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25 Great Film Shots Seen for the First time in 2012

25 Great Film Shots Seen for the First time in 2012

On the other side of my content filled posts for Sound on Sight, I manage a semi-popular Tumblr blog called Obscure and Offbeat Cinema. There is virtually no written content and the vast majority of what I present are screenshots taken from films that I’m watching or planning to watch. Though a popular film will sneak in now and then, the focus remains on films that are off the beaten path. With over 3000 images posted in 2012, I thought it would be interesting to single out my favourite shots seen for the first time this year and share them with you. This link is quite obviously unique to my own cinematic experience of 2012, as well as my own personal quirks and aesthetic obsessions, so you might not agree with all of the choices. I also warn, this list may not be Safe for Work and in the case of objectionable material; I have linked the image rather than posted it. So without further ado…

gliss

 

Glissements Progressifs du Plaisir (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1974)

dev

 

Devi (Satyajit Ray, 1960)

arab

Arabian Nights (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1974)

FISH

 

Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold, 2009)

loulou

 

Loulou (Maurice Pialat, 1980)

CHASE

The Chasers (Erik Lochen, 1959)

HER

Heroic Purgatory (Yoshishige Yoshida, 1970)

GIRL

Girl on a Motorcycle (Jack Cardiff, 1968)

LIBER

Liberation of Mannique Mechanique (Steven Arnold, 1971)

FASC

Fascination (Jean Rollin, 1979)

LANDS

Landscape in the Mist (Theo Angelopoulos, 1988)

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Dragao da Maldade Contra o Santo Guerreiro (Glauber Rocha, 1969)

OUTC

Outcasts of the Island (Carol Reed, 1952)

HOUT

Hour Glass (Haile Gerima, 1971)

NIA

Niagara (Henry Hathaway, 1953)

OUTS

The Outsiders (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983)

JES

 Jess + Moss (Clay Jeter, 2011)

ATEE

Attenberg (Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2010)

GREAT

The Great White Silence (Herbert G. Ponting, 1924)

BLACK

 

Messe Noir (Unknown, 1928)

Gp

Gap-Toothed Women (Les Blank, 1987)

VER

Vertige (Jean Beaudin, 1969)

MARG

Marguerite de la nuit (Claude Autant-Lara, 1955)

CRAS

Crash (David Cronenberg, 1996)

HOLY

Holy Motors (Leos Crax, 2012)

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