Cinematographer's Best #25: John Alcott

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Cinematographer's Best #25: John Alcott Nov 5, 2020 23:08:57 GMT

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John Alcott

The career of John Alcott, cut tragically short by a fatal heart attack in 1986, was best known for his collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick.

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Cinematographers' best cinematography - all open

	Poll date	Voters
1. Hoyte Van Hoytema - Interstellar 2. Emmanuel Lubezki - The Tree of Life 3. Roger Deakins - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 4. Wally Pfister - Inception 5. Robert Richardson- Inglourious Basterds 6. Jeff Cronenweth - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 7. John Toll - The Thin Red Line 8. Conrad Hall - Road to Perdition 9. Greig Fraser - Foxcatcher 10. Christopher Doyle - In The Mood For Love 11. Bruno Delbonnel - Inside Llewyn Davis 12. Janusz Kaminski - Schindler's List 13. Rodrigo Prieto - Silence 14. Daruis Khondji - Se7en 15. Gregg Toland - Citizen Kane 16. Dante Spinotti - LA Confidential 17. Robert Elswit - There Will Be Blood 18. Vittorio Storaro - Apocalypse Now 19. Chung Chung-Hoon - The Handmaiden 20. Gordon Willis - The Godfather: Part II 21. John Seale - Mad Max: Fury Road 22. Matthew Libatique - Black Swan 23. Dick Pope - Mr. Turner 24. Michael Chapman - Raging Bull 25. John Alcott	Nov 2017 Dec 2017 Jan 2018 April 2018 May 2018 May 2018 May 2018 June 2018 Sep 2018 March 2020 March 2020 April 2020 April 2020 April 2020 May 2020 May 2020 May 2020 June 2020 June 2020 June 2020 July 2020 July 2020 July 2020 Sep 2020 Nov 2020	44 44 56 32 22 25 27 27 21 26 37 30 33 33 18 31 26 31 9 20 24 26 25 27

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stephen Legend "Not my remains, Al." Posts: 24,721 Likes: 24,991	Cinematographer's Best #25: John Alcott Nov 5, 2020 23:10:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stephen on Nov 5, 2020 23:10:31 GMT I mean, come on.
	Good morning, Oscar Buzz. I'm listening.

Tommen_Saperstein Legend Posts: 17,275 Likes: 11,497	Cinematographer's Best #25: John Alcott Nov 5, 2020 23:34:04 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Nov 5, 2020 23:34:04 GMT Barry Lyndon, but Shining and Greystoke are GOAT-tier as well

Martin Stett Legend "Stett is weirder than New York" - Urbanpatrician Posts: 11,402 Likes: 7,530	Cinematographer's Best #25: John Alcott Nov 6, 2020 1:24:30 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Martin Stett on Nov 6, 2020 1:24:30 GMT I want to vote for Overlord, but I can't.
	And so, let the curtain rise on tonight's dream

flasuss Badass Posts: 1,830 Likes: 1,615	Cinematographer's Best #25: John Alcott Nov 6, 2020 3:06:06 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by flasuss on Nov 6, 2020 3:06:06 GMT Barry Lyndon wins. Probably against anyone, ever.

TerryMontana God Tier Posts: 8,215 Likes: 4,799	Cinematographer's Best #25: John Alcott Nov 6, 2020 6:20:53 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by TerryMontana on Nov 6, 2020 6:20:53 GMT Barry Lyndon Shining Orange

jimmalone Based Posts: 3,377 Likes: 1,358	Cinematographer's Best #25: John Alcott Nov 6, 2020 9:11:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jimmalone on Nov 6, 2020 9:11:19 GMT Barry Lyndon really is the only great cinematographical work on this list (I've seen). But it's around top 10 all time worthy...

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