Does anyone know of a more beautiful movie? I have seen thousands of movies, and yet whenever I try to picture visual poetry, "Hiroshima Mon Amour" always comes to mind first. I just can't picture anything else taking it place as a mental prototype.
AK-47. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every mofo in the room, accept no substitutes.
visual beauty does come in context.
it should be where the image says more then words can.
There are movies like "Snow Falling on Cedars" where the visual beauty and poetry is almost too over the top.
Then I think "The Last Picture Show" had some moments of beauty.
Pretty much anything Andrei Tarkovksy ever did. I'd take "The Sacrifice," "Andrei Rublev," or "Solaris" over this movie any day.
shareWings of Desire, Ran, L'Ecclise, City Lights (specially the ending), and Au Hasard Balthazar...
shareRan was haunting because of the cinematography. What a wonderfully desolate movie. L'Eclisse is perhaps in league with Hiroshima but still rather different. The ending is spectacular; also that of City Lights. And Bresson's films are simply resplendent with the sorrow of humanity. Absolutely. Still, Resnais' communication through the details and techniques of Hiroshima is quite incomparable, even with the the films above.
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perhaps if u like love story within a limited time span & also without much glamorising & just showing human interaction with deep analysis, u might want to look at 'Before sunset" from richard linklater...also a very beautiful movie like this one..
shareHiroshima Mon Amor is definitely one of the most hauntingly beautiful films of all time... amazing how many of those listed by other posters are also among my favorite films. Certainly Antonioni, Tarkovsky, and Kurosawa, but what about the early films of Trufaut? Some of Fellini's bare mentioning as well.
And from the age of color, I agree wholeheartedly with the inclusion of Days Of Heaven (perhaps even Picnic At Hanging Rock), but what about McCabe And Mrs. Miller? And also Angelopolous (Landscape In The Mist etc.), Wenders (Wings Of Desire, among others), or Kustarica's Time Of The Gypsies?
Then, there are the modern masterpieces like Kieslowski's "Double Life..." and "Blue" (don't think anyone has mentioned that one). Was also stunned by the harsh beauty of Before The Rain. Certainly the films of Wan Kar Wai, Hou Shou Hsien, and Ahn Hung Tran. But what about Julio Medem, Claire Denis, Soukorov's Mother And Son, or the recent Russian film called "The Return (for me, perhaps the most memorable of the new millennium)?
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I guess it depends on one's perception of beauty. 'Hiroshima, mon amour' I found to be quite striking; alas, it is only my opinion and please do not attack me for it. I found Riva's character really self-absorbed and the film itself rather distant. I have not seen in for a year, but I will revisit it in some time to see if my perception of the film has changed.
Personally, I found 'The House is Black,' and 'Sansho the Bailiff' beautiful. And Malick seems possess a particular gift, as Bresson, both in different ways. Oh, and 'Black Narcissus.'
And thankee to the other posters who have given me ideas for new films to rent!
I'm struggling to find one
I'm on the road to misanthropy and political correctness is providing a lot of the gas money
Watch Tarkovski, Kieslowski, Kubrick, Cuarón, del Toro if what you are looking for is "perfection" in every detail of a movie, from cinematography, acting, script to some subtle and practically unnoticeables details
Resnais belongs to that list, perhaps also Buñuel and Fellini.
Easy, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams.
Possibly the most beautiful and moving film I've ever seen.
Last film seen: One Wonderful Sunday 6/10
If only counting frames: Persona, Last Year at Marienbad, and of course lots of others, though this is at the top frame wise too, but we can't look away from films such as 2001 and Stalker for example.
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Resnais is a master of beautiful cinema...if only for Hiroshima and Marienbad. It's a shame there aren't more modern filmmakers who can live up to him. In recent years they are few and far between, but there are a few...Terence Malick, Carlos Reygados, P T Anderson, Wong Kar Wai. The problem is that the visual asthetics of cinema have been lost to shock tactics and narrative contrivances that can keep an eager, yet ill-educated (cinematically), audience happy.
I say bring back the poetic beauty of the camera. Linger on shots that don't necessarily propel the story, use colour and light because you can, show people beauty and they will bring their own meaning to things...at least it may make people think a bit...
Alain Resnais is a cinematic genius and anyone who questions it don't know *beep*
I agree with pretty much all the films mentioned here, particularly Ran and Barry Lyndon. Just to add a few others into the mix:
FW Murnau's 'Sunrise'
Max Ophuls' 'Madame De...' and possibly 'Letter From An Unknown Woman'
Dreyer's 'The Passion of Joan of Arc'
The Searchers, Lost In Translation, Once Upon A Time In America and The Deer Hunter also all beautiful in different ways.
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