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Post by marshamae on Oct 21, 2018 10:57:28 GMT
A lot of my picks have already been mentioned
The Garden of the Finzi Continis is one , an evocation of a beautiful world smashed by World War Two.
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Post by kijii on Oct 21, 2018 14:15:12 GMT
Deep Focus can bring all levels (foreground to background) of an image into focus at the same time while still presenting perspective. Citizen Kane is most focus for this, but I see it in other movies too. 
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Post by Aj_June on Oct 21, 2018 14:45:29 GMT
An exceptional poetic film that came straight to mind... Rodnik dlya zhazhdushchikh , A Spring for the Thirsty (1965) Russia/Ukraine, banned until 1988 for the perceived anti-Soviet symbolism the film was directed by Yuri Ilyenko, it was his debut feature , which followed on from his most widely known work, cinematographer for Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. A Spring For the Thirsty is a beautifully filmed, visually abstract, poetic story. A parable about the absoluteness of human thirst . An old potter near death leads a secluded life in a remote Ukrainian village, he despairingly tries to find comfort within his recurring dreams and his fading memories. The village in the past was a social hub, visited by passers-by who quenched their thirst at the spring/well no one passes anymore. Life has become a desolate reality for the old man, his constant floating daydreams and gloomy hallucinations are subtly interwoven into a boldly poetic stream of consciousness narrative, Words are sparsely used, the striking black & white compositions do all the talking, there is a sublime power in this simplicity. Universal themes of solitude, the transience of time and the inevitability of death, are explored using metaphors and symbols, which create a visual and poetic masterpiece of hypnotic quality. Thanks a ton, planet, for mentioning A Spring for the Thirsty. Will love to check that out as it seems my kind of movie. Incidentally, I saw the topic and was about to list Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors but just found out that which you mentioned it already albeit in a side remark. Can definitely say now that there is no person on this board whose frequency of thought matches with me as much as your does.  We are almost always similar in our choices even though you have seen many times more stuff than I have.
Thanks everyone for your choices. I found some new movies by reading this great topic.
My contribution will be:
The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
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Post by morrisondylanfan on Oct 24, 2018 17:03:45 GMT
Hi Spider, along with the other films named in this excellent thread, I'll go for De Palma's Obsession,with the poetic quality coming across from the first shot:
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