Visually, your favourite films

Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by Django, Apr 19, 2015.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. stunner2020

    stunner2020 Forum Resident

    Location:
    UK
    Apologies if any have been named already, but I'd have to nominate this duo of Japanese movies:

    Dreams (dir: Akira Kurosawa) 1990
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]

    The Bird People In China (dir: Takashi Miike) 1998
    [​IMG]
     
  2. Django

    Django Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Dublin, Ireland
    I bought it secondhand on DVD last week. Never seen it. I know it has a rep as a bit of an ambitious failure.
    That can be interesting sometimes.
     
  3. Schoolmaster Bones

    Schoolmaster Bones Poe's Lawyer

    Location:
    ‎The Midwest
  4. Ghostworld

    Ghostworld Senior Member

    Location:
    US
    I was thinking about it today and given the time it came out, the costuming and art design was really ahead of its time.
     
  5. tommy-thewho

    tommy-thewho Senior Member

    Location:
    detroit, mi
    Disney's new Jungle Book is amazing.
     
    SandAndGlass likes this.
  6. PNeski@aol.com

    [email protected] Forum Resident

    Location:
    New York
    I have trouble with a lot of these picks (I am sure my picks aren't everyone's taste either)
    I should add Most Welles and Ford films,sorry Hitchcock is clearly one of the top Directors of all time ,But a lot of his films aren't what I would call great visual films in terms of Photography ,with matte paintings and shot on back lots
    If you like that type of stuff fine with me,But I prefer locations
     
  7. For me, it's Anne of Green Gables (1985)
    It made me want to crawl through the screen and live there.
     
  8. Time Is On My Side

    Time Is On My Side Forum Resident

    Location:
    Madison, WI
    The Grand Budapest Hotel.
     
    Borgia likes this.
  9. Kevin In Choconut Center

    Kevin In Choconut Center Offensive Coordinator

    I agree that "Blade Runner" is visually stunning. I also love the look of "Star Trek: Generations". It's an average film at best in terms of the script, but it looks gorgeous.
     
  10. Django

    Django Forum Resident Thread Starter

    Location:
    Dublin, Ireland
    Delicatessen

    [​IMG]
     
    Spadeygrove and Chris DeVoe like this.
  11. sacredoatmeal

    sacredoatmeal Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Pennsylvania
    I finally got Wings of Desire. Snagged it on Ebay for 14 dollars. Thinking that's a steal. Will hopefully get to watch it this weekend.
     
    Matheusms likes this.
  12. The Panda

    The Panda Forum Mutant

    Location:
    Marple, PA, USA
    The Song of the Sea was one of the most breathtaking things I've ever seen.
     
  13. realkilroy

    realkilroy Forum Resident

    Location:
    Oslo, Norway
    Fellini's Casanova
     
    PonceDeLeroy likes this.
  14. arley

    arley Forum Resident

    Kurosawa's Ran
    Days of Heaven
    Lawrence of Arabia

    Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight is a lesson in how visually stunning even a shoestring budget movie can be.

    Visually, Avatar was impressive, but I couldn't enjoy it because of the incredibly stupid plot ('Unobtanium'? right.)

    But I'm surprised no one has mentioned Black Orpheus.
     
    Rhapsody In Red likes this.
  15. BrewCrew82

    BrewCrew82 The Most Notable Member

    Location:
    Wisconsin
    I'm sure Avatar has been mentioned tons in this thread, but I didn't see it until recently and it blew me away.

    I really also like both of the newer Planet of the Apes movies.
     
  16. Borgia

    Borgia Do not speak wisely of this night

    Location:
    Arkansas
    Many great films in this thread. I want to add 1977s The Duellists

    [​IMG]
     
  17. jojopuppyfish

    jojopuppyfish Senior Member

    Location:
    Maryland
    Did anyone mention the Godfather I and II in this thread? Heck anything by cinematographer Gordon Willis is worth mentioning
     
  18. Thievius

    Thievius Blue Oyster Cult-ist

    Location:
    Syracuse, NY
    I mentioned Dracula '31 already, but here's an example why.

    [​IMG]

    And then there's King Kong...

    [​IMG]

    What can I say? I'm a sucker for matte paintings.
     
  19. MLutthans

    MLutthans That's my spaghetti, Chewbacca! Staff

    When projected properly, not necessarily in this order, off the top of my head:
    •How the West Was Won - 3-projector Cinerama
    •The Third Man
    •Two English Girls
    •Baraka - 70mm
    •West Side Story - 70mm
    •North by Northwest - VistaVision
    •Vertigo - VistaVision
    •Citizen Kane
    •The Magnificent Ambersons
    •The Searchers - VistaVision
    •2001: A Space Odyssey - 70mm (caveat: really needs to be seen on a Cinerama screen, as originally released)
    •Oklahoma! - 30fps 70mm
    •Manhattan
    •Playtime - 70mm
     
  20. Yovra

    Yovra Collector of Beatles Threads

    Once Upon A Time In America
    The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
    Grand Budapest Hotel
    The Revenant
    Citizen Kane
    The Shining
     
    Rhapsody In Red likes this.
  21. The Hud

    The Hud Breath of the Kingdom, Tears of the Wild

    What Dreams May Come

    Beautiful, but horribly depressing.
     
  22. I'd like to add Nicolas Refn's films, The Neon Demon and Only God Forgives.
     
  23. sacredoatmeal

    sacredoatmeal Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Pennsylvania
    I haven't seen The Neon Demon yet, but I love Drive and just watched Only God Forgives last weekend. The violence in OGF seems so real that it blows my mind.
     
    Rhapsody In Red likes this.
  24. PaulKTF

    PaulKTF Senior Member

    Location:
    USA
    I love the Technicolor look of The Wizard of Oz.
     
    SandAndGlass likes this.
  25. Borgia

    Borgia Do not speak wisely of this night

    Location:
    Arkansas
    my favorite b&w fillum...the Seventh Seal

    [​IMG]
     
    SandAndGlass and Mark E. Moon. like this.
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.

Share This Page

molar-endocrine