Cinematography

[Arab Nights (imported)]

One of the kind of interesting things you get from flying airliners is sometimes for whatever reason they have a movie on the screen and you do not have the appropriate head phones for that aircraft or the person in the next seat is watching something on their laptop/tablet and you cannot help looking over the fence as it were. That just happened to me. The lady in the next seat to me was watching "The Intern" with Robert De Niro. I like him. But separate from that the movie just grabbed my eyes. Each scene was carefully balanced and interesting visually and very crisp to the eyes. If anyone has any doubts why they have separate awards for cinematography or just wants a good movie to watch, I would recommend it.

[Dave (imported)]

You might enjoy this essay on "Composing Movement" in Akira Kurosawa films.

It's only about 8 minutes long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doaQC-S8de8&t=2s

[Arab Nights (imported)]

I did enjoy. Thanks, Dave.

[Hopeful1 (imported)]

I think one of the great stories about cinematography concerned the John Wayne movie, "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon." They were filming in Monument Valley as usual with a John Ford western and a thunderstorm developed in the distance. Because of the lightening, Cinematographer Winton C. Hoch called a halt to the shooting but was overruled by John Ford who said keep filming. So in the movie, there's the Cavalry on horseback with this storm miles off in the distance and lightening bolts hitting the ground. Hoch filed a grievance with the union against Ford and won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Color) in 1950 and filming the storm he didn't want to film probably put him over the top. If you want to see some excellent modern cinematography and you haven't seen it, watch "The Danish Girl." Even though I cried through more than half the movie, I still recognized the great beauty in the way it was shot.

[ylpb7508 (imported)]

One of my favorite films is Cinema Paradiso. The cinematography is brilliant. And so is the story, the acting, the music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stLekU5BnbI

[Paolo]

That's a great one, ylpb.

Also, Village of Dreams.