I find the photography in The Conformist (by ingenious Vittorio Storaro, later cinematographer of Apocalypse Now) extremely beautiful. Actually, along with Apocalypse Now and Wings of Desire (Henri Alekan), it's my favorite. What's yours?
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Too many to remember right now, but "The Conformist" and "Happy Together" (1997, directed by Wong Kar-Wai and photographed by Christopher Doyle) are probably my two favourites, ever. In black and white, anything by Sven Nykvist for Bergman.
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I'd never heard of this film but just had the tv on in the background with the volume down and saw this for the first time and am totally amazed. One of he most amazing looking things i've ever seen full stop. It's almost too much, haven't been able to read many of the subtitles yet :)
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I'll toss a bunch of recent films into the mix -- at least for color.
color:
The Red Shoes (1948) (Haven't seen Black Narcissus yet)
The Conformist (1970)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Ran (1985)
In the Mood for Love (2001)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring (2004)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
The Fall (2008)
The Tree of Life (2011)
black and white:
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Third Man (1950)
8 1/2 (1963)
Eraserhead (1977)
Manhattan (1979)
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The Man Who Wasn't There
Paris, Texas, The American Friend, To Live and Die in LA (all Robby Muller)
Persona, Cries and Wispers (Nykvist)
All Kubricks movies espescially A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Dr Strangelove.
The Age Of Innocence, Goodfellas, Raging Bull
Hannah and her Sisters
Carlito's Way
Mccabe and Mrs Miller
Once upon a Time in the West
Fight Club, Se7en, The Social Network
Pat Garret and Billy the Kid
Citizen Kane
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
My Darling Clementine
Stagecoach
Hud
The Conformist is the most stunning film visually I have ever seen.
Top 10? In no particular order:
Suspiria
L'avventura
Il Conformista
Amélie
Léon
Eyes Without A Face
Brazil
Rashomon
In The Mood For Love
Saving Private Ryan
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