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07/19/2006 05:38:34 PM · #26			 | 
		
		| Oh, where do I start!  Probably all of Bergman's movies - his camera man was a genious for careful, simple, and powerful compositions.  It gets trickier as we get into colour films.  Wong Kar-Wai's "In the Mood for Love" is my favourite colour movie for camera work - gourgeous use of colour and really unorthodox compositions, followed by "The Natural Born Killers" by Oliver Stone. |  
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07/19/2006 06:07:54 PM · #27			 | 
		
		| To keep it short, anything by Hitchcock.  He had a knack at capturing the angles that no one else would do...  Any old movie that holds the camera for long periods of time.  I get so damn tired of the director/cutter catching only 1 or 2 seconds and flipping cameras constantly... |  
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07/19/2006 06:11:46 PM · #28			 | 
		
		Originally posted by Fromac:  Stalker (Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1979) - Long, painterly shots. Very moody. Great contrast and rigid composition. |   
 What a coincidence, before I'd even read your post, I was going to say;
 
 The Sacrifice (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986) |  
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07/19/2006 06:21:12 PM · #29			 | 
		
		Originally posted by laurielblack:   Far and Away
 Dances with Wolves
 Out of Africa
 Vertigo
 The Shawshank Redemption
 Schindler's List  |   
 
 Good list.
 
 I would Add The English Patient and The Natural |  
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07/19/2006 06:27:22 PM · #30			 | 
		
		Lost in Translation
 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
 Garden State
 Hero
 Saving Private Ryan
 
 Just a few I like. |  
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07/19/2006 06:32:41 PM · #31			 | 
		
		Kill Bill Vol. I - That final fight scene between Lucy Liu and Uma Thurman in the snowy Japanese garden was amazingly shot.
 
 The Last Emperor - The scenes in the Forbidden City with the thousands of soldiers....Wow!
 
 Life is Beautiful - The WHOLE movie is a feast for the eyes...Roberto Benigni deserves to be called a genius!
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07/19/2006 06:33:24 PM · #32			 | 
		
		Originally posted by jhonan:  The Sacrifice (Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986)  |   
 Yes!  How could I have missed that.  If you haven't watched the documentary on making the film, I highly recommend it.  Also by Tarkovsky Ivanovo Detstvo: the scenes in the birch forest are some of my favourite images of all time! |  
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07/19/2006 06:35:28 PM · #33			 | 
		
		| For those that like Hero another good one with similar techniques is The House of Flying Daggers. |  
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07/19/2006 06:36:33 PM · #34			 | 
		
		my favorite eye-candy movie... romeo & juliet (yes, the one with claire danes and leonardo dicaprio).  i love the sets and lighting in that movie!
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07/19/2006 06:39:49 PM · #35			 | 
		
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07/19/2006 06:41:21 PM · #36			 | 
		
		Originally posted by justin_hewlett:   Velvia and Ilford B/W.  |   
 
 Who starred in those? 
 
 :-P
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07/19/2006 06:44:56 PM · #37			 | 
		
		Originally posted by thegrandwazoo:   Originally posted by justin_hewlett:   Velvia and Ilford B/W.  |   
 
 Who starred in those? 
 
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 Velvia --- wasn't that one of Traci Lord's movies? :-)
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07/19/2006 06:46:58 PM · #38			 | 
		
		Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - stylised colour and magic light (anything Tim Burton for that matter)
 
 TV: CSI - Low lighting and desert scenes are perfection (just love that "enhance" button feature they have in their photo/video software - can pick up a barcode inside a single pixel, wow... beat that Adobe!)
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07/19/2006 07:02:36 PM · #39			 | 
		
		La marche de l'empereur  ( March of The Penguins)
 
 This movie is a beauty for the eyes.
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