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films: Movies that are a visual and auditory feast?

Kung fu hustle, only good because of the awesome CGI, it just fits the movie.
 
I can't pick one thats both but for Visual I'd go with the Francis Ford Coppola directed Dracula because its got these completely wild and imaginative fantasy visuals(the vial dripping upwards, dracula's shadow, the storm, the ride to the castle, etc) along with these gorgeous period visuals which are sometimes photographed at uneven film speeds and treated to look aged and other times just clean, deep focus photography of period scenery/clothing etc.

For sound I'd go with Eraserhead which is just constant, visceral and troubling. It's like durring the 70s there was this shift to very realistic takes on older styles like noir and ensemble films and this is like the only realistic and effective take on surrealist films. Like watching the protagonist experience a nightmare.
 
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I second Bram Stokers Dracula....so decadent!
I also love the lushness of the Martin Scorcese directed Age of Innocence ; Kenneth Branaghs Mary shellys Frankenstein ; Robert Altmans Gosford Park and James Ivorys The Remains of the Day.
 
all of the above are great but the number one movie for a visual and auditory feast has got to be

BARAKA
 
The -qatsi series, especially koyaanisqatsi. I have since seen and bought all of the films in this series since my original reply and koyaanisqatsi is my favourite over baraka even.
 
I heart Koyaanisqatsi and Triplets of Belleville.

Recently I learned that Universal messed up the Koyaanisqatsi DVD, cropping part of the screen when it transferred the film. Still, it's a classic piece of art. A feast for the eyes and the SOUL! 8o
 
I second several of these.

The Triplets of Belleville, Sin City, Pleasantville, Stealing Beauty and Under the Tuscan Sun were all visually gorgeous.

Aural candy can be found in most movies by Cameron Crowe (as everybody knows) but mostly in IMAX movies. The Living Sea is probably the best example, followed closely by Step Into Liquid.

Good topic!
 
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I love this soooooooooooooooo much. Such a masterpiece!

And Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) by Vittorio de Sica.
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I dont really like Shakespeare (duh....even after having to endure 4 years of reading him in highschool :p) but I gotta mention this one. This is my most favorite movie adaptation of a Shakespeare play. =D
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The hyper-real Verona Beach comes across as a Latino-Californian seaside city where the swaggering Capulets battle the proud Montagues amid giant Catholic statues and urban waste. The mythology of this city has been very well developed, right down to a gun culture that mirrors the sword play of the original work. Not for everybody I'm sure....either you love it or hate it and I freaking LOVE it ; Baz Luhrman did well. ( But for those who find this version too iconoclastic, try the Zeffirelli version....I like that too but not as much as this one) :)
 
VISUALLY BEAUTIFUL FILMS

The Wizard Of Oz

Akira

Ichi The Killer

West Side Story

The Addiction

La Haine

Meet Me In St Louis

The Seventh Seal

Ghost In The Shell (both)

Run Lola Run

The Machinist
 
Barry Lyndon.

The narrative moves along at a snail's pace, but the visual composition of most of the shots is outstanding, especially the candle-lit interiors and the sweeping vistas of the English countryside and English manors. Much of it was shot on location using authentic Baroque interiors. Really beautiful and the attention to detail is impressive.

The score is fantastic if you like classical music. It covers the Late Baroque/Neoclassical period with selections from Bach and Mozart and others.

The quintessential period piece.
 
Some favorites I've rewatched again lately :
Curse of the Golden Flower, Lemony Snickets a Series of Unfortunate Events, Pleasantville, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands (yes, tim burton, i love you) and it may seem cornyish, but I love watching Charlies Angels over and over again whenever it comes out on cable ;)
 
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