Photography - Thanks for the two recommendations Spangles...

Thanks for the two recommendations Spangles...

Jan 05, 2019,17:24 PM

The Japanese indie film "万引き家族" (direct translation "Shoplifting Family") looks to be excellent and it seems to have won the top prize at Cannes. The 2018 Polish historical period movie "Zimna wojna" (Cold War) is likewise very well recieved...

It's getting to be that time of year again: the Oscar nominations will be announced on Jan. 22 and the 91st Oscars are scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 24.

2019 Oscar Nominee Predictions for Best Cinematography (IMDb)

01. Roma (Alfonso Cuarón)
02. First Man (Linus Sandgren)
03. If Beale Street Could Talk (James Laxton)
04. A Star Is Born (Matthew Libatique)
05. Cold War (Lukasz Zal)
06. The Favourite (Robbie Ryan)
07. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Bruno Delbonnel)
08. Black Panther (Rachel Morrison)
09. Mary Queen of Scots (John Mathieson)
10. Suspiria (Sayombhu Mukdeeprom)
11. Widows (Sean Bobbitt)
12. Bohemian Rhapsody (Newton Thomas Sigel)
13. Bad Times at the El Royale (Seamus McGarvey)
14. The Sisters Brothers (Benoît Debie)
15. The Rider (Joshua James Richards)

2019 Oscar Nominee Predictions for Best Foreign Language Feature (IndieWire)

01. Burning (Lee Chang-dong, South Korea)
02. Capernaum (Nadine Labaki, Lebanon)
03. Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland)
04. Roma (Alfonso Cuaron, Mexico)
05. Shoplifters (Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan)
06. Birds of Passage (Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, Colombia)
07. The Guilty (Gustav Möller, Denmark)
08. Never Look Away (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Germany)
09. Ayka (Sergei Devortsevoy, Kazakhstan)

I can't wait to see who gets nominated and of course everyone's a winner ; )

Casey

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What’s more important: technique or story?

By: cshimokita : January 5th, 2019-13:29

Classic question... The latest project by Alfonso Cuarón (producer, writer, director, & cinematographer) is the 2018 movie "Roma"... you might enjoy the imagery of the movie... ( link to trailer ) Poster for "Roma" by Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón tal...

Thanks for sharing and happy New Year Kasey

By: renerod : January 5th, 2019-14:15

I have always thought that photography is about telling stories with the images you take. So I would say story. Your photograph can not be technically perfect, but if it tells a story, people with the sensitivity will like it. And even if nobody does, you...

René: As a lad, I remember talking to my dad...

By: cshimokita : January 5th, 2019-17:13

who among other things was a professional photographer, about "opportunity vs. quality of technique"... how a beautiful location or spectacular event might over shadow a very well executed photo of a mundane or banal theme. For the life of me I can't reme...

Indeed Technique could be defined as

By: renerod : January 7th, 2019-15:22

The way each photographer has learnt to achieve his personal, distinguishable and own liked style of photography. Thanks for your clarification Casey. Best. René

The "visual language" is not the same for everyone...

By: cshimokita : January 7th, 2019-23:23

... the cues and clues are as individual as the photographer who is taking the photo.

The Japanese movie Shoplifters was excellent.

By: Spangles - Dr. Tabby : January 5th, 2019-15:20

I heard Cold War was also excellent.

Thanks for the two recommendations Spangles...

By: cshimokita : January 5th, 2019-17:24

The person who did Cold War has an earlier film, Ida. It is also excellent.

By: Spangles - Dr. Tabby : January 5th, 2019-17:38

I hope you can see it as well.

There is a small art movie house that just opened in the neighborhood...

By: cshimokita : January 6th, 2019-00:49

Which is great news... the 'problem' I have with seeing foreign language films here in Tokyo is that the movies are normally in the original language with Japanese sub-titles... I remember watching the English version of "Dancing with Wolves" in Zurich wh...

A couple of results from the Golden Globes 2019

By: cshimokita : January 7th, 2019-00:44

Best director - motion picture Winner: Alfonso Cuarón - Roma Best foreign language film Winner: Roma Strange Golden Globes factoid... in the two "Best Motion Picture" categories (drama or comedy-musical) it seems that the nominees must be English-language...

I think you need both for a fulfilling experience. In a movie, a good story line ...

By: fernando : January 8th, 2019-00:37

with a mediocre director or cinematography may still provide the necessary entertainment for the masses and fill cinemas. A movie without a good story but with great technique may fall flat in the box office but is appreciated by a select audience that lo...

My take it that it's all a bit of a 'trick-statement'...

By: cshimokita : January 8th, 2019-14:50

What I like about "open questions" is that I am forced to think about the two seemingly opposite poles, how there can be granularity (the unexpected) at each end, and how they can complement each other... The cast of "Seinfeld" always said that the TV sho...