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Davey Moore · 07-06-2010, 10:50 PM

I'm wondering if people here actually know what cinematography is. For instance, cinematography cannot be ironic. Cinematography concerns the lighting of each scene and how shadows come into play on screen, it is not the angle of a shot, or how the blocking is set up in a shot, it is not the mis-en-scene, it is simply lighting. The director decides the camera angles and the blocking. And also, Cunning Stunt, cinematography is a legitimate argument for why a film is great if understood properly. Cinematography is easier to appreciate in a black and white film, where ALL film was was light and shadow. It's good that who you're argument also doesn't know much about cinematography. I will give you this, JFK isn't too great.

Film snob rant over.

I've actually done one of these lists before on a different forum. I've got a top 50 which I think is pretty damn good, but I was a film snob before I was a music snob so forgive me. However, ANY of these movies are HIGHLY recommended by me.

Favorite/best movies, with the director:

1. Raging Bull (1980) - Martin Scorsese
2. Apocalypse Now (1979) - Francis Ford Coppola
3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - David Lean
4. 8½ (1963) - Federico Fellini
5. Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles
6. The Godfather Part II (1974) - Francis Ford Coppola
7. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Stanley Kubrick
8. Taxi Driver (1976) - Martin Scorsese
9. Adaptation (2002) - Spike Jonze
10. Fargo (1995) - Joel Coen & Ethan Cohen
11. It's A Wonderful Life (1946) - Frank Capra
12. City of God (2002) - Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund
13. Magnolia (1999) - Paul Thomas Anderson
14. Babel (2006) - Alejandro González Iñárritu
15. Boogie Nights (1997) - Paul Thomas Anderson
16. Pulp Fiction (1994) - Quentin Tarantino
17. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - Stanley Kubrick
18. Blade Runner (1982) - Ridley Scott
19. Breathless (1959) - Jean-Luc Godard
20. L'Avventura (1960) - Michaelangelo Antonioni
21. A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Stanley Kubrick
22. Network (1976) - Sidney Lumet
23. There Will Be Blood (2007) - Paul Thomas Anderson
24. The Seventh Seal (1957) - Ingmar Bergman
25. Annie Hall (1977) - Woody Allen
26. American Splendor (2003) - Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini
27. The Godfather (1972) - Francis Ford Coppola
28. The Searchers (1956) - John Ford
29. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) - Werner Herzog
30. La Dolce Vita (1960) - Federico Fellini
31. Goodfellas (1990) - Martin Scorsese
32. Do the Right Thing (1989) - Spike Lee
33. Dekalog (1988) - Krszystof Kieslowski
34. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Milos Forman
35. Mean Streets (1973) - Martin Scorsese
36. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Michel Gondry
37. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) - Wes Anderson
38. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - David Lean
39. Cabaret (1972) - Bob Fosse
40. Donnie Darko (2001) - Richard Kelly
41. Elephant (2003) - Gus Van Zandt
42. The Last Picture Show (1971) - Peter Bogdanovich
43. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Stanley Kubrick
44. Tokyo Story (1953) - Yasujiro Ozu
45. Mulholland Dr. (2001) - Richard Kelly
46. Chelsea Girls (1967) - Andy Warhol
47. Sunset Blvd. (1950) - Billy Wilder
48. Andrei Rublev (1966) - Andrei Tarkovsky
49. Jules et Jim (1961) - Francois Truffaut
50. 12 Angry Men (1957) - Sidney Lumet

07-06-2010, 10:50 PM	#246 (permalink)
Davey Moore The Great Disappearer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: URI Campus and Coventry, both in RI Posts: 462	I'm wondering if people here actually know what cinematography is. For instance, cinematography cannot be ironic. Cinematography concerns the lighting of each scene and how shadows come into play on screen, it is not the angle of a shot, or how the blocking is set up in a shot, it is not the mis-en-scene, it is simply lighting. The director decides the camera angles and the blocking. And also, Cunning Stunt, cinematography is a legitimate argument for why a film is great if understood properly. Cinematography is easier to appreciate in a black and white film, where ALL film was was light and shadow. It's good that who you're argument also doesn't know much about cinematography. I will give you this, JFK isn't too great. Film snob rant over. I've actually done one of these lists before on a different forum. I've got a top 50 which I think is pretty damn good, but I was a film snob before I was a music snob so forgive me. However, ANY of these movies are HIGHLY recommended by me. Favorite/best movies, with the director: 1. Raging Bull (1980) - Martin Scorsese 2. Apocalypse Now (1979) - Francis Ford Coppola 3. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - David Lean 4. 8½ (1963) - Federico Fellini 5. Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles 6. The Godfather Part II (1974) - Francis Ford Coppola 7. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Stanley Kubrick 8. Taxi Driver (1976) - Martin Scorsese 9. Adaptation (2002) - Spike Jonze 10. Fargo (1995) - Joel Coen & Ethan Cohen 11. It's A Wonderful Life (1946) - Frank Capra 12. City of God (2002) - Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund 13. Magnolia (1999) - Paul Thomas Anderson 14. Babel (2006) - Alejandro González Iñárritu 15. Boogie Nights (1997) - Paul Thomas Anderson 16. Pulp Fiction (1994) - Quentin Tarantino 17. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) - Stanley Kubrick 18. Blade Runner (1982) - Ridley Scott 19. Breathless (1959) - Jean-Luc Godard 20. L'Avventura (1960) - Michaelangelo Antonioni 21. A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Stanley Kubrick 22. Network (1976) - Sidney Lumet 23. There Will Be Blood (2007) - Paul Thomas Anderson 24. The Seventh Seal (1957) - Ingmar Bergman 25. Annie Hall (1977) - Woody Allen 26. American Splendor (2003) - Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini 27. The Godfather (1972) - Francis Ford Coppola 28. The Searchers (1956) - John Ford 29. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) - Werner Herzog 30. La Dolce Vita (1960) - Federico Fellini 31. Goodfellas (1990) - Martin Scorsese 32. Do the Right Thing (1989) - Spike Lee 33. Dekalog (1988) - Krszystof Kieslowski 34. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Milos Forman 35. Mean Streets (1973) - Martin Scorsese 36. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Michel Gondry 37. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) - Wes Anderson 38. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - David Lean 39. Cabaret (1972) - Bob Fosse 40. Donnie Darko (2001) - Richard Kelly 41. Elephant (2003) - Gus Van Zandt 42. The Last Picture Show (1971) - Peter Bogdanovich 43. Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - Stanley Kubrick 44. Tokyo Story (1953) - Yasujiro Ozu 45. Mulholland Dr. (2001) - Richard Kelly 46. Chelsea Girls (1967) - Andy Warhol 47. Sunset Blvd. (1950) - Billy Wilder 48. Andrei Rublev (1966) - Andrei Tarkovsky 49. Jules et Jim (1961) - Francois Truffaut 50. 12 Angry Men (1957) - Sidney Lumet __________________ The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.