What Movie Should Every Photographer See?
Some movies are so well filmed that you wish you were actually there with your camera. You spend the whole time looking for the shots that you would consider to be great photos. I watched one such movie tonight (300), and it made be beg the question: how many other photographically inclined movies are out there? I've seeded the poll with just three movies that I think photographers can pick up some experience on, and I want the rest of you to either add movies to the list or vote for one already on the list. I'm sure we can all discover one or two new films worth watching in the name of photography.
And based on the results of last week's poll on “Who's The Best Aftermarket Lens Maker“, it looks like Sigma lenses are more popular than Tamron and Tokina. A LOT more popular.
Ryan
August 15, 2007300 and Sin City were great!!! I haven’t seen Baraka yet….I will have to go see that one. One that comes to my mind I just remember it had some amazing scenery is the The Last Samurai.
tokyowars
August 15, 2007I added “Hakuchi: The Idiot” because from both an image perspective and story line it is absolutely amazing.
Problem is, it isn’t available in English subtitles (unless you’re of the p2p persuasion which is how I saw it).
The main protagonist shoots a lot on 8mm and it was moments like that that I wished I was there with a camera…
Grums
August 15, 2007I added “Hakuchi: The Idiot” because from both an image perspective and story line it is absolutely amazing.
Problem is, it isn’t available in English subtitles (unless you’re of the p2p persuasion which is how I saw it).
The main protagonist shoots a lot on 8mm and it was moments like that that I wished I was there with a camera…
analycer
August 15, 2007You guys should consider “The Curse of the Golden Flower”. A Chinese movie that will redefine ‘magnificent’ scenery.
Andrew Ferguson
August 15, 2007Movie… singular? There are dozens of movies where I get the photographer feeling, but none quite as strongly as Amelie and Oldboy. Park Chan-Wook’s work on the other two films in his Korean vengeance trilogy comes close though.
The scene of Amelie in the red dress, skipping stones on the canal. Oh Dae-Su standing next to an old reel-to-reel player, a massive painting of a curling ocean wave framing his head. The television of the glass man. Oh Dae-Su and Mido, unconscious in a bed as two men in gas masks stand watch.
I could name scenes from either, all day long.
Jim Goldstein
August 15, 2007Few movies have been as visually impressive to me as Bladerunner. An all time favorite of mine.
Bengt
August 15, 2007Ran or Dreams of Akira Kurosawa have excellent photo.
tokyowars
August 23, 2007Err…just realised that my addition should have been “Hakuchi: The Innocent” rather than “The Idiot” which is a totally different film by Kurosawa, though I guess it doesn’t matter much since most people are unlikely to have seen the film I’m referring to…
M
August 21, 2009Control – directed by photographer Anton Corbijn is a stunning b&w flick
Memoirs of a Geisha – visually stunning