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The Strongly Visual Films thread

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I thought it would be a good idea to compile a list of films which are strongly visual.

The list can include films which are more metaphorically / symbolically visual (Blowup) or not (The Graduate) - although I do make a distinction between the two groups.

I will extend it further when I have more time, here are just my top favorites. I was surprised to discover that they were ALL made over a period of just 6 years! I didn't notice it before... wild.

Please feel free to add your own.

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Blowup (1966) - Antonioni - Palme d'Or

Zabriskie Point (1970) - Antonioni

Belle de jour (1967) - Buñuel

The Roundup (1966) - Miklós Jancsó

The Red and the White (1967) - Miklós Jancsó

Last Tango in Paris (1972) - Bertolucci

The Graduate (1967) - Mike Nichols

Rosetta (1999) - Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne - Palme d'Or

L'enfant (2005) - Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) - Cristian Mungiu - Palme d'Or

Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) - Bela Tarr

The Battle of Algiers (1966) Gillo Pontecorvo

Midnight Cowboy (1969) - John Schlesinger

Deliverance (1972) - John Boorman


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BARAKA
(65mm motion control heaven)
Lawrence of Arabia

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring

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Powaqqatsi

Besieged :)
 
The Conformist (Bertolucci/Storaro)

Sunrise (Murnau)

Almost anything by Stan Brakhage, but in particular: Visions in Meditation 1-4, The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him, The Dante Quartet, Chartres, Untitled for Marilyn.

Everything by Nathaniel Dorsky in this past decade. His output from 2000-2010 is some of the most visually stunning work in any filmmaker's body of work.

Pretty much anything by Tarkovsky. Stalker and Nostalghia in particular.

That said, almost any great film is going to be strongly visual. Kind of a broad topic...
 
Rosetta 1999 - Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

L'enfant 2005 - Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
 
Werckmeister Harmonies rocks... that 12 min first scene should be in the hall of fame of cinema. (it should be called the "Hall of Frame")

I can't believe you even know this movie :-)
 
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) - Cristian Mungiu
 
Trying not to include those above but here is a few that spring to mind.

In the mood for love/2046 - Wong Kar Wai
Mirror
Stalker
Solyaris - Tarkovsky
The Fall - Tarsem Singh
City of Lost Children - Jeunet/Caro
Europa - Lars Von Triers
Casshern - Kazuaki Kiriya
Bade Runner - Ridley Scott
Alien - Ridley Scott
Vertigo - Hitchcock
Lady from Shanghai - Orson Welles
Night and the city - Jules Dassin
The Big Combo - Joseph H. Lewis
Last Year at Marienbad - Alan Resnais
Vampyr - Carlo Theodor Dreyer
Cabinet Dr Caligari - Robert Wiene
The Saddest Music in the World - Guy Maddin
Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick
The Fountain -Darren Aronofsky
Dark City - Alex Proyas
Brazil - Terry Gilliam
Soy Cuba - Mikhail Kalatozov
Suspiria - Dario Argento
Romeo and Juliet - Baz Lurman
Three Colours Trilogy - Kieslowski
Pans Labyrinth - Del Toro
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - Ang Lee
Requiem for a dream - Aronofsky
Waking Life - Richard Linklater
Sin City - Robert Rodriguez/Frank Miller
Tears of the black tiger - Wisit Sasanatieng
La Antena - Esteban Sapir
Once upon a time in the west - Sergio Leone
Cremaster 3 - Matthew Barney

There are so many...
 
The Battle of Algiers (1966) Gillo Pontecorvo
 
Mike Brent said:
Werckmeister Harmonies rocks... that 12 min first scene should be in the hall of fame of cinema. (it should be called the "Hall of Frame")

I can't believe you even know this movie :-)
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I'm a sucker for Bela Tarr :)
 
Are you saying you also watched Satantango from start to finish? All 7 hours? :-)
 
Two 'Americanish' films-
One from the Heart- Storaro (gleefuly exercising his color theory and echoing Las Vegas' garish lights)

Avalon the Barry Levinson film, Allen Daviua DP. (The lighting changes vis-a-vis both scene mood and the changes of time period are great.)
 
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Mike Brent said:
Are you saying you also watched Satantango from start to finish? All 7 hours? :-)
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In three sittings, no time to watch a 7 hour film in one session :(
 
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