Daniel Meier Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I'm looking out for movies from the 1920's to 1980's, that you think, a filmmaking person should've seen in his life. You know, the masterpieces of cinematography as well as little treasures only few know about. I'm thankful for every input! Cheers, Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 A Matter of Life and Death Lawrence of Arabia 2001 Black NArcissus The Red Shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Jay Young Posted March 4, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted March 4, 2016 The Color of Pomegranates The Sacrifice Salo Frau im Mond Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephKHansalik Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 I'm looking out for movies from the 1920's to 1980's, that you think, a filmmaking person should've seen in his life. The Godfather The Godfather Part II (much debated because it was thought that Gordon Willis went too dark) Alien Raging Bull Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom All are generally considered classics. I'm still working on those-no time for lesser known stuff now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael LaVoie Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Three O' Clock High. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Walters Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Pretty much every film on this list:http://www.afi.com/100Years/movies.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) Pretty much every film on this list: http://www.afi.com/100Years/movies.aspx It's a bit of a cheek to claim all of those as American. There are at least half a dozen which are as British as I am. Edited March 4, 2016 by Mark Dunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) Barry Lyndon Time Bandits Brazil The Third Man The Lavender Hill Mob The Time machine (1961) Edited March 4, 2016 by Mark Dunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Cravan Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Apocalypse Now Don't Look Back by Roeg Performance by Roeg Nostra signora dei turchi Dog Star Man Solaris Stalker Antonio das mortes Macunaima Hitler ein film aus der Deutschland Zabriskie Point Blow Up Aguirre by Herzog General Line by Ejzenstejn Satyricon by Fellini Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Easy rider Days of Heaven Altered States by Russell The Deer Hunter by Cimino Blade Runner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted March 4, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted March 4, 2016 You should watch as many films as possible, and not just for the cinematography... Nosferatu (1922) Battleship Potemkin (1925) The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) The Gunfighter (1950) The Seven Samurai (1954) The Seventh Seal (1957) Wild Strawberries (1957) Contempt (1963) Fellini's 81/2 (1963) Persona (1966) Solaris (1972) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) ...and many, many more.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Clark Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) I'm looking out for movies from the 1920's to 1980's, that you think, a filmmaking person should've seen in his life. You know, the masterpieces of cinematography as well as little treasures only few know about. I'm thankful for every input! Cheers, Daniel "Alice in den Städten"(1974) "Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie führen kann"(1975) "Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages"(1975) While most people will point to Werner Fassbinder and his 15 years of producing films... I tend to select non-Fassbinder examples of the 60's/70's when German Film was in recovery. On the other hand if I were to return to school to get a PhD in Film history, I'd write my thesis that the US Hollywood films of the 30s and 40s were predominantly German Film translated... While there was a surge of german expatriates in Hollywood in the 30's, the significant collaboration between Hollywood and German Film had existed in the silent period of the 20s, when talent both in front of the camera and behind, were exchanged between the two film communities. With that in mind, I'd recommend: "Die Büchse der Pandora"(1927) "Metropolis"(1926) "Der Blaue Engel"(1930) In the case of "Büchse" and "Blauer Engel" I'd recommend going to Frank Wedekind's original "Lulu" series plays and reading through them. I'd also recommend reading "Professor Unrat" by Heinrich Mann (Thomas' other brother...) as well... I don't know that Thea von Harbou's 'novelization' of "Metropolis" adds anything... Edited March 4, 2016 by John E Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Aapo Lettinen Posted March 4, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted March 4, 2016 I would definitely watch Tarkovsky movies, all of them are great cinematography wise and have stunning images. Watch at least: The Mirror (especially the dream sequences and colours) Andrei Rublev (some stunning b/w scenes) Ivan's Childhood (great b/w scenes) Stalker (especially the dream sequences, railway "border" scenes and interiors) Solaris The Sacrifice I would watch also other Soviet and Eastern Block films, for example Emil Loteanu's films have some good scenes. Lautarii and Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven have some good old school shots. Kurosawa films are great and also some of the old anamorphic Japanese movies (can't remember titles right now) . I liked also the Dersu Uzala movie's nature shots, it is also shot in the Soviet Union. Kieslowski films are great also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Aapo Lettinen Posted March 4, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted March 4, 2016 Oh, and of course the French New Wave films. And those Robert Bresson movies shot with single focal length are also great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Field Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Carbon Copy and Back to the Future if you're in to the marketable screenwriting element of it all. As far as visual technique, maybe Taxi Driver? Everyone's pretty much already said the common titles thrown around in film school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Meier Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Great! Thank you all for your contribution! Now I'll have plenty of flicks to watch. Could you suggest some good Western movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Jay Young Posted March 9, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted March 9, 2016 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - get the Blue-Ray (worth it) A Fist Full of Dollars A Few Dollars More That's the big trio out of the way. Tombstone One upon a time in the west True Grit (I prefer the 2010 version) Unforgiven Django (1966) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freya Black Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Fear eats the soul, The Holy Mountain, Daisies, At Land, Eraserhead, Ashik Kerib, The Legend of Suram Fortress, Shadows of forgotten Ancestors, Kiev Frescos The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, M, Logans Run, Hidden Fortress, The Silence, Through a glass darkly, Cries and Whispers, Jubilee, The Art of Mirrors, The Angelic Conversation, Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, Carravagio, The Last Of England, Orphee, La belle et la bête The Blood of a poet, The Age of Gold, Orlando, The gold diggers, Lucifer Rising, The Masque of the Red Death, Prince of Darkness, The Thing, Susperia, Legend of the Golden Vampires Dracula Prince of Darkness Sans Soleil A clockwork Orange Fahrenheit 451 The Shining Any movie by Mario Bava Westerns: El Topo Everything by Sergio Leone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Wyss Posted March 9, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted March 9, 2016 Western? Stagecoach High Noon Sonst: La cabina, Spanien, 1972; La règle du jeu, 1939; Les enfants du paradis, 1945; Die Liebe einer Blondine von Miloš Forman; Dschamila von Irina Poplavskaya; Wolken ziehen vorüber von Aki Kaurismäki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephKHansalik Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 As for Westerns, anything by Sergio Leone or starring Clint Eastwood is a good start, but to me, the epitome of the western is the late 60s and early 70s episodes of "Gunsmoke". Many have huge impact and really illustrate the nature of evil. Sadly, I don't believe any of the color episodes are out on DVD at the present time. JKH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted March 9, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted March 9, 2016 Could you suggest some good Western movies? Repeating one of my earlier suggestions: The Gunfighter (1950) That has to be my favorite Western of all-time. Great story, great acting, etc. And great black & white photography by Arthur C. Miller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Clark Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Well, the Man With No Name series from Sergio Leone has become the classic 'modern' western canon... There's also "Once Upon a Time in the West"(1968) As the 70's rolled in there were a number of Westerns that broke with the previous 70 years worth... "The Wild Bunch"(1969) -- unfettered violence... "McCabe & Mrs. Miller"(1970) an 'anti' hero story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Satsuki Murashige Posted March 9, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted March 9, 2016 For westerns, I would look at specific directors since many of them worked often in the genre over several decades: John Ford - Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine, Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Howard Hawks - Red River, Rio Bravo Anthony Mann - Winchester '73, The Naked Spur, The Man From Laramie Budd Boetticher - Seven Men From Now, The Tall T, Ride Lonesome Delmer Daves - Broken Arrow, 3:10 to Yuma William Wellman - The Ox Bow Incident Nicholas Ray - Johnny Guitar Fred Zinnemann - High Noon, Oklahoma! Sam Peckinpah - Ride the High Country, The Wild Bunch, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid These mostly fall within the classical western period from 1900-early 1960's, characterized by a generally Euro-centric perspective of history, manifest destiny, the settling of the American West, and focused more on external action than on individual psychology. However, after World War II this gradually began to change, resulting in darker, more psychological films as the studio system collapsed in the '60s. Most of these films are from the post-war period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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