George, Nicholas and Wilhelm by Miranda Carter

Along the way, the reader is treated to the personal foibles of each man as well as their more serious flaws none of the men, by training or temperament, were truly suited to their positions and certainly not to the grave challenges their respective countries faced, especially in wartime Germany and Russia. This author's eminently readable study of three cousins-George V of England, Nicholas II of Russia, and Wilhelm II of Germany-uses the biographies of these three descendants of Queen Victoria to trace not only the coming of World War I but, more centrally, to capture the twilight of these monarchies as they gave way to 'democracy, self-determination, and greater brutality' (xxiv). Others I think you shoul consider including some work from are Spielberg, Tarantino, Polanski and, yeah, Welles as others have said, or some film noir.George, Nicholas, and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins on the Road to World War I. Of the other of their films I’ve seen A ROOM WITH A VIEW is pretty good, THE WHITE COUNTESS is bad. Beautiful cinematography and editing on HOWARDS END and SURVIVING PICASSO particularly. Merchant-Ivory Films: period piece specialists. My DOMINO DVD has a featurette on its visual style – goes into great detail on Scott’s multi-camera shooting style, use of various frame rates, and post production – everything they did developing the negative to get the distinct look. His really interesting stuff comes with MAN ON FIRE and after, but all his films prior to this are very strong too. Tony Scott: one of the most visually fascinating directors around. Olivier Assayas: plenty of stunning cinematographry over the 330 mins. THE LOSS OF SEXUAL INOCENCE looks well worth checking out too. I’ve only seen LEAVING LAS VEGAS – extraordinary.

Mike Figgis: I think he tends to be his own DP, regularly shoots with handheld 16mm, in colour.

Mann’s done brilliant Hi-def work with Dion Beebe on COLLATERAL and MIAMI VICE. I think MANNHUNTER is a particular standout also my DVD has a nice feature with Spinotti called The Look of MANNHUNTER. Michael Mann: His regular cinematographer is Dante Spinotti – all their collaberations are very striking. Nice cinematography and interesting editing tend to be a very large part of what I respond to in films.Ī few directors I’d recommend you include on your site sometime would be –

George, Nicholas and Wilhelm by Miranda Carter