Yes, movies that inspire you!!!

#95

The dolllar trilogy and mad max the road warrior to name a few.

#96

Wauw im pretty surprised that the alien movies are on so few lists. For me those movies are my biggest inspiration for all. Think about how cruxial the design was to make them work: On one hand you need a very realistic and gritty setting for the surroundings (space ships and space stations) to make them believeable. On the other hand you have Gigers amazing and almost abstract, yet believable biomechanical designs. Whithout those great designs the 4 movies would have been nothing.
(yes not all 4 movies are great movies, but they all have amazing designs imo)

Other movies that inspire me greatly are blade runner and robocop.

Movies mentioned here like Magnolia, Requiem, Donnie darko and Von Trier movies, are to me just fantastic movies, but not necessarily a big source of visual inspiration. :surprised

#97

Of course, the first Alien movie and Giger himself, greatly inspiring and influential to my young self… but I think many of us tend to avoid “me too” posts, it’s been listed once, why keep repeating it. :slight_smile:

#98

Ahh, Voices of a Distant Star…that was really inspiring, and then depressing after I had a stab at 2D animation and managed to create a 5-second movie. Eh.

Dark City is the best movie that I’ve ever seen that aired past midnight on TV. Really effective use of vfx, the shifting buildings were so creepy when I first saw them.

Related to films that don’t use vfx/animation, if you’ve watched 21 Grams but haven’t watched Amores Perros you should do so now. It’s by the same director, I think? It’s very sad at the end, though.

Good to hear people like Gattaca, we’re doing it as our English film study for my final year :slight_smile: So now I’m looking forward to it.

#99

At the moment i’m laying sick in bed with some gastic flu, so its movie time for me, rcently i;ve lost track of time and am not seeing as much movies as i used to. My mind is pretty weary with medicine and so all sorts of thoughts are going through it , can’t really focus on anything really. But till i get back to normal, there is one movie that just has to be mentioned in this thread, its Dark COmical Script truly is the right medium for depicting its philosophy: The movie is “Fight Club”,

Oh yeah and once you get passed the action and Amazing CG in The MAtrix and The Animatrix, it’s concepts and philosophy are nevertheless always inspiring.

#100

Baraka, Blade Runner, Clockwork Orange.

#101

Vanilla sky! But it’s probably the music…
Svefn-g-englar, by Sigur Ros, is wonderfull to paint to. The only problem is that it will only end in sad pictures. =P

#102

I can’t remember all the movies that inspired me throughout my whole life, but I do remember these two :

[b]Ten Minutes Older - The Trumpet
Ten Minutes Older - The Cello

[/b]10min long shots by the most famous directors around the world. I think that this was their chance to shoot their dream movies, however only 10mins long. Really recommend it.

#103

Hero and House of flying daggers: incredible story telling and amazing use of color a must see (find my self watching it with out sound and still able to fell the emotions)

A Series of Unfortunate Events: very unique and strange movie find its a nice change of pace from time to time also credits are incredibly done

Memento: anther very original film and well told or hmm well replayed my be fits better

kingdom of heaven: incredible score and awesome audio effects all throw out the movie (its stated the best music dose not distract from the scene but make it fell alive)

Phantom of the Opera(the new release): very nice even some one such as my self that thought it would be slow torture to sit throw

Requiem for a dream: … that’s one you just have to see

#104

I’d definitely go with “THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST” for sheer emotional and symbolic visual artistry, and Hayao Miyazaki’s “SPIRITED AWAY”. Spirited Away is one of those movies that I can just leave running in the background as I paint, it’s freaky and imaginative and just blows away the artists’ blocks for me. More picks…

Lost in Translation

House of Flying Daggers

Raiders of the Lost Ark (classic)

#105

Lots of movies have inspired me in various stages and moods
Top of the list is always
Shashank redemption,
then Seven Samurai,
Forrest Gump,
Apocalypse Now,
Children of Heaven,
Full Metal Jacket,
American Beauty
Gandhi
Taxi Driver
Batman Begins
Green Mile
Amiele
A very long engagement (amazing cinematography)

#106

My aesthetic sense was very influeced by Blade Runner and Full Metal Jacket, also a little from Star Wars ep. IV.
I think that my inspiration comes from the feelings, the mood and the atmosphere in that movies.

But, looking at other people inspiration, I think that lately more and more people is starting to inspire from the same sources, and that critically affects the works seen lately in CGTalk.

#107

Ohhh…there are loads of great movies out there…I really enjoy foriegn movies, and these have been the most inspiring for me:
-Fantastic Planet
-City of Lost Children
-Amelie (for the music! Yay for Yann Tiersen!)
-Howl’s Moving Castle
-Tezuka’s Metropolis
I don’t really consider Howl’s Moving Castle to be that great of a movie story-wise, you need to read the book to get the full experience. But visually it has to be one of the most mind blowing movies I’ve ever seen. Miyazaki never ceases to please…

#108

Yeah, I watched howl’s moving castle and I couldn’t get it at all. Eventually I just sat back and enjoyed the art and it was really good that way :stuck_out_tongue:

It may have been poor subtitling though.

#109

Do Ankhen Barah Haath(India: Hindi title)—http://www.ultraindia.com/movies/filmography/filmography.php?choice=1&na=DO%20AANKHEN%20BARAH%20HAATH

Lagaan(India: Hindi title) (short title)
Land Tax (International: English title)—http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282674/plotsummary

Rang De Basanti—A thought-provoking, soul-stirring wake up call to the youth of India. An engrossing entertainer from a genre that’s still young in Indian cinema.

Fifth Element, Matrix Trilogy, LOTR…and many more which are not only great inspiration for art but also have to say a lot about great values in life.:bowdown:

#110

Some oldie but goodies

-Hunt for the Red October
-The Exorcist
-Rosemary’s Baby
-Blade Runner
-Alien

Ill name more soon.

-R

#111

Most of the Coen brothers movies. The writing is incredible!

Every line from “The Big Lebowski” is quotable.
“Barton Fink” is a dark masterpiece.
“Raising Arizona” is one of the most intelligent comedies of all time.
“O’Brother” is possibly my favorite movie of all time.
“The man who wasn’t there” is a film Noir work of genius.

For some reason “Hudsucker Proxie” didn’t work for me.

#112

Fantastic Planet!

#113

There is so much wondeful influence out there, so many movies.
I’d almost have to break down by era and genre.
Thinking back to Westerns, Leone is a sinch with the Eastwood films.
Same with Peckinpah, specifically with the Wild Bunch, and Pat Garret and Billy the Kid.
From Italy, I’d say the Franco Nero movies, specifically Django.
We did a good job with our Sphagetti Westerns, but we took them from Italy, and
they really had a style and passion we were entirely able to completely replicate.
There are so many Italian Westerns filled with amazing imagery, but the Django
Westerns are up there for me.
With fantasty films, I remember growing up and seeing Boorman’s Excalibur, I have to see it nowadays to see if it still inspires me like it did back than.
And when i was a kid, oh man, Krull was it, that spinning blade was the coolest.
There were so many Sword and Sorcery movies back in the 80’s that I just absolutely loved.
Ridley Scott really took charge of the whole sci fi fantasy genre in the 80’s.
Even with Tom Cruise, Legend is still one of my faves. And Blade Runner too.
I also find Terry Gilliam to be an amazing director. Thinking back to the late 70’s early 80’s I distinctly remember Alien, Time Bandits, and Brazil. And in the 90’s 12 Monkeys, and in the 70’s Jabberwocky. In between were some other “cult faves” like Baron Munchasen and the Monty Python films. James Cameron, Terminator and Aliens.
Paul Verhoven, even if he’s lost his touch now. Robocop was amazing for me.
I really enjoy Tony Scott’s work, he went from blockbusters like Top Gun and Beverly
Hills Cop 2, to mroe stylized fare such as Man on Fire and Domino, which feature a new directorial style. It’s not for everyone, but I like how he’s just doing something different.
With horror, oh my goodness, there is just so much. I am huge Giallo nut. Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Luigi Fulci, all the great masters of horror from Europe. I also love the
old Hammer stuff. In America, there’s just a ton of directors and creators whom I enjoy.
Tobe Hooper, Wes Craven, Sean Cunningham, John Carpenter, Don Coscarelli, Sam Raimi just to name a few. Maybe the slashers became derivative, but Cunningham’s first outing with Friday the 13th was an original, as was the first Nightmare on Elm Street, and I also enjoyed many other Craven films like Serpent and the Rainbow. John Carpenter, what an amazing director, with his own unique soundtracks even. Halloween is the easy one to say, and Escape from NY, but there really weren’t many Carpenter films I disliked, until the later years. Coscarelli’s Phantasm was an amazing original, and I used to love those Beastmaster films when I was a kid(Yes I know, cheesy cheesy) The rest of my choices are pretty obvious.
I really enjoyed Donnie Darko, and I’m interested in Richard Kelley’s next project Southland tales. And I’m also eager to see Lucky Mckee’s next film, May was a bit
distrubing, but also fantastic.
Right now, I’m turning towards France and Japan, they are kicking our ass cinematically.
Christophe Gans, Le Pacte De Loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf). Haute Tension/Switchblade Romance . And Luc Besson is the man. I wish they could bring Banlieue 13 to the states, just saw that recently too. But I like so many of the films he has directed and written.
I just saw Empire of the Wolf, great movie, there is such passion and style and originality in the films coming out of France that we simply lack. And the same goes for some of the movies coming out of Japan. I recently imported a film called Casshern, oh man, it’s AMAZING, shot by a commercial director from Japan, using tons of CG, and it so wonderfully uses CG with live action, it’s a great movie to watch.
Oh man, there are so many films that have created so much influence for me, so many films that I remember, scene by scene even! I guess this is a start.

#114

Amelie was a great movie that inspired me to have more unique and interesting elements in stories/art. Plus the uber cool usage of red and green (and the occassional blue) colours in their scenes. :smiley:

Hmm, other movies such as Underworld, Pirates of the Caribbean inspires me in the fashion and location area. They made me want to experiment more with different era costumes and places.

All sorts of movies that I’ve watched have inspired me in many different ways. The themed music will give me a sort of feeling to draw something in particular, and to affect the background and colours the drawing is to be in.