








美国电影摄影师协会(ASC: The American Society of Cinematographers)较早前征求遍布世界各地的在线订户,选出1998至2008年间在摄影一环表现出彩的十佳影片,而后综合结算出50大最佳摄影作品,在网站上设民调器作公投,并吸引了逾万人投下一票,成就这一份日前揭晓的【民意万岁】榜单;而由于投选者绝大部分都是热衷于玩【影】的艺术份子,所以这些【优选】几乎都未招惹太偏激的非议,顶多只是排名上的争拗。
居首的是曾三叩奥斯卡大门的法国摄影师 Bruno Delbonnel ,除了这部让每个异想镜头华美得像一幅幅艺术画作的《Amélie》,他乘胜追击的同班底之作《A Very Long Engagement》,以及去年上映的最近作《Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince》均未入列,惟由他掌镜的反战歌舞片《Across the Universe》,才是我心目中的【遗珠】之一。
榜中的【唯四】亚洲作品全是【意料中列席】的中文经典代表,其中【洋人比较懂得欣赏】的古装片就占去了三个席位,包括了《英雄》(杜可风)、《卧虎藏龙》(鲍德熹)及《十面埋伏》(赵小丁),而在后二片担纲演出的章子怡,另有【永续靠摄影和配乐力保颜面】的《艺妓回忆录》攻占第37位;当然,扯提演员无非是【商业考量】,此项选举最主要封誉的巨匠乃是摄影大师,《艺》的摄影师乃 Dion Beebe 。而排名最高也最实至名归的中文片是《花样年华》,摄影功臣是杜可风及李屏宾;前者的【双肯定】,媲美占超过一席的 Janusz Kaminski 、Robert Richardson 、Roger Deakins 、Wally Pfister 等人,惟已故传奇大师 Conrad L. Hall 二片(Road to Perdition & American Beauty)闯十大,才是【强中强】。
遗憾的是,全榜五十佳竟只见唯一一位女性代表 —— Ellen Kuras ,入选作品是我的 all-time favourite 之一《Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind》。
一部电影的优劣须作整体评估,惟单就【可看性】,或多或少乃取决于摄影师的敏锐度,以下网搜集结的组图,参杂了绝对个人的印记追溯,或非相关影片的致胜看点,但却是让我留有印象的演出镜头。


















































【 Top 50 Best-Shot Film of 1998-2008 】
- Amélie: Bruno Delbonnel (2001)
- Children of Men: Emmanuel Lubezki (2006)
- Saving Private Ryan: Janusz Kaminski (1998)
- There Will Be Blood: Robert Elswit (2007)
- No Country for Old Men: Roger Deakins (2007)
- Fight Club: Jeff Cronenweth (1999)
- The Dark Knight: Wally Pfister (2008)
- Road to Perdition: Conrad L. Hall (2002)
- Cidade de Deus (City of God): César Charlone (2002)
- American Beauty: Conrad L. Hall (1999)
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Roger Deakins)
- Tie: In the Mood for Love【花样年华】(Christopher Doyle【杜可风】, Mark Li Ping-bin【李屏宾】) and Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo Navarro)
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy (Andrew Lesnie)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Ellen Kuras)
- Gladiator (John Mathieson)
- The Matrix (Bill Pope)
- The Thin Red Line (John Toll)
- The Diving Bell and The Butterfly (Janusz Kaminski)
- Slumdog Millionaire (Anthony Dod Mantle)
- Tie: Eyes Wide Shut (Larry Smith) and Requiem for a Dream (Matthew Libatique)
- Kill Bill (Robert Richardson)
- Moulin Rouge (Donald M. McAlpine)
- The Pianist (Pawel Edelman)
- Hero【英雄】(Christopher Doyle【杜可风】)
- Black Hawk Down (Slawomir Idziak)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Roger Deakins)
- Babel (Rodrigo Prieto)
- Lost In Translation (Lance Acord)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon【卧虎藏龙】(Peter Pau【鲍德熹】)
- The Man Who Wasn’t There (Roger Deakins)
- The New World (Emmanuel Lubezki)
- Sin City (Robert Rodriguez)
- Atonement (Seamus McGarvey)
- Munich (Janusz Kaminski)
- The Prestige (Wally Pfister)
- Memoirs of a Geisha (Dion Beebe)
- The Aviator (Robert Richardson)
- Zodiac (Harris Savides)
- The Insider (Dante Spinotti)
- Gangs of New York (Michael Ballhaus)
- Tie: Brokeback Mountain (Rodrigo Prieto) and The Fountain (Matthew Libatique)
- The Fall (Colin Watkinson)
- The Passion of the Christ (Caleb Deschanel)
- Snow Falling on Cedars (Robert Richardson)
- House of Flying Daggers【十面埋伏】(Xiaoding Zhao【赵小丁】)
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Eric Adkins)
- Courtesy of Awards Daily, via Movieline