Lusciously widescreen

A place where we can showcase shots/cinematography that makes orgasmic use of the wide frame. I’m having a mild Lynch revival tonight, so I’ll start with:

Something about certain 90’s cinematography really gets my juices flowing…

the tale of despereaux :O)

Oh yes, ‘lusciously’, that’s a good way to put it. I just love the cinematography in this film. I have a soft spot for 2.35:1 widescreen generally, and Lynch just uses it masterfully here.

It’s such an imaginatively shot picture. I don’t know any other way of putting it. To me it’s the most technically adroit Lynch, by far. The most thought-out, well-structured and aesthetically pleasing.

I like Lost Highway more than Blue Velvet. There, I said it.

Mubi havin’ a real hard time with image links today.

savannah that shot can fit into narrowscreen :O(

Had this in the Japanese directors thread the other day, but though it fair to put here…love how wide the Kabuki stage looks framed within widescreen.

what movie is that from BSimington?

Good question: AN ACTOR’S REVENGE / REVENGE OF A KABUKI ACTOR by Kon Ichikawa. REAL wide.

Matt, pray tell.

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Anthony Mann

YEAH BUMP!

Worth pointing out, when I first saw Lost Highway it was on VHS and was pan-and-scanned. Boy did seeing it in widescreen on DVD make a heck of a difference. In full frame, there were moments of sheer emptiness in the frame that I later learned were framed on the right and left by hallways, doors, etc… changed the movie substantially from the feeling of someone closing his eyes against the weirdness of the movie to a more labyrinthine look. Whereas altering a widescreen movie to make it full screen commonly causes problems like that, with Lost Highway it effectively became a whole different movie.

—PolarisDiB