for which month of 2009?
Ouch! C’mon you didn’t like those shots of Cornish sitting near windows?
White RIBBON… A Single Man
Andarilho.
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee.
You, the Living.
White Ribbon was good looking and well made, but I actually preferred the cinematography and compositions in Bright Star. Andarilho? Hmm, I don’t think that would make my list. I haven’t seen the other films.
VISAGE
and I second A LETTER TO UNCLE BOONMEE
I just watched Boonmee (here on theauteurs) and agree wholeheartedly, but who can compete with Joe?
I was nonplussed with Bright Star, Jazz. I saw it recently but I don’t even remember it being particularly gorgeous. Sorry to pile on, mate.
Bright Star looked very pretty although I would have to pick The White Ribbon.
I want to see Visage so badly! Gosh dangit, it’s the only Tsai feature I haven’t been able to see yet! >:(
And, yeah, A Letter to Uncle Boonmee is so impressively gorgeous. I might put that at the top of my list. I wish i could see it on a big screen. I think I’d pass out from sheer excitement, though.
Savvy
Zach—While I was watching Boonmee it struck me that his films feel like they should be watched outdoors, perhaps on a big screen at night like in Phantoms of Nabua.
JR, that would be fantastic, but they’d certainly need some damn high quality projection, or it wouldn’t be worth it. Seriously, his films are so gorgeous, and they need to be seen in the most pristine way we can see them.
Savvy
+1 for Visage
Does “Silent Light” count as 2009? “Yes.” Oh, okay then. Silent Light.
Up for Drew.
I agree, the film is gorgeous.
What I love about the film is how its just such an epitome of romanticism and poetry.
Public Enemies
Phantoms of Nabua
VISAGE
Ne Change Rien
35 Rhums
Care to expand on the last part?
Ya sure… I’m going to try and find where I wrote my thoughts, just because I’d rather not have to repeat myself. :)
White Ribbon
Antichrist
Ponyo
For all of you posting other film suggestions, let me refer to the first line in the OP:
“Well, I’m not sure if Bright Star was the best looking 2009 film, but I needed an attention getting title.”
I’m not saying it’s the best looking film of 2009, OK? No more calls, thank you.
@Adam
Some nice scenes in Ponyo, but, no, I wouldn’t put it above Bright Star.
In ABC order:
Antichrist
Bright Star
Inglourious Basterds
A Single Man
The White Ribbon
White Ribbon
The Road
A Single Man
I agree that Bright Star was a very visually beautiful film. I was a little less impressed with some of the other aspects. I though it was kind of cheap that Campion made Charles Armitage Brown into a sort of villian. It also underplayed Keats rather a lot and completely shied away from from the ugly realities of tuberculosis.
completely shied away from from the ugly realities of tuberculosis
wow !
There were nice hats and she made them herself – just sayin !
Ps Go Sox !
@Matt
I agree with you. Basically, I don’t think the script was very good.
@Robert
I don’t know if you’re being facetious, but I really did like the hats.
-wow !-
Whuddya mean “wow!”?
Jazzaloha
Well, I’m not sure if Bright Star was the best looking 2009 film, but I needed an attention getting title. Anyway, while I didn’t find the insights into Keats poetry very interesting—or the story-romance for that matter (although I did get into the scenes of anguished love), I thought this was a great looking film—particularly the interior scenes near windows. The shots of Abbie Cornish in those scenes reminded me of great Renaissance paintings, and I could have looked at them all day!
I’m also not one to get excited about costumes in period films, but I loved the costumes—yes, Robert, including the hats—in this. Maybe I’m just getting old, but I thought the clothes/fashion was attractive (and I’m into Victorian fashion).
Anyway, I think this is a really good looking film and I believe the film—at least the visual aspect of it—should have received more attention. (Was it nominated for best cintematography? It should have been, imo.)