to perdition)
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I don't know if this was covered yet, but the DP for The Aviator and Kill Bill is Rob Richardson, not Bill. He does a lot of Scorsese movies, Casino, Bringing Out the Dead and the Aviator. He won his first Academy Award for JFK. He's my personal favorite, and is known for his blown out effect, mainly with whites.

Another movie I'd check out would be Raging Bull by Scorsese, and DP'd by Michael Chapman. Every frame is perfect enough to hang on a wall. Goodfellas as well, because you don't even notice the lighting in that, and that's by Michael Ballhaus.

Check out Sunset Boulevard too. You got a lot of great movies here to watch from this thread!

Fargo is another one that springs to mind. Road to Perdition as well.
 
Hi everyone. This is my first post which is great but what is even better is that fact my new AG-DVX102A is on it way. Finally I can allow my creative side run free....

Anyhow my fav flicks for look and feel are as follows:

The Game ( with Michael Douglas ) What can I say it was excellent.
ET ( Who can forget the bike chase when they where a kid )
Star Wars. The empire strikes back ( The whole package, visual, sound and script )


Anyhow you'll all be seeing more of me from time to time so feel free to buzz me on yahoo or on these forums.

Michael
 
joe_tmp said:
The other one is 'Apocalypse Now' where again Caleb was the director of photography.
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Although Caleb is an excellent DP, it was the famed Vittorio Storaro who DP'd Apocalypse Now.
 
In no particular order:
Anything Scorsese
Anything Kubrick
Boogie Nights
Citizen Kane
Fargo
Amelie
Seven
Fight Club
The Godfather Parts I & II
Pulp Fiction
Rushmore
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Life Aquatic
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Honeymoon Killers
Psycho
8 1/2
Requiem for a Dream
Miller's Crossing
Touch of Evil (For the longest dollie/crane shot EVER)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Okay, I feel as if "Night" deserves some extra explaining; It's not a beautiful cinematic masterpiece, which is why I put it on my list. The photography in Night fo the Living Dead has a very rough, raw, documentary esque visual style to it (in the same vein of The Honeymoon Killers) which is, brilliant in its own right, without being pretentious. It lends a more realistic, yet still dream-like quality to the film, without taking you away from the story and distracting you. The phorography (I don't like to say "cinematography/er" because it just feels pretentious, no offense to anyoen who does use that term) is part of the reaosn I love the film, and I feel it's very underrated. Okay, I'm done now.
 
This is a great thread. I can't believe nobody here has mentioned The Insider. In terms of contemporary cinematography this is milestone of cinema photography.
 
Yas Kassana said:
This is a great thread. I can't believe nobody here has mentioned The Insider. In terms of contemporary cinematography this is milestone of cinema photography.
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why do you consider it a milestone? its been a while since i've seen it and don't really recall it. this is the movie with russell crowe, right?
 
this year KungFu Hustle is my favorite for photography.. disregard that it's a kung-fu crap subject and just look at photografy stile.. its just perfect in my opinion.. and damn funny movie after all...
 
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