Movies that are visually stunning!

[alclik]

All Ron Fricke classics are absolute visual treats

Koyaanisqatsi (1982) (he was DP not director for this one)
Chronos (1985)
Baraka (1992)
Samsara (2011)

 

[alclik]

Any chance to get this titles in bluray disc???

Apu trilogy is remastered to a quality that even Satyajit Ray may not have seen!
Well worth purchasing...

The Apu Trilogy

A breathtaking milestone that brought India into the golden age of international art-house film, Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy follows one indelible character, a free-spirited child in rural Bengal who matures into an adolescent urban student and, finally, a sensitive man of the world. Ray’s...

www.criterion.com

The story behind the restoration is also really awe-inspiring!

 

[esanthosh]

• In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai)
• Mirror (Tarkovsky)
• Days of Heaven (Unfortunately, I watch TM films at the speed he made them. I am yet to get past this in his filmography)
• In Animation, Spirited Away
• Among recent ones, The Green Knight (2021) and may I add, Columbus (2017)

 

[greenhorn]

• In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-Wai)

Thank you. I was disappointed that nobody had posted this gem until I came here to post

For me what i can think of is - and you need to be in the right frame of mind to watch it
The new world(2005)

 

[esanthosh]

@greenhorn,

I too was very surprised that I am the first one to bring it up in this thread

I had to doublecheck the thread before adding a few more:

• Roma from the most recent ones (I will happily pick this over "Gravity").
• Animation: Ghost in the Shell (1995) - Mamoru Oshii. At times, it gave the feel of a live-action with animated characters. More philosophical than action-oriented (which the series (part 1, part 2) fulfills)
• Animation: Angel's Egg (1985) - Mamoru Oshii. This one is artsy, Tarkovskian in pacing, loaded with religious symbolism (most of which flew over my head), and has a unique eerie atmosphere. Certainly not for everybody.
• Animation: Garden of Words (2013) - Makoto Shinkai. All of his films look great. I have mentioned another one here. I am surprised that no one has brought him up yet considering that we even had a successful change.org petition to release his latest in India.
• Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) - F. W. Murnau. My favorite silent film, particularly the shorter Czech version which gets rid of a lot of fluff. Many of the early Murnau's are a treasure, apart from the already mentioned "Nosferatu". I'll just leave it to Ebert

In a remarkable early sequence, we see her smoking in her room, prowling restlessly in lingerie, and then walking through the village to the lighted window of the man's cottage, where she whistles (there is a low and ominous musical note on the soundtrack). Inside the cottage, the man hears her, we see torment and temptation in his face, and finally he slips out of the cottage; when his wife returns to the table with their dinner, he is gone, and the movie juxtaposes her embracing their child and the woman from the city embracing him.

But look at the shot that shows the man and the city woman slipping off into a foggy marsh area. Although the ground is muddy and uneven, the camera seems to glide smoothly along with them, pushing through shrubbery, following their progress, finally watching them embrace beneath a full moon. I've seen "Sunrise" several times and always noted this shot without quite realizing how impossible it was.

Now I have had it explained. The commentary track on the 20th Century-Fox DVD is by the gifted cinematographer John Bailey, who is a student of early camera techniques and a particular admirer of Struss. He explains that the marsh is a studio set, that the sky and the moon are actually quite close, and that the camera platform is suspended from overhead cables so that it glides behind them as they push through the mud and the shrubbery.

Bonus: I'll also throw in Karel Zemen's "Invention for Destruction" (also called "The Fabulous World of Jules Verne") which has a unique look

 

[esanthosh]

@Hiten , the last film you mentioned was "Loving Vincent" or was it something else?

 

[thedude]

Did anyone mention DUNE?

I loved that movie!!

 

[coaltrain]

@greenhorn,
…Makoto Shinkai. All of his films look great. I have mentioned another one here. I am surprised that no one has brought him up yet…

Valid point!
He’s been going from strength to strength, from 5 cm per Second to Garden of Words to Your Name.
Can‘t wait to see his latest.

 

[esanthosh]

@thedude, It was already mentioned here, which is why I skipped it

 

[Hiten]

@Hiten , the last film you mentioned was "Loving Vincent" or was it something else?

No bro. I searched. It is Barry lyndon by Kubrick. Here is Link. Thanks for 'Loving vincent' info.


Regards

 

[alclik]

Superb background music & visuals , gray shades # bluray disc with DTS HD master audio

Remember watching this many years back! Great movie!!

 

[Mr.Zed]

Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker.
Every time I watch it I can't believe it's made in 1979. Mesmerizing, hypnotic, visceral. Transports you too a different dimension almost.
Apt quote from a reviewer - '... the reason why cinema is called ART'.
Gotta checkout his other creations too.
e. g. Solaris

 

[Silencer]

Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker.
Every time I watch it I can't believe it's made in 1979. Mesmerizing, hypnotic, visceral. Transports you too a different dimension almost.
Apt quote from a reviewer - '... the reason why cinema is called ART'.
Gotta checkout his other creations too.
e. g. Solaris

Great choice. Thanks.

Let me find it. ​

 

[imagineer]

In no order:
The Fall. "Every Frame, a painting".
As few have already mentioned, 300.
Final Fantasy, the advent children. Again, every frame a painting.
Amelie.
Sucker Punch
I'll try to add more, as I recall .

 

[Yogesh]

The Fall. "Every Frame, a painting".

Oft recommended, Added to watchlist.

Sucker Punch

Not many mention it! Had loved it when I had watched it!

 

[imagineer]

Oft recommended, Added to watchlist.

Not many mention it! Had loved it when I had watched it!

I tried to mention the *visually stunning* movies. In that definition, I'll discard all BW or good direction movies which are "visually captivating" in regular colour pallette.

 

[Yogesh]

I tried to mention the *visually stunning* movies. In that definition, I'll discard all BW or good direction movies which are "visually captivating" in regular colour pallette.

My meaning was that not many talk of "Sucker Punch" as a movie. While I liked it very much when I watched it. I want use term as underrated as it might not be every one's cup of tea.

 

[Nitin K]

"Lord of the rings" with good landscapes of New Zealand.

 

[aljojohn]

Let's post here the movies that we find visually stunning! Even if they may not be good entertainment or may not please any critics, but are simply awesome visually.

I will start with a couple,

1. The Tree Of Life - This is highly philosophical movie that is visual symphony. It has some awe inspiring visuals termed as that of the origins of the known universe and the inception of life on Earth.

2. The usual suspect, The Avatar.

Life of pi .obviously

 

[Jith77]

My meaning was that not many talk of "Sucker Punch" as a movie. While I liked it very much when I watched it. I want use term as underrated as it might not be every one's cup of tea.

True. Made the mistake of suggesting it to others back when it was released.