The dialogue's fine, the cinematography's discreet and the acting's dazzling.
After Miss Sokolova's death, The Moscow Times called her "Soviet cinematography's ultimate strong woman with a hard life".
There are nods to some of his cinematography's atmospheric moments, as when Karen O from the New York band Yeah Yeah Yeahs anxiously howls "are you laughing, or are you crying?" on the opening track, or when Mr Lynch eerily distorts his own voice with a synthesizer on all the others.
The film was met with near-universal acclaim from critics, who praised Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography, Steven Price's musical score, Cuarón's direction, Bullock's performance and Framestore's visual effects.
Enthiran received generally positive reviews from critics in India, with praises particularly directed at Rathnavelu's cinematography, Cyril's art direction, Srinivas Mohan's visual effects and Rajinikanth's performance as Chitti.
Alien is a perfect storm of talents: Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett's lean screenplay; Derek Vanlint's moody cinematography; Jerry Goldsmith's haunting score; Brian Johnson's miniature effects, and a cast including Sigourney Weaver, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm and John Hurt.
Andrew Pulver Alien is a perfect storm of talents: Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett's lean screenplay; Derek Vanlint's moody cinematography; Jerry Goldsmith's haunting score; Brian Johnson's miniature effects, and a cast including Sigourney Weaver, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm and John Hurt.
The film was praised for its technical merit and art direction, Shaji Kumar's cinematography, Ilayaraja's re-recording, crisp editing and predominantly colloquial dialogues (unusual for Kalaignar's movies), yet was criticised for its weak storyline and continuity problem.
Larry Smith's cinematography, Beth Mickle's production design, and the art direction by Russell Barnes and Witoon Suanyai are staggeringly good.
Its chances of landing a best picture nomination are iffy, but the movie should score Oscar nods for Tarantino's screenplay, Ennio Morricone's score, Robert Richardson's cinematography and Jennifer Jason Leigh's gritty supporting turn.
"Volver" is often dazzling in its artifice — José Luis Alcaine's ripe cinematography, Alberto Iglesias's suave, heart-tugging score — but it is never false.
