Visually, your favourite films

Black Narcissus
Tree of Life
Easy Rider
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Midnight Cowboy
Vertigo
Blue Velvet
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
There Will Be Blood
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
One From the Heart

 

I don't believe any films shot by Sven Nykvist have been listed yet, so I want to make sure the man who lensed many of Bergman's films, including the extraordinarily beautiful Cries and Whispers, does not go unmentioned. He also shot my favorite '80s movie, The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

 

Great idea for a thread. Terrence Malick's THE NEW WORLD is the first that comes to mind - I have THE TREE OF LIFE, but haven't watched it yet . Some movies like that one are so beautiful to look at that it can take you out of the story. I definitely agree with 2001, HEAT and BLADE RUNNER. Also the Coen brothers' version of TRUE GRIT is worth mentioning - Roger Deakins was the cinematographer on that, I think. David Lynch's DUNE is also visually arresting. I like all these films. Another film which makes great use of the widescreen frame would be Blake Edwards' THE PARTY - a personal favourite. As a last suggestion, another comedy - IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD.

 

Great call on There Will Be Blood

 

Scenes from The Piano.






Scene from Paris, Texas.

 

A few off the wall choices

The Cook, The thief, His Wife and her Lover
Heat (Michael Mann) - each scene is so carefully composed. It's one of the most beautifully composed films I have ever seen.
Almost Famous - just a personal favourite. I just fall into the scenery whenever I watch.

 

Orson Welles's Othello

 

You forgot mention Dr. Zhivago.

 

Just watched this one last week, showed it to a guest, he enjoyed it.

 

2001 has always been my favorite. (That's why it's attached to my initials for a user name.)

I also like BLADE RUNNER as a choice, and of course BARRY LYNDON.

One I haven't seen listed is FANTASIA. Pure visual cinema.



Harry

 

Barry Lyndon was the first film that came to mind

 

Some of my favourites.

Amelie
A Matter of Life and Death
2001
Dances with Wolves
Birdman
The Lego Movie

 

HUGO was a pretty amazing-looking movie as I recall, but I've only seen it once.

Harry

 

I Am Cuba
Man with a Movie Camera
The Searchers
Andei Rublev
Persona
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Citizen Kane
Zabriskie Point
Ran

 

Blow Up: incredibly beautiful cinematography.

 

The Fountain

 

Days of Heaven , The Spider's Stratagem, The Fugitive (Ford) ,Badlands, Othello ,Kane, 1900,2001 Heavens Gate, The Conformist, El Sur Apocalypse Now

 

Just watched Delicatessen. It has a really cool rich almost sepia toned look to it.

 

Enter The Void is a psychedelic and beautiful mess of a film. The overhead shots are insane.

 

Head with the Monkees and directed by Bob Rafelson. Visually brilliant images.

 

Any black and white Woody Allen film.

 

That Thing You Do!

 

love that movie!

 

Did anybody say Tron? I still love that movie.

 

Thief (The Criterion Collection)
Star Trek
Star Trek Into Darkness

I don't think I have a bad-looking film on Blu-ray. Every one of them has made me say "wow."