Celebrating the Year in Individual Film Images

January 25, 2014 11:31 PM

Hitflix's 2012 top ten list and discussion of individual film images. [each year's top ten shots are broken into chunks of five, with one page for each five shot group].

2012, part II.
2011, part I.
2011, part II.
2010, part I
2010, part II.
2009, part I.
2009, part II.
2008, part I.
2008, part II.
2007, part I.
2007, part II.

posted by MoonOrb (6 comments total)

This is a really cool take on film criticism! Love that they speak with the cinematographers. It shows how much thought and intentional are going into a second of film that you might not consciously really notice, but which nonetheless creates a powerful effect. This is the first time I've really noticed the cotton one from Django.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 11:42 PM on January 25, 2014

Looking forwards to the 2013 one - it's been a very good year in movies.
posted by Artw at 11:48 PM on January 25, 2014 [1 favorite]

Watch for the marching kid waving to the camera in that Moonrise Kingdom shot.
posted by Sys Rq at 9:33 AM on January 26, 2014

Thanks for the link---these are fascinating! Directors often get credit for the cinematographer's work, so it's nice to see a list that focuses on the image-making through the people doing it. I always like to see film criticism that isn't focused on the written elements.
posted by ThatFuzzyBastard at 9:42 AM on January 26, 2014 [2 favorites]

These are really great; thanks for posting this.
posted by LobsterMitten at 12:28 PM on January 26, 2014

Very cool, and I love the quotes that actually give some legit insight into the filmmaking process.
posted by cell divide at 3:29 PM on January 26, 2014