Top Ten Cinematography Masterpieces?

[Tom Lowe]

Alright, let's get some serious discussion going here.

Name what you think are the Top Ten cinematography masterpieces.

Here goes my list:

1. The New World - Malick, Lubezki
2. The Thin Red Line - Malick, Toll
3. Days of Heaven - Malick, Almendros
4. Barry Lyndon - Kubrick, Alcott
5. Legends of the Fall - Zwick, Toll
6. Baraka - Fricke
7. Braveheart - Gibson, Toll
8. In the Mood for Love - Wong, Doyle
9. Citizen Kane - Welles, Toland
10. 2046 - Wong, Doyle

[Mark L. Pederson]

The Conformist
Ran
Apocalypse Now
The French Connection
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Raging Bull

still thinking ....

[Tom Lowe]

The Conformist
Ran

Haven't seen The Conformist, YET.

Ran is in my cinematography Top 20.

[Blaine Golden]

Apocalypse Now!
Braveheart
The Wind and the Lion
The Last of the Mohicans
Body Heat
Cool Hand Luke
Blade Runner
L.A. Confidential
The Last Picture Show
Shindler's List

[Tom Lowe]

Blaine, i see no Malick in there??

[Ruairi Robinson]

Blaine, i see no Malick in there??

You forgot Badlands.

And Lawrence of Arabia.

And HEAT.

and Hero.

and Punch Drunk Love.

And Fuck it, I'll throw in Conan The Barbarian, and The Thing too, just to piss any snobs off...

R.

[P Andersson]

stalker


bladerunner


8 1/2


paris texas

[P Andersson]

apocalypse now


2046


the last emperor


a clockwork orange

[P Andersson]

wild strawberries


chili peppers

[Blaine Golden]

Blaine, i see no Malick in there??

I appreciate that you're a fan. I'm not. The only thing I really liked by Malick is Badlands. The New World was okay but I'm definitely not a fan of The Thin Red Line. They both looked nice, I just felt unsatisfied by the pacing and story, though I have to say I liked The New World better than The Thin Red Line. It's just a personal taste thing. But we should be talking about the cinematographers, not necessarily the director and even though I don't care for The Thin Red Line, John Toll is a hell of a cinematographer...as is Conrad Hall, though I don't necessarily care for all his movies, it's pretty hard to deny his brilliance as a cinematographer. Emanuel Lubezki, well, I think he's in love with unmotivated handheld photography. He shot one hell of a shot in Children of Men but there were many shots in the movie that he would have been better served putting his camera on stix or a Steadicam.