HeyJaredRetro Reels
Retro Reels takes a look back at film over the decades — especially what it says about the world back then, and how things have changed since.
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Cinematography September: Black Narcissus (1947) (opens the original)
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One of my very favorite movies from the 1940s, in no small part because of the amazing and highly memorable visual tricks they used to shoot it.
Cinematography September: Seconds (1966) (opens the original)
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Last but certainly not least among standout films shot in black in white by James Wong Howe.
Cinematography September: Hud (1963) (opens the original)
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Boy howdy do they make a bad guy look good.
Cinematography September: Sweet Smell of Success (1957) (opens the original)
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You don't even know what it means to quip if you haven't watched this movie.
One Week in the West: The Turin Horse (2011) (opens the original)
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I've been on slow cinema for so long now I figure I might as well torture myself just a bit more for good measure.
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