It was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won five, for cinematography, set decoration, art direction, costume design and adapted score.
And every frame of cinematography, set design and music has been meticulously crafted like some one-of-a-kind bespoke suit of dreams.
Theo Van de Sande's cinematography sets the tone with gradations in the sunlight; the rays become less flattering as the movie intensifies, and the camera tightens on Matt's haplessness.
It is a fractured, experimental work whose every aspect (cinematography, set, cast, soundtrack, timing) informs its energy just as its subtexts of narcotic and sexual experimentation outraged its sponsors.
There's a gentle, drifting mournfulness about the film — it is, partly, the story of a proud, once-influential family losing its status in the modern age — and Kiyoshi Hasegawa's cinematography sets the tone by capturing the passing of the seasons, from the pinkish-white purity of cherry blossoms to the red-hot orange of autumn leaves.
This show just fires on all cylinders with great performances, writing, cinematography, set design and direction.
Perhaps the most striking part of the movie is the shadowy cinematography, set in post-World War II Vienna.
When Dina Velikovskaya, a student at the Russian State University of Cinematography, set out to make the heartwarming stop-motion video "My Strange Grandfather," she was already up against the odds.
He was grateful that I'd found the series compelling with a host of outstanding elements from cinematography, set design and costuming to music -- the series kicks off with The Doors' "Back Door Man" and serves up other classics from the Stones, CCR, Sinatra and Bobby Darin, along with rediscovered and mostly forgotten gems.
Critics analyze acting, directing, scripts, cinematography, sets, and costumes, but usually overlook the importance of the horses to the visual appeal, the action and the realism of a movie.
