Don't get me wrong--the technique is a huge part of bringing about an image. But just focusing on the image, what stands out in your mind? (And please, don't just limit yourself to one)
My thoughts:
CU of saw cutting wood through fumes in Leighton Pierce's "Wood"
"Ghost" walking through the bedroom in "Persona"
Opening shot to "Raging Bull"
Last shot in "Annie Hall"
Little boy whipping at kneeling girl in Brakhage's "Kindering"
Under the bridge in "Manhattan"
Caveh Zahedi needing to "dance more" in "bathtub of the world"Saraghini dancing in "8 1/2"
Man with briefcase in Jem Cohen's "little flags" (i could come up with a thousand images from cohen films, but this was the first that came to mind).
The pigeon in human traffic jam in my own film, "thirteen steps to a happpy life" (i've decided to take mr. fogelsanger's lead and embrace my own work as well!)
ok, someone else's turn now...
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 16:21 (twenty years ago) link
the final image of ratcatcher.
ingrid thulin licking the blood she smears across her face in cries and whispers.
the last image of un chien andalou is pretty striking too.
and so on.
― joseph, Wednesday, 4 February 2004 17:09 (twenty years ago) link
Maggie Cheung resting her head on Tony Leung's shoulder in the back of the taxi - In the Mood for Love.
The opening shot of Lost in Translation. (Fine, I have a thing for Scarlett Johansson's ass. ^_^)
Andy Griffith's horrifying little smile and wink during the "Vita-Jex" ad - A Face in the Crowd
Lord Ichimionji's face as he steps out of the burning palace -- Ran.
Can I say EVERY still from La Jetee?
I'm sure I'll think of more as the day goes on.
― BabyBuddha (BabyBuddha), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 17:19 (twenty years ago) link
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 17:39 (twenty years ago) link
i also forgot a great one...near the end of heathers, the close-up of winona ryder after christian slater's bomb goes off in front of the school.
― joseph (joseph), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 17:49 (twenty years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 18:09 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.wongkarwai.net/images/fcharlie1.jpg
― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 18:59 (twenty years ago) link
The sink filling up with blood in "The Last Emperor"
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Wednesday, 4 February 2004 19:31 (twenty years ago) link
"Magnolia"-Melora Walters glancing at the camera right before the end credits roll
"2001"-The space fetus
"Night of the Hunter"-when the two kids are hiding in the barn, and they see a tiny silhouette of Robert Mitchum on a horse when they look outside
"Apocalypse Now"-Martin Sheen's head rising out of the water before he kills Kurtz
― Kyle Good, Friday, 6 February 2004 19:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Ernest P. (ernestp), Friday, 6 February 2004 22:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Ernest P. (ernestp), Friday, 13 February 2004 08:14 (twenty years ago) link
― arnout, Friday, 13 February 2004 10:26 (twenty years ago) link
how do you post pictures here?
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Friday, 13 February 2004 21:31 (twenty years ago) link
Try photobucket.com - it's a free service, and they allow direct linking (unlike Yahoo Photos, as you can see from my first post).
― Ernest P. (ernestp), Saturday, 14 February 2004 02:25 (twenty years ago) link
― Barton Fink (bartonf), Sunday, 15 February 2004 16:59 (twenty years ago) link
The milk bar at the start of Clockwork Orange
Running through the woods blindfold in Intacto
― Jim, Tuesday, 17 February 2004 13:46 (twenty years ago) link
― j4n (Wintermute), Thursday, 19 February 2004 11:37 (twenty years ago) link
― BabyBuddha (BabyBuddha), Thursday, 19 February 2004 15:23 (twenty years ago) link
― j4n (Wintermute), Thursday, 19 February 2004 17:55 (twenty years ago) link
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― dz, Thursday, 26 February 2004 21:18 (twenty years ago) link
― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 06:23 (twenty years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 06:48 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.pg.ru/dogs/gif/reserv04.jpg
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 23 March 2004 12:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Wednesday, 24 March 2004 07:07 (twenty years ago) link
There are a lot of favorite images from Mystery Train, but I like this one the most. It doesn't work as well as a still image, but in the movie, it's one of the best devices of showing the passing of time that I've ever witnessed.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Saturday, 7 January 2006 06:06 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.spietati.it/speciali/mizoguchi/foto/intendente-sansho001.jpg
― a spectator bird (a spectator bird), Sunday, 8 January 2006 21:34 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.iranian.com/DariusKadivar/2002/November/1001/Images/pasoliniPoster.jpg
― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 9 January 2006 06:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Monday, 9 January 2006 08:03 (eighteen years ago) link
bringing this back becausehttps://architecouture.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/screenshot-vivresavie.jpgAnna Karina watching The Passion of Joan of Arc in Vivre Sa Vie.
― sbes114, Saturday, 25 July 2015 04:35 (eight years ago) link