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Post beautiful cinematography from movies/tv shows.

Too Old to Die Young Episode 6: The High Priestess (2019) (Director: Nicolas Winding Refn, Cinematography by Darius Khondji )

A Civil Action (1998) (Director: Steven Zaillian, Cinematography by Conrad Hall)

Samsara (2011) (Director & DP: Ron Fricke)

 

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Some of the shots / scenes from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are breathtaking even if just for desert

 

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Some of the shots / scenes from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are breathtaking even if just for desert

 

[Dacon]

This is a great thread, I need some good composition ref shots.

 

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[GnomeChimpsky]

Sicario

Midsommar

Sunshine

Spoiler

r/cineshots is great for this stuff.

 

[PhantomGolem]

I'd say all the Emmanuel Lubezki movies. You should look for his films.

 

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Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019) (Directed by J. J. Abrams, Cinematography by Dan Mindel)

 

[Kadayi]

Blade Runner 2049. Still Deakins is a Legend.

 

[kiiltz]

Kimi no Na wa

Charade

Kimetsu no Yaiba

Sopranos



also Inception was chock full of them and my fav one this decade is prob the one of Furiosa screaming in the desert

i like distant shots of people being alone apparently

 

[Husky]

Some of the shots / scenes from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are breathtaking even if just for desert

Don't forget El Camino. Every frame was a work of art.

The OA on Netflix is much the same. Never a dull shot.

And to add another TV show, Channel 4's Utopia always impresses.

Glad to see I'm not the first to add Sunshine here, too. Man, that film achieved cosmic horror using the sun instead of any sentient beasts. That was brilliant.
And for more stunningly-shot cosmic horror films, there's The Void, Resolution, and its sequel The Endless.

I have some real distinct memories of several shots from Stake Land and Stake Land II: The Stakelander. I can't quite remember if they were excellently shot throughout, but they must've done something right.

The Where the Wild Things Are adaptation had beautiful cinematography as well, inspired by classic indie rock aesthetics. Rich with golden hour imagery.

And uh, lastly, you know what really surprised me with its cinematography? Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation. Made Dark Fate look like amateur shit with its hectic movie trailer stylings.

 

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Alpha (2018) (Directed by Albert Hughes, Cinematography by Martin Gschlacht)

 

[ZeroZeroQuatre]

Tarsem Singh.
I love his work, don't even know where to start.

The Cell (2000) - his first and most know movie. Plenty of gorgeous and creative shots, Tarsem's having a lot of fun in that twisted place.

The Fall (2006) - his tragically ignored masterpiece.
Tarsem used to work as an ads director and traveled the world from location to location. It's during that time that he stitched that movie together, without using any kind of digital magic. Visually, one of the finest movies ever crafted - in my opinion.
From Roger Ebert :

Tarsem's "The Fall" is a mad folly, an extravagant visual orgy, a free-fall from reality into uncharted realms. Surely it is one of the wildest indulgences a director has ever granted himself. Tarsem, for two decades a leading director of music videos and TV commercials, spent millions of his own money to finance "The Fall," filmed it for four years in 28 countries and has made a movie that you might want to see for no other reason than because it exists. There will never be another like it.

Not flooding this with screenshots, watch the movie instead.

Immortals (2011) - not the best movie, but it's still gorgeous, also thanks to Eiko Ishioka's fantastic costume designs. She worked on nearly all his movies (and on Brahm Stocker's Dracula, check Dracul's red dragon armor), alas, she passed away a couple of years ago.

And as a bonus, his most known music videos from the early 90s :

Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby (1992)


R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (1991)


Dude's got some really strong visual signature.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Dude's got some really strong visual signature.

Is Tarsem doing anything of lately? Loved his movies and visual style. Very original filmmaker.

 

[ZeroZeroQuatre]

Is Tarsem doing anything of lately? Loved his movies and visual style. Very original filmmaker.

I haven't heard anything neither, and his homepage that featured all of his ads seems to be dead too
It would be tempting to speculate that Hollywood prematurely ended his filmmaking adventure : Mirror Mirror wasn't the success they expected, Self/less bombed hard and his TV-serie Emerald City's been canceled too.
I can also easily imagine that the loss of Eiko Ishioka - his partner in crime, combined with the fact that he already gave everything with The Fall simply left him drained.
Tarsem's the perfect example of an artist that shattered against the wall of commercial realities, which is kinda tragic-ironic for a guy who built his entire career on making ads and music videos

 

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[Ballthyrm]

I'm a big fan of Zhao Xiaoding

House of Flying Daggers

Shadow

The Curse of the Golden Flower

 

[SirKicksalot]

Alpha (2018) (Directed by Albert Hughes, Cinematography by Martin Gschlacht)

This was extraordinary in IMAX 3D, and it's a damn good movie too. Hugely underrated.
The Hughes brothers always made beautiful movies.

 

[Kadayi]

I think the Fountain is a beautiful film in terms of composition by Aronofsky

 

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[SpartanN92]

I’m not in a position to post pictures but the bombed out French city nighttime scene in 1917 was one of the most amazing scenes I’ve ever seen in a movie.

 

[ammodotcom]

I couldn't agree more If it's the scene just after he wakes up. I've been looking for that scene on YouTube. But I've only found the part of him running much later.

This is the track playing I believe.

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

The Art of Flight:


You dont even have to be a snowboard fan, just the perfectly filmed scenes and soundtrack alone will make you go "Wow".

Baraka (filmed before Samsara- same director)

 

[EightBit Man]

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

The Deer Hunter

 

[Gargus]

The whole intro is terrific

 

[mortal]

 

[SpartanN92]

I couldn't agree more If it's the scene just after he wakes up. I've been looking for that scene on YouTube. But I've only found the part of him running much later.

This is the track playing I believe.

Yeah the scene where he wakes up was the one I was referring to.

 

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) (Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Cinematography by Rob Hardy)

 

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) (Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Cinematography by Rob Hardy)

there are some amazing shots in this movie

 

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[Uhtred]

1917
1917
1917
1917

 

[BroodG]

Thin Red Line (1998)

 

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[DudeCoolz]

Doctor Sleep (2019)

1917 (2019)

La La Land (2016)

 

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Blade Runner 2049

 

[DudeCoolz]

Rear Window (1954)

Great Escape (1963)

 

[T8SC]

Alien 3. For such a mess of a movie production, it had some great cinematography.

 

[DudeCoolz]

1917 (2019)

 

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Avengers: Infinity War (2018) (Dir: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, DP: Trent Opaloch)

 

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Sorcerer (1977) (Dir: William Friedkin, DP: John M. Stephens, Dick Bush)

 

[Karma Jawa]

Watched Death Proof last night for the first time in ages. There’s some great shots throughout. Ones like this work well even in isolation, painting its own picture and narrative:

 

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The Hateful Eight (2015) (Dir: Quentin Tarantino, DP: Robert Richardson)

 

[mortal]

HEAT (1995)
Director: Micheal Mann
DOP: Dante Spinotti

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[Outpost #31]

Great thread!

 

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The Limey (1999)

Dir: Steven Soderbergh, DP: Edward Lachman

 

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Pain and Glory (2019)

Dir: Pedro Almodóvar, DP: José Luis Alcaine