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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Casablanca
1942, in 39 top lists Check -
35 new
Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
118 new
Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
45 new
Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
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The Third Man
1949, in 37 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
78 new
Shichinin no samurai
1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check -
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
145 new
8½
1963, in 35 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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The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
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Raging Bull
1980, in 34 top lists Check -
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Rashômon
1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check -
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On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
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The Best Years of Our Lives
1946, in 30 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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Touch of Evil
1958, in 30 top lists Check -
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Andrey Rublyov
1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 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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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
51 new
La belle et la bête
1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check -
92 new
Det sjunde inseglet
1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check -
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Persona
1966, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948, in 25 top lists Check -
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Ugetsu monogatari
1953 — a.k.a. Ugetsu, in 25 top lists Check -
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The Grapes of Wrath
1940, in 24 top lists Check -
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L'avventura
1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check -
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Notorious
1946, in 24 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 -
124 new
L'année dernière à Marienbad
1961 — a.k.a. Last Year at Marienbad, in 23 top lists Check -
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Rebecca
1940, in 23 top lists Check -
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Smultronstället
1957 — a.k.a. Wild Strawberries, in 23 top lists Check -
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La dolce vita
1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check -
159 new
Suna no onna
1964 — a.k.a. Woman in the Dunes, in 22 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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Der Himmel über Berlin
1987 — a.k.a. Wings of Desire, in 21 top lists Check -
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L'Atalante
1934, in 21 top lists Check -
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Ordet
1955, in 21 top lists Check -
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Sanshô dayû
1954 — a.k.a. Sansho the Bailiff, in 21 top lists Check -
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Stagecoach
1939, in 21 top lists Check -
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My Darling Clementine
1946, in 20 top lists Check -
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930, in 19 top lists Check -
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In a Lonely Place
1950, in 19 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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Rocco e i suoi fratelli
1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check -
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Yôjinbô
1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check -
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Orphée
1950 — a.k.a. Orpheus, in 18 top lists Check -
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Vampyr
1932, in 18 top lists Check -
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Great Expectations
1946, in 17 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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