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Are The Visual Aspects of Comedies Usually Pretty Bland?

Nadafin​gah

11 months ago

If we stick to the USA,

The General (Keaton) has some phenomenal landscape photography right out of a Civil War Brady photo. Our Hospitality, Sherlock Jr. and The Navigator also have creative framing.

Some others:
Bringing up Baby (Hawks)- dazzling dark cinematography by Russell Metty
Dr. Strangelove (Kubrick)
Raising Arizona (Coens)
Annie Hall (Allen)
Manhattan (Allen)
Zelig (Allen)….o.k., I could go on with Woody for some time
MASH (Altman)
California Split (Altman)
King of Comedy (Scorsese)
After Hours (Scorsese)
Punch Drunk Love (Anderson)

for just a few