Bladerunner (and 2049) has a special place in my heart. There are so many classics that stretched film photography. Lawrence of Arabia. Alien. The Cell. Night of the Hunter. Dunkirk. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Just to name a few. What movies are your favorites that aren’t as known?
I’m not a sophisticated cinephile, so maybe this isn’t what you’re talking about, but Ben Stiller’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (2013) just blows me away visually. The writing and plot aren’t anything to shout about, but the movie is just so beautiful and even the opening credits are creative, unusual, and visually engaging. The scoring is phenomenal too.
You just made me realise that the only movies where Ben Stiller is acting which I really enjoyed were ones which he also directed. He’s a solid director, Walter Mitty, Cable Guy, Tropic Thunder, and to a lesser extend Zoolander have quite good cinematography. He seems to also lessen the excessiveness in his acting which I don’t like.