C.K. is the movie in which cinematography became an art form. The story isn't what really makes the film great, but the way it was filmed. It totally changed the way movies were filmed. Welles didn't follow the traditional cinematography methods at all. He was the pioneer of movie camera angles. Just watch a typical movie made before 1939 and compare it to C.K. and more modern movies to see the differences.
I know that from my film class, so I guess it’s a movie I admire but just don’t like. I agree with the Angry Video Game Nerd that King Kong should be considered for best movie ever made when you see the sheer craft that went into that and how they were basically writing the book on special effects on the fly.
“C.K. is the movie in which cinematography became an art form. The story isn’t what really makes the film great, but the way it was filmed. It totally changed the way movies were filmed. Welles didn’t follow the traditional cinematography methods at all. He was the pioneer of movie camera angles. Just watch a typical movie made before 1939 and compare it to C.K. and more modern movies to see the differences. “
who cares about how a film was filmed? What makes a great film is story, character, acting, and dialog. Just look at the visual brilliance of the CGIed films of the last decade; nearly everyone of them completely sucks because they completely lack story, character, acting and dialog.
OTOH, look at “South Park”, which has the crudest visual representation possible, and yet many episodes are brilliantly funny and portray brilliant social satire.