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films: Movies that are a visual and auditory feast?

psychoblast

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I was thinking of some of my favorite movies that are amazingly beautiful, both visually and musically.

The two that come first to mind:

Moulin Rouge
Gattaca

Anyone else have favorite movies that are like that?

~psychoblast~
 
Koyannisqatsi

Spirited Away

AND.......

The Rocky Horror Picture Show



Edit: Just finished watching 'The Whale Rider' which is a stunningly beautiful movie, with the visuals of the water and the landscape, and Lisa Gerrard doing the soundtrack. A wonderful film...
 
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The English Patient-stunning desert visuals and nicely scored

The Shawshank Redemption-the last 15 minutes of the movie, beginning with the pastoral scene of Red's "salvation" and ending in a soaring pan out over the Pacific, is one of the most beautiful film sequences of all time, imo...and the hauntingly spiritual score is a spot-on match. ;)

Doctor Zhivago-best epic of all time imo (though I haven't seen Lawrence of Arabia)

Chariots of Fire-brilliant score by Vangelis

Blade Runner-another brilliant Vangelis score matching the bleakness of the postmodern setting

Apocalypse Now Redux-surrealistic score and visuals hammer home the disaffection and anomie of the Vietnam era
 
i believe that for me run lola run was one for me
the way the score was sewn together with the saturated imagery... neither was the best that i have seen but the way they mixed made both stronger and created the overall feeling of the piece well
 
Jackie Brown's opening sequence makes me smile every time i watch it. I love the color of Pam Grier's stewardess outfit and the color of the tiles on the wall behind her. The whole movie is nice, but the opening scene really stands out in my mind.

Amelie - great usage of color saturation, very visually appealing.

Waking Life - Eye candy in the purest sense. Story tries to be deep, but really is shallow as a puddle.

I'm embarassed to say Umbrellas of Cherbourg is really visually satisfying (albeit it a french musical)
 
the Lord of the Rings series.
The Matrix series (Shitty plot, but very visually appealling)
Kill Bill (Amazing use of color and sound)
Spirited Away was amazing visually as well.

psychoblast: Gattaca is such a GREAT flick. I love how it was filmed and the sets they built were great.
 
i agree with a lot of the ones already listed.
requiem for a dream- man, i hear any part of that soundtrack and i can visualize the exact part of the movie it's coming from... great stuff.

three kings - dir. david o. russell
edward scissorhands- dir. tim burton
trois couleurs: blue- dir. krzysztof kieslowski - this movie is about it's score.
lost in translation (has a few problems, but still... wow)- dir. sofia coppola
american beauty- dir. sam mendes
fight club- dir. david fincher

plurred - finally somebody that doesn't think waking life is some grand deep statement... i've never understood why people think linlater is some great writer? he was best sticking to sophomoric humor like dazed and confused...
 
Koyannisqatsi (already mentioned :) )
Philip Glass' amazing score and incredible photography

Yellow Submarine
for the Beatles fan; with 5.1 remastered songs for the home theather

Everything Everything
Underworld performing live; gold standard for electronica DVDs, imo

The Singles
new Chemical Brothers DVD, incredible live performances

32 Short Films About Glenn Gould
for the classical music enthusiast, visually absorbing as well

lots of others already mentioned...
 
many excellent suggestions here.

how about 'the fifth element' - i have watched it countless times, often with the sound off and music playing - and am constantly amazed by the visual impact of this movie.

alasdair
 
alasdairm: I totally meant to say the fifth element... such a beautiful movie. The use of color in it was amazing. Everything from characters hair colors to the color of the weapons used... Every time i watch that movie I love it more and more...
 
^ also the costumes (designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier) deserve a special mention.

there are a couple of great IMDB trivia snippets for this film on certain of the visual elements:

- In most shots of Gary Oldman, there is a circle around his head. In fact, a circle in the middle of the frame is a near-constant motif in this film. Bruce Willis, on the other hand, is more often framed by a rectangle or doorway behind him.

- The explosion in the Fhloston main hall was the largest indoor explosion ever filmed. The resulting fire almost got beyond control.

alasdair
 
As mentioned, Spirited Away, Fight Club, What Dreams May Come and Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain are incredibly visually strong movies. But i would like to add 12 Monkeys and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as well. These contain some excellent shots which still take my breath away... Amazing landscapes and futuristic scenes.
 
Definitely agree with The Cell, 5th Element, Yellow Submarine...also I would have to say The Cube...very spartan, but that works well for it and I can imagine would have been very difficult to pull off.

And I can't believe nobody has said Baraka yet! That film is the bomb! =D

--President Raz--
 
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