Ralph Tabith Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ralph Tabith Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 loving the rocket ship, famous illustrator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted September 24, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 24, 2007 Not having any scans of paintings that I like, I'll repost my favorite movie images: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted September 24, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 24, 2007 Boy is that an open invitation. I find a lot I like in large format photography. The equipment forces it to be very though out and planned and composed. There is the possibility for either very shallow depth of field or for everything to be sharp as a tack. The tendancy toward very round irises and old lenses gives me a lot to look at, too: I also have an affinity for very handmade photographs. Handmade emulsions, collodion, tintypes, very old lenses, et cetera. All have a unique one-of-a-kindness and I find the "flaws" beautiful: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Kieran Scannell Posted September 24, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 24, 2007 David, What's the fifth still from? Can't place it. Surprised there's no Ridley in there by the way! Kieran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted September 24, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 24, 2007 Here are a couple more I was thinking of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted September 24, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 24, 2007 David, What's the fifth still from? Can't place it. Surprised there's no Ridley in there by the way! Kieran. That's from Lawrence of Arabia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Kieran Scannell Posted September 24, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 24, 2007 Thanks Chris! I thought it might be. I think if i start posting images i won't be able to stop! I watched a documentary on Akira Kurosawa last night so I'm kind of saturated in extraordinary imagery at the moment. Loved your stills also BTW. Who shot the three heads? Looks familiar. Kieran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted September 24, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 24, 2007 Loved your stills also BTW. Who shot the three heads? Looks familiar. Kieran. That is work by Quinn Jacobson. He works exclusively in the wet collodion negative process and in ambrotypes. I first saw some of his work in Ogden, UT where we both grew up, albeit twenty years apart. I believe he works in Germany now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Tabith Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 some inspired movie imagery = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted September 25, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 25, 2007 If you're going to show a frame of a Kurosawa anamorphic movie like "Yojimbo", please show the whole frame. ;) Here are some frames I've posted over the years (the last two from "Red Beard"): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Tabith Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 (edited) If you're going to show a frame of a Kurosawa anamorphic movie like "Yojimbo", please show the whole frame. ;) True, I should be more respectful of Kurosawa :) - watched seven samurai at a local cinema recently, hairs stood up on the back of my neck ! the last image is beautiful, almost caravaggio like with the chiaroscuro lighting.. Edited September 25, 2007 by Ralph Tabith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 loving the rocket ship, famous illustrator? It's by Chesley Bonestell, the astronomical painter. It was the cover illustration on Willy Ley's "The Conquest of Space", which was written as a showcase for Bonestell's paintings. He also worked on georg Pal movies, notably 'Destination Moon' and 'When World's Collide'. Prior to the astronomical paintings he was a matte painter at RKO, worked on 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'Citizen Kane' The other is Alma-Tadema's 'Antony and Cleopatra', the Greek queen of Egypt. The 'research image' function wouldn't work with larger versions. I love the multiple planes and the various frames within frames. & the big grey quinquiremes contrasting with the opulent barge. The shield on the left is reflecting the barge. Here's a larger, more detailed version: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...l%3Den%26sa%3DN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted September 25, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 25, 2007 The other is Alma-Tadema's 'Antony and Cleopatra', the Greek queen of Egypt.The 'research image' function wouldn't work with larger versions. I love the multiple planes and the various frames within frames. & the big grey quinquiremes contrasting with the opulent barge. The shield on the left is reflecting the barge. Here's a larger, more detailed version: That's much more impressive in a larger size. How large is the original? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Tabith Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 It's by Chesley Bonestell, the astronomical painter. It was the cover illustration on Willy Ley's "The Conquest of Space",which was written as a showcase for Bonestell's paintings. He also worked on georg Pal movies, notably 'Destination Moon' and 'When World's Collide'. I will look him up - a contemporary artist who has used sci fi imagery is this guy / glenn brown \ his paintings are meticulous - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Tabith Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Otaviano Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 A few frames from some movies I like: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 That's much more impressive in a larger size. How large is the original? 'Antony and Cleopatra' is 25.75"x36.25". One would Expect it to be bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Williamson Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 Leo, I love the Eisenstein stills, especially the shot of Ivan with the trail of miniature peasants snaking up towards him. I remember first seeing that image in film studies book and rushing out to get ahold of the DVD's, great images throughout both parts of that film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted September 26, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 26, 2007 'Antony and Cleopatra' is 25.75"x36.25". One would Expect it to be bigger. Yeah, I was expecting something at least 5 or 6 feet tall. That's almost disappointing. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill Totolo Posted September 27, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 27, 2007 A few images that I revisit: Edmond Francois Aman-Jean "Hesiod Listening to the Inspiration of the Muse" Joan Miro Claude Monet Stencil art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I'm getting a bit carried away since I found the 'Helen of Troy' site, but that and 'The Mysterians' were major films from my childhood. This particular image of the horse outside the city has stuck with me all my life": Deep focus on a night exterior with ASA 25 film. Look at the left edge of the spear on the left. It's two passes. The unlit spears are out of focus on the back ground pass, causing some spill over. And the harbor of Troy was a recurring dream image for 20 years. Admittedly the dream image was from a Heddy Lamarr movie, rather than the Robert Wise one. But I can't find screen grabs of that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill Totolo Posted October 30, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted October 30, 2007 A few more images. I like these not only for visual impact but the history behind the images. Picasso's "Guernica" Rembrandt's "The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis (cut-down), 1661-62" Georges Seurat's "Un dimanche de la Grande Jatte" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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