Scott Bullock Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 Excellent topic! Here are some that haven't been mentioned that are, at the very minimum, important to me :): SUNSET BLVD. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) SMULTRONSTALLET (WILD STRAWBERRIES) PSYCHO (1960) (Other Hitchcock films: SPELLBOUND, SHADOW OF A DOUBT, THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934), THE LODGER, MURDER!) CAPE FEAR (1962) MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943 short film by Maya Deren) INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) 12 ANGRY MEN (1957) STEREO (An early featurette by David Cronenberg) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted August 22, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted August 22, 2006 I noticed no one mentioned "On the Waterfront" which I thought had an incredible richness of blacks. Also I like: Citizen Kane Raging Bull Grapes of Wrath CANE (of course) What is Cane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram Shani Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 i would ad: 8 1/2 pie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentemporary Posted August 23, 2006 Share Posted August 23, 2006 call me romantic; but it was genius for their time - and i have really good memories of this movie - an affair to remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Sargenius Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Touch of Evil is definitely my favourite! - to that I would also add: Twentyfourseven - Ashley Rowe Fallen Angels - Chris Doyle (parts of it in B/W) Paper Moon - Laszlo Kovacs Kafka - Walt Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted September 16, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted September 16, 2006 Akira Kurosawa made some outstanding black & white pictures that I haven't seen mention of yet. Rashomon immediately jumps to mind, but there are others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Dan Goulder Posted September 16, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted September 16, 2006 How about "Coffee and Cigarettes", featuring static, overhead shots of table tops that somehow manage to be humorous? Or, there's "In Cold Blood" for that classic black and white look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Weis Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 I really enjoyed Peter Bogdanovich's ''Paper Moon'', that was one of the most beautiful black and white films I have ever seen, and it was completly filmed with a red filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoséRato Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 The Tango Lesson,Sally Potter La Strada,Fellini T men,Jonh Alton L Atalante,Jean Vigo Aurora,Murnau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Lekovic Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Battle Of Algeres - G. Pontecorvo If I remember correctly, Kodak worked on designing a new film stock especially for this film. Towards the end of the film - in a shot where the protagonists lives are slowly dissolving so is the film stock on which it is shot. It is grainy, underexposed - truly amazing and will give you goose bumps. But other than that - this is one of the films that, at least according to me, one must see. Even though it was shot decades ago, it is still very relevant today. cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted September 17, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted September 17, 2006 Manhattan 8 1/2 Nosferatu The Seventh Seal Casablanca Raging Bull ...and many others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Salzmann Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Great Expectations 8 1/2 Persona Elephant Man Stranger Than Paradise Eraserhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Maroney Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 CLERKS! :P I <3 Kevin Smith Also "The Thing", did someone say that already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted September 17, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted September 17, 2006 CLERKS! :P I <3 Kevin Smith Also "The Thing", did someone say that already? Oh please, Kevin Smith shows why a Director and a DP are two entirely different things. Some could argue that he's not really a Director either, but only a writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Dan Goulder Posted September 18, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted September 18, 2006 Oh please, Kevin Smith shows why a Director and a DP are two entirely different things. Kevin Smith was not the DP on Clerks, or any other film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 CLERKS! :P I <3 Kevin Smith It wouldn't of killed to use a few clip on lights in the store, instead of just the overhead florescents and window light.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Holland Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Mademoiselle. 1965 , Panavision , David Watkin , director Tony Richardson . John Holland . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Maroney Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 CLERKS! :P I <3 Kevin Smith Also "The Thing", did someone say that already? jeez, sorry I said anything :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Thomson Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Yojimbo - (DoP-Kazuo Miyagawa) Like a lot of Kurosawa's other films, shot mostly on very long lenses but with lots of light. High f-stop kept things in focus. All of Kurosawa's stuff looks amazing. Tetsuo (Shinya Tsukamoto) - Some very wild cinematography. Stop motion. Everything. Very inventive; definitely not polished. Lots of hair in the gate, which makes it that much cooler. Pi (Aronofsky)- Some really cool high contrast shots. Making it b&w in post is a good idea. Unless you really know what you're doing. Greens and reds look the same in B&W, so you wouldn't get the image you were expecting. B&W FILTERS MORE ON B&W It's easy enough to put on "filters" in post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted September 19, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted September 19, 2006 Kevin Smith was not the DP on Clerks, or any other film. I stand corrected, David Klein was the DP for Clerks. Nonetheless, the choice of storyboarding was boring and far too static. I think Spielberg did better stuff on his Super 8 when he was young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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