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The single greatest SHOT ever...?

Emanuel said:
In the Mood for Love is my favorite asian example. Italians... pay attention to Antonioni (1st of the list), De Sica, Fellini, Visconti, Rossellini (father of all modern cinema including the 'Nouvelle Vague' filmmakers), Scola (Una Giornata Particolare, one of my favorites). Scandinavian too, such as Lars von Trier (my fav: Europa aka Zentropa -- a masterpiece !!!) and surely Carl Dreyer and Bergman. And a turkish called Nuri Bilge Ceylan [ LINK ] IKLIMLER / Climates (shot with a F900) is well... take a look!
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Even being a non-comprehensive list, it was ommited one of the best moviemakers ever, Mr. Kieslowski, Krzysztof Kieslowski. Someone I had the honor to have known personally and have learned something with. From the heart...

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Emanuel said:
Even being a non-comprehensive list, it was ommited one of the best moviemakers ever, Mr. Kieslowski, Krzysztof Kieslowski. Someone I'm proud to have known personally and have learned something with. From the heart...

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One of the most memorable sequences ever seen on the screen, from Blue (1993). [ LINK ]
 
Style over substance in all it's glory.
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Just plain and simply awesome.
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100% Badass.
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A lot of people praise the rain shot, but I've always preferred this one as it just works on so many levels for the story, the characters, and the audience all in one simple dolly back.
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It has significant historical value but not much value relating to cinematography or filmmaking.
 
Not necessarily my favorite film in his extraordinary body of work, but this great thread on remarkable shots would somehow be incomplete without mention of Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark (Русский ковчег) - the 90 minute tour or the history of Russia told during one long night in the Hermitage via a single 90 minute hyper-choreographed shot by Steadicam operator Tilman Büttner.
 
Gohanto said:
Style over substance in all it's glory.
thumb_Amelie_071.jpg


Just plain and simply awesome.
thumb_Fight_Club_1127.jpg


100% Badass.
thumb_Terminator_2_638.jpg


A lot of people praise the rain shot, but I've always preferred this one as it just works on so many levels for the story, the characters, and the audience all in one simple dolly back.
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All of these look incredibly interesting! Can you please link me to bigger versions? Please...
 
Emanuel said:
Even being a non-comprehensive list, it was ommited one of the best moviemakers ever, Mr. Kieslowski, Krzysztof Kieslowski. Someone I had the honor to have known personally and have learned something with. From the heart...

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Emanuel said:
One of the most memorable sequences ever seen on the screen, from Blue (1993). [ LINK ]
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Great filmmaker. That 3 colors blue's piece is breathtaking.
 
One of my favorite shots from The Thin Red Line....

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There is something so random and poignant about this sequence.
 
Tom said:
One of my favorite shots from The Thin Red Line....

There is something so random and poignant about this sequence.
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Hi Tom,

Yes, I like these scenes a lot also. Just as Sean Penn's character in the "Thin Red Line" says that this whole war "is about property", this scene shows that the foreign soldiers fighting for property, where as the native person is totally indifferent to their presence, and totally assimilated within his inner being. You should read the novel also on which the movie "The Thin Red Line" is based, in case you haven't already. Only if Terrance Malick was able to keep up his vision in his next movie.

Further comments: It is disconcerting to note that the two greats of filmmaking, Akiro Kurosawa and Satyajit Ray are hardly mentioned in this thread. Kurosawa is still known to American audience. However, I am totally baffled when I come to know that how little known Satyajit Ray is in US. You must see his first movie "Pathar Panchali" -- you would not have seen anything like that before.

As Filmmaker's Gang has rightly noted that cinematography is more than a collection of a few dazzling, well-lit pixels ....
 
The whole Apu Trilogy is pretty impressive stuff.

Joofa said:
Hi Tom,

Yes, I like these scenes a lot also. Just as Sean Penn's character in the "Thin Red Line" says that this whole war "is about property", this scene shows that the foreign soldiers fighting for property, where as the native person is totally indifferent to their presence, and totally assimilated within his inner being. You should read the novel also on which the movie "The Thin Red Line" is based, in case you haven't already. Only if Terrance Malick was able to keep up his vision in his next movie.

Further comments: It is disconcerting to note that the two greats of filmmaking, Akiro Kurosawa and Satyajit Ray are hardly mentioned in this thread. Kurosawa is still known to American audience. However, I am totally baffled when I come to know that how little known Satyajit Ray is in US. You must see his first movie "Pathar Panchali" -- you would not have seen anything like that before.

As Filmmaker's Gang has rightly noted that cinematography is more than a collection of a few dazzling, well-lit pixels ....
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In my own defense, I did post some Kurosawa-san earlier in the thread. :)
 
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so silly that i will not comment.

btw..
art is not mere politics
politics is not art[/QUOTE]

Erm, but you just did.
Is that art comment a line from Mystery Men?

The Sphinx said it right?
 
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