steve_gallimore1 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 My other half is away visiting family for a week, so I have the evenings to myself. Any suggestions on movies, from a photography viewpoint? I'm not thinking of movies about photographers, on that topic, the internet is very helpful, but rather, movies that you have enjoyed or found relevant as photographers, on this, the internet is drawing a blank. To get things started, I submit Dr Strangelove (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb). You could probably pick anything by Kubrick, but I think this is a masterpiece of lighting, so simple and yet so effective. So, suggestions? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Peri Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 I think "Night of the Demon" is very well photographed. There are no dark, murky scenes where you can't see what's happening. The special effects aren't bad either (except for the demon itself) for a movie made in 1957. See: [MEDIA=dailymotion]x1xd6p8[/MEDIA] 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 The Fugitive, John Ford. The Searchers, John Ford. Night of the Hunter, Charles Laughton Written on the Wind, Douglas Sirk M, Fritz Lang The Danish Girl, Tom Hooper In A Lonely Place, Nicholas Ray Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock Badlands, Terence Malick 2 "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 "Night of the Demon" Made me think of my mate, Phil. Just kidding Phil. Love the atmosphere and the suspense. BW, is a stripping away of the unnecessarily element of colour. My favourite BW film and among my all time favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Helmke Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 What was the movie from a good while back in which Nick Nolte played a news photographer in a war zone..... Rick H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 This film has a eternal magic quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Parsons Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 The perfect film on 'How NOT To Do It' must be Plan Nine From Outer Space !:eek::eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 An eternal truth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochetrider Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 The 2018 film Cold War isn't about photography but its in black and white, is well shot, imagined, and directed- it is just... lush. Its cool soundtrack just adds to the film's allure.I actually heard about here first! FWIWCold War got an Oscar Nomination for best foreign film it didn't win- Alfonso Cuaron's Roma won- another excellent B&W film from 2018. I personally liked Cold War better, but hey- what do I know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick D. Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 " The Passenger" Antonioni. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick D. Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Zabriskie Point, 1970 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 The 2018 film Cold War isn't about photography but its in black and white, is well shot, imagined, and directed- it is just... lush. Its cool soundtrack just adds to the film's allure.I actually heard about here first! FWIWCold War got an Oscar Nomination for best foreign film it didn't win- Alfonso Cuaron's Roma won- another excellent B&W film from 2018. I personally liked Cold War better, but hey- what do I know. Absolutely. Also Roma which is bw and came out last year as well. It’s on Netflix. 1 "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andylynn Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Anything Kurosawa, but I particularly appreciate Seven Samurai. Before he went into cinema, Kurosawa was a painter, and it shows. So many of his scenes are pretty much beautifully composed photos with dialogue. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Javkin Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Blowup, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, starring David Hemmings, based on a story by Julio Cortazar. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leo_papandreou1 Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Cinematographer Fritz Arno Wagner. Worked on Fritz Lang's M and Metropolis. Check out the weird angles in M @ the IMDB photos link. The Third Man Persona Raging Bull ... There's so many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen_S Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzxrSX79oz4 Человек с киноаппаратом 1929, although it is about a cinematographer. Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin? (Sorry, I am not really into modern stuff anymore) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_ Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Rapture (65') Blast of silence (61') 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_bowring Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 The documentary "Elvis 56". Great still photography by Alfred Wertheimer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orsetto Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) Totally agree with Phil S: one of the most cliche recommendations would be "Blade Runner", which everyone has seen a dozen times already. But most have not seen the under-appreciated 2017 sequel "Balde Runner 2049", which was much better than expected, esp the cinematography by Roger Deakins which easily matches Jordan Cronenweth's work in the first film. An early scene with Ryan Gosling on a rooftop with his hologram assistant was alone worth the price of admission, and the movie is chock-a-block with such beautiful shots .Some other random possibilities: Color: Don't Look Now (1973) - Venice never looked so beautiful or eerie Pennies From heaven (1981) - super stylized Depression era Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown (1988) - Almodovar's signature pop art visuals Samourai Trilogy (1950's) - Hiroshi Inagaka's magnum opus, Japanese tonal palette B&W: Eraserhead (1977) - David Lynch bizarre, but incredible cinematography (restored finally) Beauty And The Beast (1946) - Jean Cocteau Last Year At Marienbad (1961) - utterly pretentious, but gorgeous to watch Laura (1944) - the film noir poster child Edited October 26, 2019 by orsetto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruslan Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_ Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Smoke. With Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Forrest Whitaker, and Stockard Channing. Directed by Wayne Wang. www.citysnaps.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supriyo Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 To me, things that allude to photography in movies include strong use of perspective, contrast made with light, framing that connects the foreground with the background, close-ups, abstract shots and things like that. Some of the Indian film-makers have great elements of photography in their movies (Ritwik Ghatak, Satyajit Ray, even commercial directors like Bimal Roy), but Western audience may not be familiar with them. Satyajit Ray’s movies can be seen on YouTube though. Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho has strong use of perspective and dramatic lighting, be it the intimate scene at the beginning, or the more dramatic scenes in the middle and end. Particular mentions are the shot of Anthony Perkins with the taxidermy on the background wall and the detective walking down the stairs when he is attcked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supriyo Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) Bandini (Bimal Roy) You can ignore the singing :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM9KGNVROMM Edited October 26, 2019 by Supriyo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn McCreery Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 8 1/2 - Federico Fellini 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Kubrick started as a still photographer for Look, and his cinematography reveals that background. All his films are outstanding, but my personal favorite in almost all dimensions is 2001. [LINK] The tourists pose for the snapshot 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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