I feel like certain frames of films should be studied like photographs. Stills distributed by the studios or distributors are always for promotional purposes and don’t necessarily reflect the heart of the film. Such stills are generally taken with 35mm cameras on the set itself, not taken directly from the film. Here, I’d like to post stills taken directly from the films. It’s a nice way to study composition, lighting, mise-en-scene, costume and color scheme. Editors and directors often think on a frame-by-frame basis when constructing movies, but rarely does an audience have the opportunity to study a movie going frame-by-frame. Posts will be highly selective and a blatant reflection of what I personally find interesting. Film stills are for reference purposes only.

An Angel At My Table

(Jane Campion, 1990, New Zealand/Australia)

Hamfat Asar

(Lawrence Jordan, US 1963)

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(Pat O’Neill, US 1967)

The Perfect Human

(Jørgen Leth, 1967)

Aleph

(Wallace Berman, 1956)

Peter Bogdonavich / US / 1973

Milos Forman / Czechoslovakia / 1963

René Clément / France / 1960 / original title Plein soleil

With Alain Delon, Marie Laforêt

Alain Corneau / France / 1979

With Patrick Dewaere, Myriem Boyer

John Cassavetes / US / 1974

With Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk

Jean Cocteau / France / 1946

Jerry Lewis / US / 1963

Charles & Ray Eames / US / 1955

James Sibley Watson / US / 1930

Norman McClaren / Canada / 1971