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Good list, brings back a lot of memories. I know there is a difference between "Beautiful Shots" and Iconic scenes. Still, surprised to see nothing from the Wizard of Oz or Gone with the Wind
Some are good, most I wouldn't have a second look. Too many "silhouettie" images of a man/woman standing/sitting against a darkish background
Looked at the first 50, the list seems really bad to me. Many of these were extremely generic shots in my opinion.
the casablanca is my favorite. great find. i favorited as I need to go back and view some of these. at least 40 i've never seen.
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I think its hard to pick out a still frame from a fluid medium medium as film. Some of these are iconic no doubt, others not so much. And others work better within the context of the whole scene.
This scene from "What Dreams May Come" is not only beautiful but also gut-wrenching! It's the scene where Doctor Chris Nielson (Robin Williams) see's his two kids alive for the last time!... If you haven't seen this movie, I highly recommend it! It'll make you think a little differently, maybe appreciate your loved ones a little more. ....... ....... .......
Weird list. Extremely skewed to the twenty-first century and big budget English language films. Two Harry Potter films in the top 50 most beautiful shots in history pretty much says it all.
Is the house in the "To Live and Die in LA" photo the same one from Breaking Bad? Walter White's home?
Close. Ranch houses all look the same. Looks like Walter extended the kitchen bar to to the wall, and has a separate kitchen door. <img src="http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/2015-08/3/8/enhanced/webdr02/original-28561-1438603524-3.jpg" width=600>
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As others have said, way too many recent movies, way too much Wes Anderson/Aronofsky/Coen/PTA (ok maybe not PTA), and definitely way too many stupid college epiphany movies like Requiem, Eternal Sunshine, Into the Wild, Lost in Translation, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Moon, and Fight Club (x2!). Seriously, the author didn't have the gall to complete the list with Usual Suspects and Mulholland Drive?! But that's not even the most damning part. To me, when it comes to the old movies that were included, it really feels forced, like the author listed the movie just because it was universally renowned and not because he actually saw the damn thing. Like, they're token inclusions so the movie stills are themselves also token stills. Because if he actually watched the movies he would have chosen much better stills. Just off the top of my head: The Graduate - the final shot with Hoffman and the bride sitting at the back of the bus. Not the legs shot The Master - scene in the jail cells with Joaquin Phoenix and PSH going at it 2001 - the astronaut rotating upside down in the corridor about to walk into the cockpit Mad Max - scene at the end with the guy handcuffed to the car Dark City - scene where Murdock is walking out onto Shell Beach with the stark machinery of the city and the single door behind him, rising above the sand and the waves. (2:03 in this clip). Or you could make an argument for the scene with jail phones and the glass pane that breaks. Drive - the elevator Saving Private Ryan - the knife Road to Perdition - any of a number of John Ford-esque wide shots with the country house in the background. (Conrad Hall was a master, and Sam Mendes stopped being good after Hall passed away) Chungking Express - This one. (Actually no he got this one right, I love every scene in this movie but the outdoor escalator is what you remember. But maybe a shout out to In the Mood for Love would have been appropriate.) Once Upon a Time in the West - close up of Henry Fonda's eyes For a Few Dollars More - any still from the cathedral scene omg Shawshank - probably the scene where Red is walking up to the tree Clockwork Orange - the scene with the fight involving the giant plaster penis Barry Lyndon - so many options, where to start?...the duel between Barry and his son Red - the scene with Irene Jacob and the judge in the empty concert hall with Jacob looking down from the stage Blue - the scene with Juliette Binoche and the chandelier...aww screw it, they should scrap both of these Keslowski's in favor of La Double Vie de Veronique, a masterpiece with twice as many great stills as the entire trilogy combined.
Great list and hard to argue with the movie selection. I was ready to write it off if it didn't include a few Mad Max and Sergio Leone shots (although I feel that The Good, The Bad & The Ugly showdown shot was missing). I would have picked some different shots from some of those movies; I felt like the Mad Max: Fury Road shot was the cliched shot from the movie; I would have picked one of the wider shots. Man, George Miller is a visual genius.
there are so many fantastic still shots in a movie but not always tied to a great scene. even cheap and bad horror films have great cinematography, for eg., slumber party massacre. you could pull so many great looking stills from it and make people think it a better movie than it was.
I think there are some new movies that are left out the list that deserve a spot. Skyfall is one of them. One of the most underrated films in terms of cinematography. Interstellar is another.
If the list doesn't have In the Mood for Love, it's not a good list. So many images that stand out in that film.
