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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2023 17:47:54 GMT
Which of these Academy Award-winning, painterly depictions do you prefer?
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Post by hugobolso on Jan 10, 2023 17:51:13 GMT
I hate Barry Lydon, but the cinematography is far superior than 99% of 1970s films, including Tess (was 1979 or 1980).-
Tess cinematography on the other hand, wasn't that good, partially because the cinematographer director died, during the shooting, and was replace with someone with a totally different style.-
I think won the oscar more for pitty than artistic values. I still consider a great cinematography Tess, just nothing trully mesmering.-
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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 10, 2023 17:55:43 GMT
Let's go to the tape and see what Wise Old Owl has said in a different poll: Which of these films do you find the most visually pretty?
Dec 4, 2019 at 10:23am Tyler likes this Post by pacinoyes on Dec 4, 2019 at 10:23am
There's a shot in Tess in the beginning on the dirt road where she's told of her lineage where it's luminous and yet realistically sodden and earthy - that is pretty much my favorite shot from a cinematography angle ever so that I guess Tess.
It's amazing that he died and they had to replace him and they maintained that whole look too.
Not on your list but Days of Heaven is in this league, possibly superior in many ways also.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2023 18:17:39 GMT
pacinoyes - Is this the shot in question? She isn't told of her lineage here - she's trying to escape from Alec d'Urberville and he catches up to her in this shot...
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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 10, 2023 18:36:52 GMT
pacinoyes - Is this the shot in question? She isn't told of her lineage here - she's trying to escape from Alec d'Urberville and he catches up to her in this shot... The shot - although I can't find it at the moment because I'm busy saving my company from its usual daily meltdown - which ruins my ability to post and that only I apparently can fix - Grrrrrrr, work - is where she's refered to by a title by a man (Duchess? something like that) - and he is asked why he does that - and he explains her lineage......it's quite early though - and that's plot crucial scene - and gorgeously ominous (and of course fatalistic!)......it's on a dirt road at a crossroads iirc Now, if you'll excuse me for a bit I have to fire several people just kidding - I just have to yell at 'em
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2023 18:58:29 GMT
pacinoyes - Ah, yes! This happens to Tess' father, not Tess herself - Parson Tringham tells him of his lineage and calls him "Sir John." Did you not read the book in high school, pac?! Jeesh. Good luck at work today!
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Post by Nikan on Jan 10, 2023 19:08:11 GMT
You make me wanna re-watch Tess... saw it ages ago, didn't grasp a thing... and even I remember it's heartbreaking beauty.
Kubrick ain't no joke tho *coffee sip*
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2023 19:38:32 GMT
You make me wanna re-watch Tess... saw it ages ago, didn't grasp a thing... and even I remember it's heartbreaking beauty. Kubrick ain't no joke tho *coffee sip* You definitely should! (Let me know if my obsessive fanboyish-ness is too much. ) I watched it again for the first time since 2019 (probably my fourth overall viewing?)... I thought, "Am I really going to watch all three hours of it again?", but then I couldn't help but be caught under its hypnotically beautiful spell... You just completely surrender to Polanski's mastery each time. I also ordered this beautifully bound copy of the novel (I haven't read it since high school!):
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2023 20:16:37 GMT
This scene in Tess in particular stops my heart with its beauty... Sofia Coppola used it as a visual reference for her adaptation of The Beguiled - with one of the girls and Farrell walking through the forest drenched with Spanish moss:
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Post by futuretrunks on Jan 10, 2023 22:54:07 GMT
Tess, by a lot.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jan 11, 2023 14:14:08 GMT
Watched both of these over the last couple of weeks and both have fantastic cinematography. Barry Lyndon
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Jan 11, 2023 18:09:41 GMT
Barry Lyndon, but these two films along with Days of Heaven are up there as the most beautiful to look at. I will even dare to say that the look is better than anything else (writing, acting, etc.) in all those films too.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2023 18:52:08 GMT
Barry Lyndon, but these two films along with Days of Heaven are up there as the most beautiful to look at. You have to throw Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette into that group!
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