The Top 10 Shots of 2007: Also Rans
As promised, here are the other shots that were under consideration for that two day piece. You'll note there is nothing represented from "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," and that, quite frankly, is because I couldn't settle on a single image. The entire film is an achievement unto itself and so much more than its parts.
Let's take a look. More after the jump:
"NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN"
Director of Photography: Roger Deakins
"MICHAEL CLAYTON"
Director of Photography: Robert Elswit
"LUST, CAUTION"
Director of Photography: Rodrigo Prieto
"THERE WILL BE BLOOD"
Director of Photography: Robert Elswit
"YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH"
Director of Photography: Mihai Malaimare, Jr.
"AMERICAN GANGSTER"
Director of Photography: Harris Savides
"3:10 TO YUMA"
Director of Photography: Phedon Papamichael
And just so you understand how difficult the #1 choice was in the end...
"THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD"
Director of Photography: Roger Deakins
Comments
I think Atonement has some excellent shots too. Remember the Dunkirk scene?
Posted by: numberina![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.incontention.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| February 23, 2008 05:44 AM
Hey Kris! Thanks for giving Into the Wild some recognition! I thought that was a beautifully shot film. If I had to choose a shot from that, I think the one that really stuck with me is the one near the beginning where we first see Chris McCandless. It begins as an aerial shot of an open field of snow and shrubbery, and then the truck comes pulling up along the very periphery of the screen. I loved how the truck, the one reminder of human civilization, creeps up along the very edge of the screen, a total stranger to the world that Penn wants to show us. Even as we're seeing it, the true focus of the movie is still that wide open expanse of untouched snow. We don't even really get to know McCandless until we see him enter that space.
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| February 23, 2008 12:05 PM