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The single greatest SHOT ever...?

Tom said:
gang, we are all well aware of your battles with the English language. :wink:
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you're wrong.. me said american english languafe.. :wink:
 
Since nobody took Mitch Gross up on his suggestion, here are three classic shots from the silent era (all from Murnau's "Nosferatu", the first and what may be the most visually inventive vampire film, ever).

That bundle he's leaning over (third shot) is a lady in bed, and he's about to have his fill, and more.

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How about some images from "Sunrise"?
 
one of my favs..
 
Gordon Prince said:
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No one can say the editor didn't know how to deal with the 180º key... We are not talking about cinematography, understood? :) The same about this post. Typical under the director's POV too. ;-)
 
My favorite shot is from "The Lives of Others," when Dreyman gets out of the cab at the end, and he sees Wiesler delivering the mail. The shot hangs on Dreyman as he can't thing of anything to say, and he gets back into the cab.
 
What a wonderful thread,

Great choices everyone. Particulary, David's image of the Star Destroyer entering the top of our frame; I was 7 years old when I first saw that one.

Anything from Vilmos comes to mind

Close Encounters - The entire sequence when Dreyfus and the cops are chasing the UFO's.
 
Mitch Gross said:
Here's a simple one: the closing shot of City Lights. Charlie Chaplin's face. He was a millionaire and now he's a street tramp. He's spent all his money paying for the surgery to have a blind flower girl's vision restored. He's in love with her but of course she has no idea. Now they have a chance meeting and when they touch she realizes who he is and it all suddenly becomes clear to her. It all plays out in her eyes and then ends simply with his bashfully smiling face.
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GREAT call Mitch, definitely my favorite Chaplin picture.
 
Maybe not the greatest "shot" ever (technically speaking) but definitely one of my favourite performance moments ever in film.

The Elephant Man - Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Frederick Treves sees John Merrick for the first time in a freak show. We hardly see Merrick - it mostly plays on Hopkin's face. A beautiful, heartbreaking film.


 
jtm said:
Maybe not the greatest "shot" ever (technically speaking)
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are you really sure that's not a great shot technically speaking ??.. so.. what's acting?..
 
Wow - thanks for the condescending response.

I assumed that by "greatest shot ever" on a camera-centric board that the thread assumed a cinematographic dimension such as a long unbroken take or unusual photographic requirements but thanks for pointing out that acting has a technical dimension. I wasn't aware of that.
 
Directing too... This shot is directing department too -- all shots, actually (or most part :)). Among other departments or even many others for certain cases. Not just cinematography as someone may wrongly misinterpret granted where the thread is located.
 
jtm said:
Maybe not the greatest "shot" ever (technically speaking) but definitely one of my favourite performance moments ever in film.

The Elephant Man - Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Frederick Treves sees John Merrick for the first time in a freak show. We don't see Merrick - it all plays on Hopkin's face. A beautiful, heartbreaking film.


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Nice one. That film always tears me apart. Excellent cinema.
 
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