What B&W films would you consider visually "beautiful"?

[HoldenIsHere]

It doesn't appear that anyone has mentioned THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, with cinematography by three-time Oscar winner Robert Surtees.

[jameselliot]

Seconds
Alphaville
8 1/2
Night of the Hunter
The Unknown Man of Shandigor
La Dolce Vida

[LostHorizons]

The Wind by Victor Sjostrom which I caught just today.

The later years of the silent era (25 -29) were some of the best cinematography around and I would maybe hesitate only a little to say the best years of cinematographic, visual beauty in all cinema. It really died overnight in 1929.

[NoShear]

The Wind by Victor Sjostrom which I caught just today.

The later years of the silent era (25 -29) were some of the best cinematography around and I would maybe hesitate only a little to say the best years of cinematographic, visual beauty in all cinema. It really died overnight in 1929.

I wish a print of Victor Sjostrom's THE Tower of Lies (1925) would turn up, LostHorizons:



"THE TOWER OF LIES is a beautiful production with a flash of poignant drama at its end...Chaney and Miss Shearer especially are splendid." ---Moving Picture World

[skimpole]

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