The Eye of Cinema: Stunning B&W Cinematography
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Cinema is a visual medium, therefore it should be regarded as such. But against popular belief, cinematography is not simply about capturing great-looking images, it's an understanding of framing, movement, angles, light, and space, and knowing how to compose these elements throughout the film. It’s an art of observation and perception. It takes a great eye to be a great photographer. However, it takes both a great eye and a great mind to be a great cinematographer. Great cinematography isn't merely about knowing how to compose an image, it's knowing how to compose an entire scene, an entire film, not merely for the sake of bringing the script to the screen, but also to visually draw the viewer in, and to further convey the filmmaker's vision.
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La roue
1923 — a.k.a. The Wheel, in 7 top lists Check -
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Coeur fidèle
1923 — a.k.a. The Faithful Heart, in 4 top lists Check -
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Der letzte Mann
1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check -
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Michael
1924, in 6 top lists Check -
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Kurutta ippêji
1926 — a.k.a. A Page of Madness, in 12 top lists Check -
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
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La glace à trois faces
1927 — a.k.a. The Three-Sided Mirror, in 3 top lists Check -
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L'argent
1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check -
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La chute de la maison Usher
1928 — a.k.a. The Fall of the House of Usher, in 10 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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Jûjiro
1928 — a.k.a. Crossroads, in 3 top lists Check -
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Finis terrae
1929, in 4 top lists Check -
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Big Trail
1930, in 4 top lists Check -
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M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check -
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Vampyr
1932, in 18 top lists Check -
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Shanghai Express
1932, in 9 top lists Check -
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Les croix de bois
1932 — a.k.a. Wooden Crosses, in 5 top lists Check -
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Minato no nihonmusume
1933 — a.k.a. Japanese Girls at the Harbor, in 2 top lists Check -
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Keisatsukan
1933 — a.k.a. Policeman, in 1 top list Check -
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L'Atalante
1934, in 21 top lists Check -
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Dos monjes
1934 — a.k.a. Two Monks, in 2 top lists Check -
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Rapt
1934 — a.k.a. The Kidnapping, in 5 top lists Check -
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La grande illusion
1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check -
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Le quai des brumes
1938 — a.k.a. Port of Shadows, in 10 top lists Check -
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La bête humaine
1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check -
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Zangiku monogatari
1939 — a.k.a. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, in 13 top lists Check -
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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
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Le jour se lève
1939 — a.k.a. Daybreak, in 12 top lists Check -
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Stagecoach
1939, in 21 top lists Check -
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Rebecca
1940, in 23 top lists Check -
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The Grapes of Wrath
1940, in 24 top lists Check -
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The Long Voyage Home
1940, in 4 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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Swamp Water
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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Genroku Chûshingura
1941 — a.k.a. The 47 Ronin, in 4 top lists Check -
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All That Money Can Buy
1941 — a.k.a. The Devil and Daniel Webster, in 4 top lists Check -
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How Green Was My Valley
1941, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Magnificent Ambersons
1942, in 15 top lists Check -
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Emberek a havason
1942 — a.k.a. People on the Alps, in 2 top lists Check -
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Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
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Vredens dag
1943 — a.k.a. Day of Wrath, in 14 top lists Check -
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Le corbeau
1943 — a.k.a. The Raven, in 9 top lists Check -
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Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
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Ivan Groznyy
1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 20 top lists Check -
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Les enfants du paradis
1945 — a.k.a. Children of Paradise, in 21 top lists Check -
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Unter den Brücken
1946 — a.k.a. Under the Bridges, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946, in 30 top lists Check -
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My Darling Clementine
1946, in 20 top lists Check
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