So, amidst my horrible intense studying sessions for the upcoming finals, I needed a break and felt like watching a movie... but which one? The answer was delivered to my inbox - a photojojo newsletter listing the "Top 50 Photography Movies Photo Fans Must See":
1. Rear Window []
2. Amelie [X]
3. One Hour Photo [X]
4. Memento [X]
5. Pecker []
6. Blow up []
Movies with characters as photographers
7. City of God [X]
8. Apocalypse Now []
9. The Eyes of Laura Mars []
10. Peeping Tom []
11. Salvador []
12. The Year Of Living Dangerously []
13. Midnight Meat Train []
14. Funny Face []
15. Proof []
16. Delirious []
17. Road to perdition []
18. Closer []
19. The Public Eye []
20. Everlasting Moments []
21. Spiderman [X]
Movies that feature photography
22. Shutter []
23. Twilight Zone´s Most Unusual Camera []
24. Born Into Brothels []
25. Shooting the Past []
26. Civil War []
27. La Jetée []
28. Full Frame []
29. The Impossible Project []
30. Barry Lyndon []
Movies by photographers
31. Ashes and Snow []
32. Baraka []
33. Rize []
34. Pleasure + Pain []
35. Koyaanisgatsi: Life Out Of Balance []
36. Streetwise []
37. Reporters []
Movies about photographers
38. Fur: An Imaginary Portrait Of Diane Arbus []
39. James Nachtwey War Photographer []
40. Manufactured Landscapes []
41. Photo Wallahs []
42. Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light []
43. Spectre of Hope []
44. People * Love * Photos []
45. Moment of Impact: Stories of Pulitzer Prize Photographs []
46. The Decisive Moment - Henri Cartier Bresson []
47. Annie Liebovitz: Life Through a Lens []
48. An American Journey: In Robert Frank´s Footsteps []
49. William Eggelston In The Real World []
50. What Remains: The Life And Work Of Sally Mann []
So, now I´ll just load Rear Window while I tackle another chapter in my textbook...












