Ridley Scott Picks a Favorite Shot From Each of His Most Iconic Movies | My Best Shots
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- čas přidán 17. 11. 2023
- From Alien and Blade Runner to Gladiator and Napoleon, Ridley Scott picks his best shots from some of his most iconic movies, as well as one from any other film in cinema history.
Napoleon is released in theatres November 22nd 2023.
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I know it would be difficult to make this a regular series; but, I would love it if directors like Scorsese and Spielberg also told us what their favorite shots are in their films
Yes please!!! David Fincher too
I’ve always wanted something like this with Paul Thomas Anderson and Wes Anderson so this would be perfect!
Nobody gives a f about Spielberg
I'd like to know what Quentin Tarantino's favorite shots are. I know he makes his movies in a specific vision, would be cool to see what scenes came out the best to him.
If Kubrick were still alive…
What i’m getting from this is ridley scott is a master at placing characters inside spaces and making the world tell the story
Brilliant
Ridley doesn't play the game of going against CGI like others have been doing the past couple of years. Instead he says it is a tool and doesn't downplay its importance.
As a vfx artist, this comment is a breath of fresh air.
Full respect to the guy, he's made hugely different movies, and produced some modern classics which will be highly regarded after many of us are no longer here. He never shoots dull. Even in his lesser regarded films, there are always shots in there which catch your eye because they're beautiful.
Good shots do not make a good movie. Somebody needs to tell him that.
@@MrCostaC They certainly help! A Kubrik film would be half of what it is without the beautiful cinematography, sets, and framing. Film is a visual medium.
Sir Ridley Scott has directed some of the best films of all time, and I'd say a dozen good-to-great-to-world class films. There are few since Alfred Hitchcock that can claim that.
The cinematography in Ridley scott and Villeneuve's movies are 💥✨
comparing the sun to a candle
villeneuve is basically ridleys son
Denis make a better blade runner and with dune he proves that he can do what ever he want and do it great
@@azzzgad "a better blade runner" quit that smoke son
@@francescomalagoli2467 Dont disrespect Ridley like that. Just because he is not on Villeneuves level doesnt mean he isnt a great director.
Nobody does sheer scale like Ridley Scott. You can tell at the end when he’s talking about The Searchers that it’s always been important to him and one of the best aspects of his films.
He’s younger, but Gareth Edwards does scale well.
Ridley’s finally gonna do his western after gladiator 2!
@@qtrust 100% agree. The way he directed Godzilla 2014 was outstanding, you really felt the scale of the monsters.
There are a few people who (understatement) do scale as well or better than Ridley. Let's say he's up there in the pantheon. But: David Lean, William Wyler, Stanley Kubrick also need to be mentioned if we're going to establish a Pantheon of Epic scenes. And Denis Villeneuve has probably earned his wings, or is about to.
@@gfair2 Villeneuve's recent sci-fi streak is wing worthy
EDIT: busts of Kurosawa and Tati belong in the Scale Pantheon as well
Re-watched Blade Runner again this week and apart from being reminded of what a beautiful mood piece it is, the cinematography throughout is just amazing, so many iconic shots.
It’s 2nd on the list of the American Society of Cinematographers “Landmark Films” list. #1 being Lawrence of Arabia.
Ridley Scott is a true master film maker
This 85 year-old man accomplishes more in one year than most of us do in a lifetime, and he's been doing it for _decades_ like clockwork. A powerhouse still going strong. RESPECT.
Why? Because he makes movies?! That's stupid.
@@diogobfonseca What do you make and how has it directly affected my life? lol
@@ImproveConditions Feeble.
@@ImproveConditions that's just your average person
@@ImproveConditions Why would you respect a self-imprisoned idiot? That's... odd.
That Gladiator shot is so Iconic.
_"Shadows and dust."_
It's also interesting to learn that's not even Russell Crowe's actual hand but a body double because Crowe couldn't make it to Italy for the scene.
The sequence in Alien of Ripley running through the corridors after setting the Nostromo to self-destruct, and then running back to disarm it, only to run again back to the shuttle is one of my favorites in all cinema. It's insane how damn good it looks, the cinematography is just sublime. As for single shot? When she's coming up the ladder towards the end and the camera is zoomed in on her fingernails, and then she slowly pops her head over the edge with a look of abject terror. So good.
A masterpiece. It’s fascinated and terrified me since seeing it as a 13 or 14 year old back when it was released. At that age, I was just immersed and hypnotised by it. It’s only as the years pass you notice the detail and significance of every moment. That it was pretty early in Scott’s output is even more incredible. Genius..
I agree and I understand that they didn't even have a real ladder. That raised edge was so she could appear to be coming up a ladder! Cost restrictions never looked so good as on Alien!
When it comes to historical films, Ridley Scott doesn't mess about. Visually, from the sets, costumes, special effects, hair and makeup and the battles are all award worthy. 1492 - Conquest of Paradise, Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator, The Last Duel, Robin Hood, Exodus - Gods and Kings and The Duellists. Just amazing.
The world needs more R.S. sword flicks!
He's copping flak for Napoleon though.
I think most people would take a great story and script over visuals. Something Ridley has suffered greatly with.
@@MrCostaC I agree and I would, too. Some of those visually stunning films are hit or miss when it comes to story and character but at least he gives something great to look at.
@@antoniochasten3192 - I’ve never never got that argument. Robin Hood, Exodus and kingdom of heaven were terrible films. Them having good visuals does not make up for that.
Ridley Scott is one of the greatest modern filmmakers! A real legend. So many iconic films.
Greatest of an old era maybe, his modern era sucks ass.
average quality of his films from the last 16 years has been middling at best.
@@Omnipotentmonkey He has some recent duds but his hits are still excellent. The Martian and The Last Duel are easily in his top 5 best and they're both within the last 16 years. American Gangster, Prometheus, and All the Money in the World are also mentionably good movies.
@@TheRAINMan059
Now I know you've got a low standard if you're considering "Prometheus" to meet the bar of "good movie"
it's comfortably mediocre at best, but the worst type of mediocre, run of the mill, bland, coat-tail riding mediocre.
All the Time in the World is similar, comfortably mediocre.
American Gangster is the last of his films before this 16 year period set.
I agree that the Martian and Last Duel are good, but House of Gucci and Alien: Covenant are garbage,
so he averages out to a pretty mediocre standard.
If I was to score them:
Body of Lies: 5/10
Robin Hood: 6/10
Prometheus: 5/10
The Counselor: 4/10
Exodus: 6/10
The Martian: 8.5/10
Alien Covenant: 3/10
All the Time in the World: 6/10
Last Duel: 8/10
House of Gucci: 4/10
Averages out to a 5.5 in my book.
and the reception for Napoleon so far strikes me as a movie I'm going to hate.
@@OmnipotentmonkeyYou made a very autistic post directed to someone named “rain man”. I love the CZcams comment section… 😂
@@justincarreras7753
^ Man's so stupid he associates review scores with autism.
it's just numbers buddy.
Ridley Scott; what a legend!
Wow, he looks so lively for his age. It only goes to show that his work is his life.
This man knows more about making a movie than probably anybody will for a 100 years
That opening of Gladiator for me at least was the most emotionally impactful. It set the tone for the rest of the movie. But as movies go, Black Hawk Down just blows the mind in terms of how they filmed it.
This. Was. Pure. Gold.
For any movie buff.
My favorite shot from alien is the close up of Ripley's hand when shes climbing up out of the ladder. Beautiful focus switch from her sweaty hand to her sweaty face as she slowly peers up from the floor below. All the lights from the alarm system casting an array of glorious color.. A++ shot!! That entire scene when she overloads the reactor/escapes the nostromo is all gorgeous.
Even Ridley's not so iconic films have beautiful cinematography. Legend, Black Rain, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, Prometheus.
I really like Prometheus. Wish there were more.
We love you, Ridley!
Master storyteller. Mythos brought to life without losing its etherial grandeur.
Ridley Scott- supreme visual director. Gotta love opening scenes in Gladiator.
This needs to be a series. I know GQ have done a similar thing, mainly with actors but a few directors, but yes. More of this.
Such a shame he didn't talk about The Duellists, Thelma and Louise or American Gangster
Yes some stunners in them
I love Thelma and Louise! My favourite Ridley movie after Alien. It's a true classic in my eyes yet it seems to be quite underrated
That opening shot in Aliens was so much more critical than even Scott wants to acknowledge. This ship is going to be the entire location for the story and in it self is a character for the film but most important of all. In just a few seconds we are teleported to this far vast isolated ship floating threw space, and it took no imagination on our part to feel like we were actually there with the crew. Sound was also such an amazing part because the entire film has a solid constant sound that the ship makes, always giving us with out knowing the impression we are on that ship.
Sadly i think because of editing and the screenplay, the Martian didn't give me any sense of isolation at all because Scott didn't follow the 1 rule you do with movies about being stranded...you NEVER cut away to another location, EVER!
Case and point (Apart from Alien/Aliens is the greatest example....CAST AWAY)
The moment you cut away....our audience is taken out of isolation and is no longer stranded with our main character but instead just chilling with regular people going about their day...and the Martian did way to much of that to the point where i never once felt Matt's characters sense of hopelessness but instead...ok get on with it, lets save him already.
Agreed, interesting post script to the ship set from Alien was that in pre-production he encouraged the actors to explore it and really sink into it because he wanted them to seem completely at home and unimpressed by all this sci-fi design like they'd lived in it for months/years. It worked really well for the performances I think, definitely helped the buy in that this was a grizzled crew who'd been in that ship for ages and not just excited actors marvelling at all the cool set design whilst they read their lines
Could not agree with you more about the first shots of the Nostromo, especially you felt you were there which, to me, is very much what all films should be able to do, but most can't. I disagree with about the Martian as the whole point, he is the ONLY human on the whole of the planet and Ripley especially in that shot when he circles Mark Watney because it shows so very well the vastness and expanse of a planet that he is alone on and thus your valid filming point "NEVER cut away to another location" can be ignored.
Also and it may be that you are not ex military or been trained in survival as astronauts very much are, is the many hours of practise in hazardous conditions having to survive as best you can. You learnt that it is the mundane and regular pattern of carrying out tasks every day which keeps you sane. In my opinion having been in the RAF and done a very low level survival course, it was this concept that survival is far more about a state of mind that enables you to use what you have, the surroundings and resources you find your self in and I think The Martian does that very well.
@@wakeupuk3860 Sorry but you lost me with your survival lessons. I only talked about the "editing" Nothing more.
I love Ridley Scott but these shots he picked are really just masterclasses in set design.
Timeless and absolutely iconic
The hand running through the wheat is no only one of his best shots, but one of the best shots in cinema history.
It's really simple but it hypes me up for the movie every time
Absolutely.
After seeing this at the cinema, I couldn't look at a wheat field for a long time without feeling sad. This was particularly difficult as there were wheat fields between the city my parents lived in and the city I was living in at the time. And it was summer and the wheat was getting to the same stage as in this shot...
So, yeah, f***ing Ridley Scott and his f***ing wheat field!
(Just kidding. I absolutely love the visuals in his movies.)
If Gladiator 2 gets the justice it deserves Ridley Scotts' legacy as a cinematic mastermind will be remembered for 100's of years to come
I think the best shot in Blade Runner was the opening scene with the close up of the eye overlooking the city below, and the reflection of the lights with the exploding gas stacks.
In Gladiator, the shot where Maximus is dying. The camera pulls back as the dolly tracks sideways. Great effect.
The hand going over the tops of the wheat was my favorite shot too, Ridley!
God he's done so many good movies!
Ridley one the best. The ability to put what he wants on film on storyboards first. Then to always film it in such an exquisite way, one can only say thank you.
Love both Ridley Scott & Tony Scott!
Tony made better movies than Ridley did SUCKS he killed himself why oh why😢
Respect for THE director #ridleyscott
"The thing that the Searchers got right was the space and time. The time it takes to ride the landscape, the time place to go somewhere. Where he says we're going off, he says I'll see you in a year and you're all on a horseback. I mean it's such a different universe. It's almost like science fiction."
I think he just gave me a new way of looking at Westerns.
It's well known how decorated his filmography is but seeing them all shown back to back like this is insane, an absolute master of his craft.
One interview of his always sticks with me where he said about the initial criticism he got from producers on Alien before the film was released.
“They said nothing happens for the first 45 minutes. I said - yes but look at what you’re seeing.”
Helped me to appreciate the worlds he was building and just taking in the detail and artistry.
Thanks IGN and CineFix for the treat this is a great video!
The master of his craft - the only Ridley Scott! Tnx for this great video! Looking forward to seeing Napoleon!
Sir Ridley Scott is a true master of the craft. God bless him. So many incredible films under his belt.
It's Ridley, Tony, James, Luc, Michael and Steven that really exhausted my imagination and shaped my unequivical love for the movies when I was a kid. I am sure these guys minted a generation of fans and this will never fade.
A Breitling Endurance is a great watch to wear for a man who just keeps going and going.
The perfect interview concept for ridley scott, could watch 2 hrs of this
Love the establishing shots of Alien, it really made it feel like a real place. He's made some of my favourite movies
My fav director of all times!!! His productions are simply something else!
His opening shots of NY at sunset for Someone to Watch Over Me are fantastic. Really stuck with me. Great snapshot of 1980's Manhattan.
An impossible task: to choose the best scene or shot in a perfect movie like Alien.
I like how nearly all of his favorites aren't of the lead actors at all. They're of the landscape. A couple happen to also have the lead actors in them, but they're almost incidental.
It really is a shame he doesn't talk about Black Rain. I would have loved to have heard about his favorite shot from that film.
Michael Douglas kino
A true master!
Love Ridley Scott. Iconic movies. He is right up there with Scorsese and Chris Nolan as one of my favorite directors.
Having trained as a Photographer, taught graphics and now retired have for the past three years taught my self and studied Oil and WC painting, I could not agree more with his comment "I have a good eye". Many people can be good photographers and paint well and study about balance, centre-point, perspective, composition, rule of thirds and many more such skills, but it does not mean they will have a 'good eye' which essentially is to look at a scene, objects, landscape and people in them in a totally 'unique' way than most people cannot do. I don't think it can be learnt, I have tried all my life but failed, it is people like Ridley Scott who 'naturally' have it as instinct and that iw why his films are so good.
I am surprised he did not choose anything from his film 'The Duellists' which virtually every shot and scene to me is perfection.
Hard to believe he's 86. Looks great for his age. Has it all together up there. Nothing like the 80 year olds I've met in my life.
I would’ve loved to hear his fav shot from Thelma and Louise. There are so many good ones.
It's a shame this retrospective didn't delve into that film given its POV is so clearly from the female gaze. His vision of Khouri's script is masterful. Those desert shots. The shots of the now weathered faces of our semi-liberated heroes. Dang. I need to rewatch that tonight.
I would've love to hear him on more films of his. All of them actually...
Great! He didn't say f*****ng even once, as he seems to be doing all the time lately. Congrats! (Seriously, Alien, Gladiator and BR are three of my favorite movies. Thank you, Mr. Scott).
Every damn shot of Gladiator is epic.
He creates an atmosphere that few manage and he does it with such next level visual effects its amazing he gets alot of grief from people but hes my goat
Great cinematographer, jobbing workman director.
He's right, he has a great eye.
Ridley Scott is pretty impressive in the directing arena. He's 85 and just put out Napoleon and still has a bunch of unrealized projects. He's a real example of making movies until his body gives out. He's filming Gladiator 2 right now even.
Had to double check his age. 85 years old.. that's impressive
edit: 86 in just over a week too.
He and George Miller, bro. Those two are inspirational. I can't wait to see what unfolds with Gladiator 2. Miller's 78 yrs young and wrapped filming on Furiosa last month and the film is slated to drop May 2024. He says he wants to film Mad Max - The Wasteland (he says it's a working title) in the next couple of years. Tom Hardy and Chris Hemsworth are suppose to star. The film's timeline is one year before Fury Road.
You know whats crazy? He doesn't even look 85.
I would have placed him at 70 just looking at him.
Napoleon was utter dog shit though
The Last Duel is so fucking underrated it’s crazy!
One of the best movies I’ve ever seen!
My favorite shots from any movie:
Star Wars: Luke watching the Binary Sunset.
The Last Of The Mohicans: Last 5-10 minutes.
Interstellar: Docking Scene.
LOTR: All scenes where the fellowship is running on the mountains.
Re LotR so the whole trilogy? XD
@@ZiddersRooFurry Basically yes.
I know the music does a lot of the heavy lifting, but man, the ending of Last of the Mohicans just gets me every time. Love all of nature's beauty that's shown throughout the movie, including the final pursuit up the mountainside :') have to rewatch it again soon...
IMHO. Personally. The hand through wheats scene is immortal. Storytelling at its perfection. No disrespect. Only admiration.
Happy birthday, Ridley! :)
I'm surprised they he didn't pick anything from Black Rain or Someone To Watch Over Me, both films had some really visually stunning cinematography and lighting.
Thanks for posting this.
One of the greatest ever 👏👏❤️🔥
I always remember Black Rain made a big impression on me visually as a kid. Classic 80s aesthetic with amazing scenes of Japan in all its neon glory
I thought Ridley Scott is a specialist in making sci fi movies itself, until I watched this video..he seems to be an all rounder..
Someone have to do a montage of all movies showing a hand touching the weat while walking that came after Gladiator! It's everywhere!
Can’t wait for Tuesday!!!
Gladiator's still gets me.
He's amazing for 85, very sharp and seems much younger
Prometheus is beautiful, very underrated
How could you NOT ask him about legend
You blew it
I'd also love to see this series to include the work of some of the best documentary directors and cinematographers
He’s one of my favourite directors, but how he went from The Martian to Alien Covenant still baffles me.
He's an amazing director, but his material is always his material. You can hand him an awful script but he will still film the hell out of it, so even his bad movies are filmed wonderfully.
You might be surprised at the answers if you asked about his opinions on his movies that you don't like.
It just shows how important a good script is. The Martian was a well researched sci-fi book expertly adapted to the screen by Ridley while Prometheus and Covenant were both gorgeous looking films but clearly written by someone who saw actual science as an inconvenience to their story.
@@mrquirky3626 Hard science-fiction vs space horror. They both work well within their genres.
That was awesome
man such a legend the Duelists is my fav after Alien
Opens with “I’ve got a good eye. I’m born with a good eye”….Nice to see making a movie about Napoleon hasn’t given him a complex.
This man made the best TV advert ever (for me) … the Hovis ad.
Gonna throw my hat in with the last shot of The Duelists
nice one. Good insight from the man himself ,...
Probably my favorite visual director. Unfortunately doesn’t always bring it home with character’s or story but more hits than misses for sure.
“CGI is a tool”
THANK YOU!!!! Hollywood spends too much money on effects and not enough on writers and directors.
I liked the jaunty music over the footage of Alien. They should do a new version with that music through the whole movie. It would make it 10 times scarier.
Re Black Hawk Down : I think the whole sequence of the helicopters heading from their base into the city is glorious and exhilarating to watch . There's also a brief shot a little earlier in the film of two helicopters by-passing one another over the coastline seen from above which is also fab ! .
Damn Ridley Scott is a beast I didn't even realize he made all these classics, I just be watching movies I don't pay attention to directors and stuff.
'It's such a different universe, it's almost like science fiction'. I think that's very true of Westerns, especially now, which is perhaps why the first series of Westworld felt so interesting.
Would be interesting to hear his favorite shots from ALL his films, including lesser known or critically panned stuff like Black Rain or Exodus
Awesome, the man is an artist
He changed the way certain genres look and feel. There's dirt and imperfection where there used to be shiny and perfect.
I love the Sci-Fi reference to The Searchers. As soon as he said it I could imagine him using the visual cues when making The Martian.
It sounds crazy but I still think he's underrated. Certainly he's not talked about enough.
People never shut up about Scorsese but Scott has a much broader range of stunning films in actuality.
I love Scorsese films but you have to admit, he's never happier than when filming "Badda-Bing" types in New York.
I would have liked to hear his favorite shot from the last duel
And also the favorite shots from his/her favorite movie
He's like a modern day David Lean. A genius of visual composition. I know it's not his best-considered work, but just look at ANY shot from Legend, which from a purely visual perspective I consider his best picture together with Alien and BR. That's art, pure and simple.
People try to put Ridley in a box , but I dare you to try and compare "Alien" with "Matchstick Men", "Conquest of Paradise" with "The Counsellor" , "GI Jane" with "Hannibal", etc. Sure, not everything works ("Alien Covenant") , but I admire the big/different swings he takes.
Love this but I’d love to see his pick for Black Rain and Legend. Those have some incredible shots.
I would love to see this with Roger Deakins! Please make that happen!!
Disappointed he didn’t talk about Prometheus or The Last Duel, criminally underrated movies.