5. "yeah i just read about that documentary in " In response to Reply # 1
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4. "Godfather 2 - it's rated R, but the best regardless." In response to Reply # 0
I doubt you'll find better lighting in a PG-13 movie than you will in Million Dollar Baby, which was previously mentioned. I love the use of darkness in that movie...
9. "Crooklyn. Real bright dayglo lighting and artwork...." In response to Reply # 0
Do the Right Thing is really the measuring stick for Spike's work.... Ernest Dickerson did DTRT, and i can't remember the name of the cat who did Crooklyn, but it is awesome.
Jim Jarmusch...Dead Man with Johnny Depp...its in Black and White, but its really nice how they used that to craft this world that has no light.
25. "related to that, American Beauty is extremely well lit" In response to Reply # 11
same director / DP.
Say what you want about emo dude taping plastic bags, but I've personally found the most endearing aspect of that film across time is actually the lighting.
the scene with ricky and lester smoking weed outside of the banquet is a great example - when ricky's manager opens the door, that lighting is amazing.
13. "shit, there went Psycho. Will Citizen Kane work?" In response to Reply # 0 Sun Sep-06-09 05:44 PM by Nukkapedia
I think many of the best-lit films are black and white, since the monochromatic spectrum requires good and expressive use of contrast. Even with color films, I prefer classic film cinema style lighting, where expressionism tended to rule over realism ("Imitation of Life" and "Vertigo" for example).
23. "does Amelie count as a Rated R movie?" In response to Reply # 0
There was that short but graphic sex scene.
But the lighting in that movie was phenomenal. It gave a wonderful surreal aspect to the film, though nothing particularly surreal happened.
But all of the films by that director (I believe Jean-Pierre Jounet?, if I spelled it correctly) seem to have great lighting, great use of colors. I think his co-partner for many movies was a comic illustrator. The colors, the lighting just leaps out. That's why so many people bash Alien Resurrection, but I have to defend it. It was so gorgeously shot.
26. "possibly obvious, but In The Mood For Love" In response to Reply # 0 Mon Sep-07-09 03:49 PM by celery77
has some stunning scenes.
Along with that, some of my absolutely favorite Kar Wai photography is in Happy Together. There's scenes where it doesn't come off that well, but the ones that do? Wow wow wow -- I mean the scene where they're playing soccer in the back of the restaurant? or the scene where dude's ex shows up at the bar where he's doorman and then rolls out as the john of the tourists (with the killer Zappa in the background)? or the scene towards the end with the main character rolling through the city on the back of a boat? Stunning stuff.
29. "RE: possibly obvious, but In The Mood For Love" In response to Reply # 26
>has some stunning scenes. > >Along with that, some of my absolutely favorite Kar Wai >photography is in Happy Together. There's scenes where it >doesn't come off that well, but the ones that do? Wow wow wow >-- I mean the scene where they're playing soccer in the back >of the restaurant?
I posted this in the recent favorite bits of camera work post. For the curious it starts at the 33 second mark of this clip:
31. "EDIT - Alright, some PG stuff:" In response to Reply # 0 Mon Sep-07-09 08:52 PM by Sponge
-Snow Falling on Cedars -The Natural -Cabaret -The Money Pit (Gordon Fuckin' Willis) -Being There -Used People -Secret Garden -Avalon -The Right Stuff -The Adventures of Huck Finn -Peggy Sue Got Married -E.T.
A whole lot of Woody Allen (Gordon Willis, Carlo Di Palma, Sven Fuckin' Nykvist) b/w Annie Hall and Crimes and Misdemeanors goes without saying for Frank and other WA fans here. On that same note the Spielberg-Kaminski PG-13 films.
And the earlier mentioned Searching For Bobby Fischer.
Rest of the movie's good too. I'll throw in the Outsiders too cause it was Coppola's little SE Hinton thing...those movies look extraordinary. And every kid should read/see some SE Hinton material around the ages of 10-16.
51. "anybody else see that Levi's ad in the football game last night?" In response to Reply # 0
all shot in black and white, all extremely striking. I even had the shit on a slight delay with the DVR, but I watched that ad through with my jaw hanging a little bit, thinking damn them art school kids sold the fuck out, but I'm not even mad about it right now.
53. "was amelie rated R?" In response to Reply # 0 Mon Sep-14-09 10:40 PM by lfresh
chocolat? como agua para chocolate/like water for chocolate? the fall and of course the cell
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