“eyes wide shut”
did not won any major cinematography awards, but its Kubrick last film, praise by some really big names like:
Darius khonjdie; Dario argento; Steven Spielberg; martin Scorsese and a pleasure to watch; in dvd, blu ray and specially at the movies…but i loved it also on vhs on an old cathodic tv set…was mesmerizing…
1999/ Warner bros( so no criterion any time soon)
Although I love Eyes Wide Shut, I don’t think it is particularly well-shot. The Shining, which I think it has a little in common with visually, blows it out of the water. I’ll agree with the rest of your picks.
I did like how this scene was shot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsfHwOz_c1w
and there will be blood needs to be on the list. Robert Elswit’s the man.
I think EYES WIDE SHUT is one of the best looking movies ever (especially, ahem, in 1:33, though I know that’s a pretty unpopular stance). MORE movies lit entirely with Christmas lights. MORE! And those waltzing camera moves? Killer.
The Assassination of Jesse James
Gerry, Elephant, Last Days and Paranoid Park
Birth
Werckmeister Harmonies
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Ben, that stance is far from unpopular in my house.
that the point to this topic to get people to talk about which movies they find to be the best shot of the past decade or so…
the thin red line
winner of the asc awards and Oscar nominated
beautiful cinematography by mister toll
with shots from Australia and the pacific island never before(and scarcely few since) taken; dollies cranes shots that follows soldiers as in a murnau film…
seen in two times at the cinema and like for or five in dvd…looking forward to a criterion release…
by the way i saw way i saw eyes wide shut ten times at the cinema
Eyes wide shut – still underrated.
Usually takes 10 years for cinema to catch up with Kubrick. This one may just take 20.
Best shot film:
In the Mood for love
Bringing out the dead
Assasination of Jesse James
“bringing out the dead”
having to make a list of best shot films
and leave out both: Scorsese and Robert Richardson is wrong…but that the nature of list
and “the assassination of Jesse James” almost made it also
just may, bur with plasma screens and blu ray technology gaining popularity its may speed up the process
its just look gorgeous in blu ray…those Christmas lights set, those colors…now if just tom cruise can regains public favor…
I agree that Eyes Wide Shut is very well-shot and is definitely overrated. I think that part of the film’s visual appeal also lies in the brilliant set design though. It’s really a pretty major aspect of the film.
Oops, meant to say “definitely underrated.” UNDERRATED.
EWS is my fourth favorite film of all time. :)
The New World
Eyes Wide Shut
Tetro
the new world
terry malick; el chivo lubeski behind the camera
shot after shot of beauty and meaning….
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
Ratcatcher
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Road to Perdition
The Return
A Very Long Engagement
The New World
Children of Men
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
There Will Be Blood
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Hunger
Bright Star
Assassination Of Jesse James
Eyes Wide Shut
In the Mood For Love
Last Days
Mulholland Drive
The New World
Thin Red Line
The Weeping Meadow
special mention goes to Antichrist for being one of the only great looking films shot in digital i’ve seen.
For popcorn movies, two of my votes would have to go to Burton for Sleepy Hollow and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory.
I just want to clarify what I said earlier. I love Eyes Wide Shut – it would be in my Top 25 Films. But I think it is the production design and direction that account for its greatness; its photography/lighting is nothing special, compared to films shot between 98 and 08 that have brilliant cinematography: The New World, A.I., even The Black Dahlia.
is “tetro” as good as these?
juan jose namnun
eyes wide shut: stanley kubrick; larry smith
the thin red line: terry malick; john toll
the man who wasnt there: coen bros; roger deakins
bunuel y la mesa del rey salomon: carlos saura; jose luis lopez linares
children of men: alfonso cuaron; emmanuel lubeski
the diving bell and the butterfly: julian schnabel; januz kamisnki
in the mood for love: wong kar wai; cris doyle;pung leung kwan;pin bing lee
slumdog millionaire: danny boyle; anthony dod mantle
tango: carlos saura; vittorio sttoraro
the pianist :roman polansky; pawel edelman