Re: Best Cinematography 1964
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 2:28 am
Black-and-White
I like Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte but its seven Oscar nominations were overkill, no more so than with this one in which it was nominated over the likes of Dr. Strangelove, High and Low, A Hard Day's Night, The Servant, Seven Days in May and Séance on a Wet Afternoon, all of which were far better done.
Of the actual nominees, Fate Is the Hunter and The Americanization of Emily are decent also-rans but neither of them rise to the level of the unfairly snubbed. The Night of the Iguana is more visually interesting, but the only one that truly stands out is Zorba the Greek which deserved its win.
Color
No complaints here, though one could make a case for films as disparate as The World of Henry Orient Orient and The Fall of the Roman Empire but what would they replace?
Cheyenne Autumn was John Ford's apology for all those "bad Indian" movies he made but it is a bit ponderous.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown was visually impressive but the least of the three musicals nominated.
Becket was far and away the best photographed dramatic film in color, but this is really between My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins.
As impressive as Mary Poppins is, I have to go with My Fair Lady which is a stunning achievement in all areas but you have to see it on the big screen or on Blu-ray in its 2015 restoration to really appreciate the sublime look of the film. It was the best then, and it's the best now.
I like Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte but its seven Oscar nominations were overkill, no more so than with this one in which it was nominated over the likes of Dr. Strangelove, High and Low, A Hard Day's Night, The Servant, Seven Days in May and Séance on a Wet Afternoon, all of which were far better done.
Of the actual nominees, Fate Is the Hunter and The Americanization of Emily are decent also-rans but neither of them rise to the level of the unfairly snubbed. The Night of the Iguana is more visually interesting, but the only one that truly stands out is Zorba the Greek which deserved its win.
Color
No complaints here, though one could make a case for films as disparate as The World of Henry Orient Orient and The Fall of the Roman Empire but what would they replace?
Cheyenne Autumn was John Ford's apology for all those "bad Indian" movies he made but it is a bit ponderous.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown was visually impressive but the least of the three musicals nominated.
Becket was far and away the best photographed dramatic film in color, but this is really between My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins.
As impressive as Mary Poppins is, I have to go with My Fair Lady which is a stunning achievement in all areas but you have to see it on the big screen or on Blu-ray in its 2015 restoration to really appreciate the sublime look of the film. It was the best then, and it's the best now.