Friday, March 19, 2010

RESULTS OF POLL 72

My poll 72 ended with five votes. Thanks very much to everyone who voted in it. Here is the result:

I LOVE THE EXQUISITE CINEMATOGRAPHY IN THESE FILMS. WHICH ONES DO YOU LIKE?


1.THE COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES (1968, Sergei Paradjanov, Soviet)
DP – Suren Shakhbazyan
+DAYS OF HEAVEN (1978, Terrence Malick, USA)
DP – Néstor Almendros
+INSTITUTE BENJAMENTA (1995, Stephen Quay + Timothy Quay, UK)
DP – Nicholas D. Knowland
+KALYI (1993, Fred Kelemen, Germany)
+PROSPERO'S BOOKS (1991, Peter Greenaway, UK)
DP – Sacha Vierny
+A SUNDAY IN THE COUNTRY (1984, Bertrand Tavernier, France)
DP – Bruno de Keyzer

Each of them got 2 votes or 40 %.

7.L'AUTRE RIVE (1986, Etant Donnes, France)
+CLASS TRIP (1998, Claude Miller, France)
DP – Guillaume Schiffman
+DECEMBER BRIDE (1991, Thaddeus O'Sullivan, UK)
DP – Bruno de Keyzer
+FIREFLIES (2005, Chawit Waewsawangwong, Thailand)
+THE LONG DAY CLOSES (1992, Terence Davies, UK)
DP – Michael Coulter
+MILLENNIUM MAMBO (2001, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan)
DP – Lee Ping Bin
+THE MOON IN THE GUTTER (1983, Jean-Jacques Beineix, France)
DP – Philippe Rousselot
+MY MINE (ความในใจ) (2009, Woratouch Wattanagune, Thailand)
+PHANTOM LOVE (2007, Nina Menkes, USA)
DP – Christopher Soos
+VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS (1970, Jaromil Jires, Czechoslovakia)
DP – Jan Curík

Each of them got 1 vote, or 40 %.


17.CHRISTINE (1958, Pierre Gaspard-Huit, France)
director of photography – Christian Matras
+LE CRABE-TAMBOUR (1977, Pierre Schoendoerffer, France)
DP – Raoul Coutard
+PRISONER (นักโทษ) (2009, Prachaya Lampongchat, Thailand)
+THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD (2003, Guy Maddin, UK)
DP – Luc Montpellier

Each of them got 0 vote.


--MY FAVORITE EXQUISITELY CINEMATOGRAPHED MUSIC VIDEOS:

1.ANGEL – Eurythmics (1989, Sophie Muller)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fMtfK6s7Ow

2.DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU – Gloria Estefan (1989, Jim Yukich)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i54qdr2Ioi0

3.DREAM OF ME – OMD (1993, Pedro Romhanyi)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIYoxN5ZsJU

4.EVENING FALLS – Enya (1988, Michael Geoghegan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P8Axizjn2k

5.MY FIRST NIGHT WITHOUT YOU – Cyndi Lauper (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlQOiaj4aMU

6.OH FATHER – Madonna (1989, David Fincher)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TplkQnCPrLg

7.SWEET LULLABY – Deep Forest (1993, Tarsem)

8.TAKE ME HOME – Sophie Ellis Bextor (2001, Sophie Muller)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGjD_m0znQs

9.TAKE YOUR TIME – Mantronix featuring Wondress (1990)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY4q4viufSs

10.THIS HOUSE – Alison Moyet (1991)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy3q3k4hxfY

4 comments:

pc said...

Talking about music videos with exquisite cinematography, recently I watched two version of Massive Attack's Special Cases and really like cold and futuristic mood in those clip. You're probably aware of that but I just discover them a month ago. Both versions seem to me like a mini sci-fi flick with high production value.

Massive Attack - Special Cases (Version 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Tqhci7wbI



Let me drop one more scene from The Devils (1971, Ken Russell). This is totally insane!


The Devils (1971) Ken Russell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3BiW3fLc2U


This scene was previously taken off from the film but later restored when it's released on DVD. That's why I haven't seen it in the version I watched on VHS.



10 great films from the last decade that you may not have seen
http://www.nfb.ca/playlists/albert_ohayon/ten-films-discover-2000-2009/

celinejulie said...

Thank you very much for all your links, PC. I had never seen the music videos of SPECIAL CASES before. I think these two music videos have a very good concept—telling the stories of both the boy and the girl up until they start falling in love with each other.

The music videos of SPECIAL CASES accidentally reminds me of the novel BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley, who is also connected to THE DEVILS. I like the scene of THE DEVILS that you linked to very much. It is extremely funny.

The NFB website is extremely interesting. I wish I had time to watch all the ten films in this list.

pc said...

I came across NFB link while reading about the Scottish electronic band "Board of Canada" on wiki which states that the co-founders Mike and Marcus have mentioned the documentary films of the National Film Board of Canada, from which the group's name is derived, as a source of inspiration.

So I went on checking there website. Mannn ... their library got a huge selections of excellent short films and documentaries all the way back to the 50s.


Do yourself a favor, check out this opera please! Sometime high art could be found in such an unlikely place ... jhar har.


catherine malfitano opera singer
http://xhamster.com/movies/156845/catherine_malfitano_opera_singer.html

celinejulie said...

I had misunderstood for a long time that BOARD OF CANADA came from Canada. Hahaha.