Every single, solitary shot in this film is SUBLIME
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chrysalis1814 — 10 years ago(June 02, 2015 03:55 PM)
I've seen many beautifully photographed films in my time but I can't think of another film where every ten seconds you see yet another beautifully composed or uniquely lit shot framing the scene perfectly that jumps out at you with THIS kind of frequency. Such a VARIETY of lighting techniques too. The film is visually striking almost completely non stop for its entire running time!
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bluesky84 — 10 years ago(June 07, 2015 04:09 PM)
I know right? I'm kind of glad a German director was in charge of making this film! It is beautifully shot!
Have you seen Wenders's book
Written in the West
? It has an interview of Wenders about his photographic skills, and the book has a collection of photos that he took before shooting the film.
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NotASpeckOfCereal — 9 years ago(June 10, 2016 10:30 AM)
I'm kind of glad a German director was in charge of making this film!
While there's no doubt that Wim Wenders has an eye, the DP for this film was Robby Mller.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005810
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udippel — 10 years ago(September 23, 2015 12:45 PM)
Thanks for saying it!
I knew some movies before that I considered master pieces in cinematography, and I still do, but this is clear the number one, gold, in this department.
In 40 years I haven't seen a better movie, with respect to shots, that is. Other parts are questionable, but Wenders was never known for anything else but cinematography.
I confess that I had never watched this masterpiece before, and it is just top. Again, leave out Wenders total inability to tell stories
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fentress — 10 years ago(November 16, 2015 02:20 PM)
I first saw this movie back in the mid 1980's when it first came out on VHS, and it has continued to be one of my favorite films ever since. What I particularly like is those desert scenes with Ry Cooder's score in the background. The combination of those particular images with that particular music struck me with such power the first time I watched the movie, and 3 decades later it still holds up for me.