The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
#1The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:16pm
Forget about good/bad/indifferent.
This thread is for the art directors, set decorators and cinematographers out there. I'll even throw in the CGI visualists who help create those sets and locations in films of the past 15 years.
I was just watching The Age of Innocence in high-def on my big, fat TV, and it was jaw-dropping. I'd forgotten how visually incredible it was.
In addition to Age of Innocence, I'll add the following:
The Red Shoes
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Black Narcissus
Cocteau's Beauty & the Beast
Marie Antoinette (MGM)
Gone With the Wind
Amadeus
Titanic
The Lord of the Rings (all three)
The Wizard of Oz
Hello, Dolly! (don't laugh--watch it on a huge screen and see if your jaw doesn't drop)
Restoration
The Tales of Hoffman
The Sound of Music
Dr. Zhivago
Metropolis
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#2re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:21pmWhile I am not a big fan of the movie, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME is GORGEOUS to look at.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#2re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:23pmFAR FROM HEAVEN, with its saturated colors, was a feast for my eyes.
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blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#3re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:23pm
Girl with a Pearl Earring was like moving painting--beautiful to look at.
Far From Heaven, Pleasantville and Moulin Rouge also come to mind.
Updated On: 5/20/08 at 10:23 PM
#4re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:24pm
Barry Lyndon 
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#5re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:25pmFinding Nemo. Hands down.
Chevstriss
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/30/03
#6re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:25pm
Restoration
Raise the Red Lantern
I'd fire you... if you weren't so g*dd*mn beautiful out there. - Blades of Glory
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#7re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:26pm
Death In Venice 
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#8re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:29pmTadzio notwithstanding, Death in Venice was one of the most stunning films I've seen.
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#9re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:30pm
Amadeus 
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#10re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:31pm
Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette
Phantom of the Opera (can't stand the movie, but it is beautiful)
Moulin Rouge
Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
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Broadway Star Joined: 4/21/07
#11re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:34pmorson welles' THE TRIAL is frighteningly beautiful, imo.
#12re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:36pmFritz Lang's METROPOLIS
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#13re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:42pm
Nicholas and Alexandra 
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#14re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:48pm
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#15re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:52pm
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever 
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#16re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:53pmPerfume: Story of a Murderer.
"This ocean runs more dark and deep than you may think you know...I'll be the fear of the fire at sea."
-Marie Christine
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#17re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 10:59pmA MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH - Powell and Pressburger
#18re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:00pm
METROPOLIS (1927)
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#19re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:02pm
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
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#20re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:03pm
SALOME'S LAST DANCE
MUJERES AL BORDE DE UN ATAQUE DE NERVIOS
JULIET OF THE SPIRITS
RABBIT'S MOON
BABYDOLL
THE BOYFRIEND
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#22re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:07pm
Pan's Labyrinth, definitely is up there.
Gorgeously shot...it's just incredibly beautiful in the weirdest ways.
#23re: The most beautiful-looking films you've ever seen
Posted: 5/20/08 at 11:08pm
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Amelie
Moulin Rouge
Romeo + Juliet
Across the Universe
American Beauty
The Hours
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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