Best Cinematography you have ever seen?
@Frank – I think a whole thread could be whipped up out of anecdotes like this, where interpersonal matters caused workplace & professional rules/regs to be flouted (I’m thinking of the DGA’s “Clint Eastwood Rule”)
Most Recently, Sufi mystic director Khemir’s Bab Aziz The Prince Contemplates His Soul
Sorry to go a bit off-topic but … @Witkacy: I’ve never heard of the DGA’s “Clint Eastwood Rule." What’s that?
On a related note, I worked briefly with Jerry Lewis and he told me the following anecdote related to Hollywood craft unions: He was acting in and directing his first feature. After the lunch break, some of the crew had dawdled and hadn’t returned promptly. Being the manic that he was/is, Jerry said, “Let’s get started!” and plugged in some lights to get things moving. The electricians on the set all walked off in protest because, as a non-member, he had broken a union rule by “working” as an electrician on a film set.
Jerry promptly joined several Hollywood unions so as not to repeat that mistake.
Czech Cinematography
Long Live The Republic (1965, DP Jaromir Sofr)
Valley Of The Bees (1968, DP Frantisek Uldrich)
You Are A Widow, Sir (1971, DP Vaclav Hanus)
The Bed (1998, DP Igor Luther)
…and the Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965, DP Jan Kalis)
The Cremator (1969, DP Stanislav Milota)
The Conformist
The Godfather Trilogy
The Last Emperor
Bezruc: Do you know where I could see the films you posted? They all look amazing but are not on this site or on Netflix.
ROBLEY …and the fifth Horseman is Fear , The Valley of the Bees and The Cremator are on Netflix
The Cremator (1969, DP Stanislav Milota)
I know I’ve already queued them. But what about the rest?
I bought the rest in Europe last summer. I am not sure they are available here in the US, yet.
They are in Youtube somewhere guys..Excellent films The Czech were making!
I’d agree with the Three Colours Trilogy. Amazing.
One example in black and white: My Darling Clementine, mostly for the opening scene, but still great throughout.
And something I watched again recently, and which I noticed had really gorgeous cinematography: The Black Stallion. Beautiful.
Wings of Desire
Sunrise (1927)
Sheltering sky
Two more:
Apocalypse Now
Fanny and Alexander
Mirror
Mirror
Andrei Rublev
stalker
three colours trilogy
adam’s apple
off the top of my head…
Is the 4th one up Vinnicent Gallo? What film?
earth (the bbc documentary)
color
“touch of evil”
b&w
4th one up is buffalo 66
A few of my faves…
The Conformist
Godfather – Part II
Mildred Pierce
The Shop Around the Corner
Playtime
I’ll also put in thumbs ups for Haskell Wexler (The Loved One, Who’s Afriad of Virginia Woolf) and James Wong Howe (The Sweet Smell of Success, Picnic)
The films of Max Ophüls.
Frank P. Tomasulo, Ph.D.
@Witkacy: I’m with George Roy Hill in his negative attitude about allowing Katherine Ross to shoot scenes in BUTCH CASSIDY. Unless she happened to be a member of the ASC, that’s a MAJOR breech of union rules and could have caused the entire production to shut down — with fines added later.
I guess she later married Sam Elliot. I wonder if he let her do his stunts for him? :-)