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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  1. 35 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 42 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  3. 145 new

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  4. 229 new

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  5. 92 new

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
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    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  7. 186 new

    Persona

    1966, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 118 new

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 115 new

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  10. 82 new

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  11. 78 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  12. 124 new

    L'année dernière à Marienbad

    1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 23 top lists Check
  13. 66 new

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
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    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
  15. 230 new

    The Elephant Man

    1980, in 16 top lists Check
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    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
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    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 185 new

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 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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    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 233 new

    Der Himmel über Berlin

    1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 181 new

    Repulsion

    1965, in 17 top lists Check
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    Smultronstället

    1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check
  24. 94 new

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
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    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  26. 112 new

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 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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    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
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    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
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    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
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    Hiroshima mon amour

    1959 — a.k.a. Hiroshima Mon Amour, in 17 top lists Check
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    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
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    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
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    How Green Was My Valley

    1941, in 11 top lists Check
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    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
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    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
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    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  40. 52 new

    Great Expectations

    1946, in 17 top lists Check
  41. 84 new

    Ordet

    1955, in 21 top lists Check
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    Vampyr

    1932, in 18 top lists Check
  43. 51 new

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
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    L'Atalante

    1934, in 21 top lists Check
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    Le procès

    1962 — a.k.a. The Trial, in 10 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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    Gertrud

    1964, in 11 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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    The Innocents

    1961, in 12 top lists Check
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    Ivan Groznyy

    1944 — a.k.a. Ivan the Terrible, Part I, in 19 top lists Check
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