If so, let me know, because I can't think of one...
shareCitizen Kane was the first thing that came to my mind. I feel like every moment of that film was given such amazing attention. It took me a few viewings to really appreciate it.
Amelie
Micmacs a Tire-Larigot
Any Jeunet film. Such beautiful use of color!
Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago.
Atonement was so sumptuous!
The Fall is so gorgeous! The visuals in that film are simply fantastic! The Cell, too, had some great moments.
I'm not going to keep repeating what everyone else has written. I forget sometimes, and reading the replies on this thread has reminded me of just how beautiful some of these films are!
No, father, the moon's reaching for me!
Not sure if they're better, but the cinematography of these films ranks up there with RTP:
Children of Men
The Third Man
Pan's Labyrinth
Rashomon
Nosferatu
Babel
The Thin Red Line
8 1/2
La perla (The Pearl)
In Cold Blood
Blade Runner
Persona
In the Mood for Love
Zerkalo (The Mirror)
Three Colors Trilogy
There are more, of course, but I'll better stop here.
I'm glad Children of Men is getting love on this board. That's my pick along with Big Fish.
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I'm going to ignore the film nerds and their citizen kane bs. Citizen kane was a masterpiece because of the innovations of its time. I love how all of these people are ecstatic about a movie that today would be considered a student film. It's important for what it was in its time. However it is not one of the all time best movies for cinematography in terms of standing the test of time. I would say anything by Kubrick, Hitchcock, and Coppola are all up there. Scorsese had his moments as well.
shareCan't say with any confidence I could name a better one than Road to Perdition but here are some I like:
The Third Man
Ran
Kagemusha
The Duellists
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Lawrence of Arabia
Breathless (for innovation and style)
Barry Lyndon
I'll think of a few more eventually.
Although the film itself isnt great....The Black Dahlia
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The Good the Bad and the Ugly is the greatest movie ever made...
I think most of the contenders have been listed in here but one film I would suggest is Girl With A Pearl Earring. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335119/
I'm not ready to say its better in the cinematography department but to me, this film has the best use of color I've ever seen in a movie and color is always a huge part of cinematography. Its just remarkable how well they used color in this movie. The whole thing is like a Vermeer painting on film.
Mulholland Drive is gorgeous to look at. Amazing cinematography.Citizen Kane, Barry Lyndon and Watchmen come to mind. "There's something inherently wrong with the human personality." Stanley Kubrick
shareI'm sure I could come up with some other great films that have incredible cinematography. I'm glad to see so many of my great cinematography candidates listed in this thread.
Citizen Kane may be the standard for me. I sometimes change my opinion. But this film's visuals fall into the masterpiece category. I can't believe I missed this film until now. As his last work, Mr. Hall left us with a work of art that will stand the test of time.
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Personally I place this move in second place for cinematography after Citizen Kane, but mostly, Kane gets the distinction for being so ahead of its time in its cinematography. If both were released in the same year, Road to Perdition would win.
When you know that your time is close at hand maybe then you'll begin to understand - Iron Maiden
The Thin Red Line anyone?
Braveheart,
Legends of the Fall
The Assassination of Jesse James
Fellowship of the Ring
The Godfather part 2
Glory
Once Upon a Time in America
That's a terrible argument for Citizen Kane. Yes, it will always be a masterpiece because of what it was able to achieve during it's time, but I think that's where it stops. Using that argument, that would make Birth of a Nation the greatest cinematographic piece because of what it meant to the film industry in 1915.
shareexactly my point as well. I was a film student so i know these film nerds well. They recite any movie that was critically acclaimed and the older the film they can name, the smuggier they are about it. I'm waiting for someone to pull out battleship potemkin. This is like saying that babe ruth is a better baseball player than barry bonds. If barry bonds played in the 20's he'd hit 200 homers a year. citizen kane was a monumental film for its time but is certainly not the overall best cinematographic film ever. It's not even in color. ahahahahahaha
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"Open Range" (2003) has some fairly good cimematography, "Apocolypes Now" (1979) is also another good one. In terms of natural lighting I think "Days of Heaven" (1978) was also quite good.
shareIm suprised no one mentioned any Zack Snyder film, the cinemtagrophy in his films are amazing in this contemporary market, namely 300, Watchmen, Legend of the Guardians and Sucker Punch
Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned - Summer 2011
because while visually stunning, zack snyder is not a master cinematographer. You are confusing visual/special effects with cinematography.
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