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@@hairy_cornflake I guess the reason for that is his brother made fucking Alien and Blade Runner...Tony Scott didn't make anything special. I don't care for Top Gun. Man on Fire is grossly overrated with horrible editing that makes it unwatchable. True Romance is fun but hardly a classic. Then some solid/okay blockbusters. He isn't underrated. He was not one of the greats.
Kay lol go troll somewhere else next time! Never said Ridley was bad. I just think and I'm not the only one, that Tony has made some excellent movies in the 80s and 90s. He never gets enough credit for making such cool and highly quotable films. He is definitely one of the great.
I'm not trolling. We just disagree. All I did was explain why I don't think he's underrated and certainly not one of the greats. We are both allowed to have our own opinions.@@hairy_cornflake
Been waiting for this one. Tony was a true master through and through. Glad people have finally started reevaluating his body of work as more than just “popcorn flicks”
A person who sees a "popcorn movie" just as entertainment has already lost the right to recognize films that are arts right away.Even escapist entertainment has its beauty.
None of his films are popcorn flicks lmao. Even the original top gun will have you on the edge of your seat the whole runtime. You'd never get to eat the popcorn.
Revenge is criminally underrated in my humble opinion. That and The Last Boy Scout are some of his best work for me. I do believe he is under appreciated on the whole. Talented artist.
Tony Scott in my opinion will always be one of the Greatest filmmakers that ever lived. His movies True Romance, Top Gun, Enemy of the State and Man on Fire had a huge impact on me. Thank you Tony.
@@johnbernhardtsen3008 This might sound ridiculous, but it's hard to put into words how much I love movies. That silhouette shot at 1:52 literally brought tears to my eyes man. It might be the best shot I've ever seen. I love the Roger Deakins shot in jarhead of them on the ridge against the orange and pink sky, the delta operators walking over the border into Mexico in sicario, and the railroad robbery shots in The Assassination of Jesse James. But that has got to be the best shot I've ever seen now. Never even seen the movie.
@@TheBlackBox_RUclips I had to rewind that shot in Sicario where the unit goes under the horizon!the Scott brothers shots in silhouettes show everything you need to frame!
I noticed that many directors tried to copy his visual language but they couldn't. Tony Scott had a great visual style, unique. Domino, Top Gun, True Romance and Man on Fire are great examples of the genius of Tony Scott as a storyteller and filmmaker.
I watched Hot Fuzz with commentary recently, and Edgar Wright paid homage to Tony Scott in the paper work scene, saying he wanted to take the most boring aspect of police work and film it like a Tony Scott scene
Tony was at the apex of visual storytelling. He was a true master at blending all of the elements of cinema into a rich, artistic stew all his own. When a great artist is gone, there is truly no one to take their place, for their art is a part of who they are and who they are is one of a kind.
The shot at 4:49 when engines turn off in sync with the chorus is the definition of pure cinema. Late for a comment, Marc. This is your best work yet. Could've used the whole song and maybe more of Man on Fire.
Oh how I miss his brilliant use of filters! He truly was the king of orange filtered sunset/sunrise skies. And the "father" of so many fast, funny, fluffy, ferocious and fantastic high-concept action movies, that somehow still left you thinking when the lights come up in the movie theater. To paraphrase Al Pacino's Vincent Hannah in Michael Mann's Heat: "Drop of the hat, this guy was rock'n'roll".
He also used vignetting and lowered exposure in bright day shooting to make scenes more dramatic. When he shot intimacy, he used blue hour, blue light, purples, and shadows. He told stories through color, never did any trashy shooting. The love scene in George Michael's music video for Father Figure, go watch that. All the bedroom scenes were Tony Scott. His style of blues and purples was copied in a lot of music videos, like Aerosmith's Jaynie's Got A Gun, also the GNR trilogy November Rain, Don't Cry, and Estranged. I think it was copied in The Bodyguard as well. Nobody understood Southern California golden light like Tony Scott. Everything he shot at dusk was filtered perfectly. He is one of the few directors who communicated that SoCal feeling the way it was.
I watched so many of his films and didn't know him directly by name, now I do him justice with this video that compiled unbelievable moments, I'm rewatching the old CSI now with more mature eyes because I've matured and this channel had the effect CSI Las Vegas was much more visual than I remembered,shots, colors, angles, shadows, oh my god, the classic CSI was the General Kurtz scene in several episodes,This channel will show people like Scott who you will now see even more of their moments of pause in addition to the action which is also very beautiful.
Vous faites les plus belles et les plus réussies vidéos que je vois sur youtube, votre travail est tous simplement excellent. Vous avez un don et je vous remercie pour le plaisir que vous nous apporter.
Great work! No one did a hazy summers sky backdrop like Tony. While DoP’s usually get credit for lighting, both Tony and Ridley are masters of light and framing. True Romance looks sublime on UHD, if any distributors are tuning in, let’s get some more of Tony’s work on this format please!
Ridley Scott? I think his cinematography is underrated too. Black hawk down is the only good-looking film with a pee filter, it also pioneered the piss filter look.
@@LanaaAmor I almost misread your comment as his only good looking film (of which there are many, in fact, nearly all), but I see what you are saying regarding that filter…
The Beauty of Chris Columbus? Another underrated director: Home Alone, Mrs Doubtfire, Bicentennial Man, Harry Potter, The Christmas Chronicles... and also Pixels (with his amazing shots)! Thanks for your beautiful job!
True Romance is one of the *BEST* Underrated, Underrated *BEST* Crime/Thriller Films *EVER.* . ... .. For (Continued) Consideration: - The Beauty of Basic - The Beauty of The Long Kiss GoodeNight - The Beauty of Savages - The Beauty of Dead Man Down - The Beauty of The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman - The Beauty of Assault On Precinct 13 (funny thing, was just watching this surprisingly Astute, Alert, Massively Well Acted film for free over on youtube.).. - The Beauty of The Whistlers - The Beauty of Ten Little Indians (Hugh O'Brian, Madam Shirley Eaton version). - The Beauty of You Were Never Really Here - The Beauty of Inherent Vice - The Beauty of David Lowery - The Beauty of Claire Denis
Rest in peace, my favourite director: Tony Scott.😢🙏 Thanks for Top Gun, Man on Fire, True Romance, Revenge, Days of Thunder, Unstoppable, Deja Vu and Pelham 123.
There’s a lot of people today talking about the gifted editors in this world … Btu none so insightful & gifted as this channel. Your work always hits the mark bulls eye .10/10 everytime
Tony was my hero. He used long lenses for the most intimate scenes, graduated filters, dutch angles, etc. So many people copied him, which I really believe is what sent him over the top on films like Domino and Man on Fire. Where they failed to hit the mark wasn't in the explosions - Tony was an incredible storyteller. He was also one of the best casting directors that ever lived.
One of my all time favourite directors , i was so upset when he took himself from this world, TOP GUN, SPY GAME , TRUE ROMANCE and MAN ON FIRE will always grapple for best film overall, all so so good and special mention for films many seem to forget such as THE FAN & ENEMY OF THE STATE
Man on Fire is probably the best movie I have ever seen. The character is the most realistic ever. He isn't inmortal, he gets hurt, and dies. Everything, from beginning to end was great. Tony Scott made a great work there, but the actors like Denzel and Dakota made the most important part, their emotions, depictions, were great.
The Last Boy Scout had some beautiful shots, excellent uses of color. He also had something to do with Beverly Hills Cop II, which had a lot of great shots for an action comedy. Tony used brilliant dramatic effects with light and filters, especially on location in California. He knew how to capture California light with gold, blues, and purples and was great at intimate scenes with close-up shots of romantic partners. The music video for George Michael's Father Figure has a love scene that was shot in the dramatic blues and purples Tony Scott is known for because he was dating the actress at the time and didn't want a love scene that lacked taste and intimacy. He was concerned she would look trashy, or it would look cheap. He didn't want her exploited, so he shot everything in the bedroom himself. The colored light, the twirling fans, heavy shadows, dramatic blowing sheer curtains, those romantic tones and transitions from close shots to overhead shots, the way she slaps George Michael... all Scott. If you watch the bedroom scenes with Top Gun and then watch the George Michael video, you can clearly see the incredible intimacy and that signature use of light. He made love scenes that communicated depth without nudity and cheap sex. You could feel a union between characters. He was so good at getting actors and actresses to focus on intimacy, it was part of what made Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman a thing. His direction was so good you couldn't tell Kelly McGillis was gay. He was also a master of understanding longer focal length shooting. His use of longer lenses is what brought in objects that were in the background of his shots with actors in the foreground. He was a master at knowing when to enlarge something as part of the context. A fighter jet runway with jets taking off, racing track, dog track, jets in the distance parked, churches and notable buildings in Man on Fire, lots of things. That Denzel explosion scene was groundbreaking for action films. Nobody was doing that shot, then suddenly everyone else copied the explosion walkoff. He was a brilliant visual stylist. He understood vignetting and how to use filters in ways no one else did when there was too much exposure because of daytime shooting. He knew how to use golden hour and blue hour to communicate different things in his storytelling. A huge part of the 80s feel that was modern at the time was due to Tony Scott's style. The era between 85 to 95 he dominated kind of like Herb Ritts in fashion photography. They knew how to use monochromatic noir, natural light with shadows when necessary, how to reduce exposure, how to use open space and long lenses properly. Scott also devised some camera rigs and equipment for Top Gun that had never been done. Because he was shooting a lot of action, which generally aren't complex cerebral films, but have simple dialogue, he is underrated. He wasn't a writer who did passion projects, he was just an incredible storyteller who could take characters and action and make them dramatic and stylish. Jerry Bruckheimer was good too, but he was not Tony Scott. Scott could deliver magic in relationships between characters, he could develop rich colors and moods for poignant scenes of loss, and he knew how to handle action mixed with humor. His films have so many good cheesy lines, comedy lines, and romantic lines because he directed based on the dialogue and context and maximized it. The Playboy Mansion scene in Beverly Hills Cop II, with the models playing volleyball. That was the dream if you were a boy like I was. Tony Scott delivered the coolest man shit of the period. Iceman and his mirrored shades... who was cooler than Iceman? Halle Berry was a stripper in The Last Boy Scout and he directed her based on her beauty and value as a character, she didn't need to be nude. He gave her dimension, so she had an impact before she was famous. Even if his actors had a few lines, he made them interesting. Jester in Top Gun, when he replies to Metcalf about going into battle with Maverick, "I dunno, I just don't know." He is one of my favorite directors. Visually he just understood the era better than anyone to make a great film. McTiernan, who shot Die Hard and Predator, also good, just not as good as Scott at certain elements like character development and intimacy. George Cosmatos was also visually interesting with action. He shot Cobra. Overall, he was a dirtbag and no one liked him, but on a lower budget he could make an interesting action film and was not too bad with developing intrigue and plot building. Those red scenes in Cobra were iconic 80s. He also did some of the more dramatic camera work in Tombstone, not all of it. This was a long post but I am sure Tony Scott fans who know these films will get it. They know that feeling of the time period when these films were hugely influential. You can rewatch Scott's films just like Michael Mann films. They don't get old. They are good every time.
He is one of my favorite filmmakers, and his style is similar to Bay's, only sometimes he used a drunken filter to make you feel more in danger, he shouldn't have committed suicide, 😭He would have continued with his career, rest in peace Tony Scott 🖤🇬🇧🎥📽️
There’s just something about a Tony Scott film. The way he directed a film and shot it was just. You knew it was a Tony Scott film same with his brother Ridley and it’s a shame Tony isn’t here to make anymore films. I would’ve loved to see him direct Maverick
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The beauty of Ridley Scott.
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@@TheBeautyOf I want you to make a video about Ridley Scott movies.
Already did @@semmatway0703
The director who proved that 'cool' is a form of beauty.
Yeah.... No "volleyball" scene here though.
@@KutWritethat's 'hot' not 'cool'
He is easily one of the most underrated directors of all time.
Who underrates him?
Just compare him to his brother or basically any big names from his era, people barely talks about Tony Scott.
Especially his most recent movies.
@@hairy_cornflake I guess the reason for that is his brother made fucking Alien and Blade Runner...Tony Scott didn't make anything special. I don't care for Top Gun. Man on Fire is grossly overrated with horrible editing that makes it unwatchable. True Romance is fun but hardly a classic. Then some solid/okay blockbusters. He isn't underrated. He was not one of the greats.
Kay lol go troll somewhere else next time!
Never said Ridley was bad. I just think and I'm not the only one, that Tony has made some excellent movies in the 80s and 90s. He never gets enough credit for making such cool and highly quotable films. He is definitely one of the great.
I'm not trolling. We just disagree. All I did was explain why I don't think he's underrated and certainly not one of the greats. We are both allowed to have our own opinions.@@hairy_cornflake
Never clicked on one of y’all’s videos faster. Rip goat.
Been waiting for this one. Tony was a true master through and through. Glad people have finally started reevaluating his body of work as more than just “popcorn flicks”
A person who sees a "popcorn movie" just as entertainment has already lost the right to recognize films that are arts right away.Even escapist entertainment has its beauty.
None of his films are popcorn flicks lmao. Even the original top gun will have you on the edge of your seat the whole runtime. You'd never get to eat the popcorn.
Revenge is criminally underrated in my humble opinion. That and The Last Boy Scout are some of his best work for me. I do believe he is under appreciated on the whole. Talented artist.
Tony Scott in my opinion will always be one of the Greatest filmmakers that ever lived.
His movies True Romance, Top Gun, Enemy of the State and Man on Fire had a huge impact on me.
Thank you Tony.
I am a photographer at heart, he filled most of his movies with awesome vistas, his silhouette shots are my favourites!
@@johnbernhardtsen3008 This might sound ridiculous, but it's hard to put into words how much I love movies. That silhouette shot at 1:52 literally brought tears to my eyes man. It might be the best shot I've ever seen. I love the Roger Deakins shot in jarhead of them on the ridge against the orange and pink sky, the delta operators walking over the border into Mexico in sicario, and the railroad robbery shots in The Assassination of Jesse James.
But that has got to be the best shot I've ever seen now. Never even seen the movie.
@@TheBlackBox_RUclips I had to rewind that shot in Sicario where the unit goes under the horizon!the Scott brothers shots in silhouettes show everything you need to frame!
The way his movies looked in the 80s and 90s are just, to me, how movies are supposed to look.
What a career. What an artist. This man loved his work and respected his audience. We miss him so much. Thank you for this 🙏❤
I noticed that many directors tried to copy his visual language but they couldn't. Tony Scott had a great visual style, unique.
Domino, Top Gun, True Romance and Man on Fire are great examples of the genius of Tony Scott as a storyteller and filmmaker.
I watched Hot Fuzz with commentary recently, and Edgar Wright paid homage to Tony Scott in the paper work scene, saying he wanted to take the most boring aspect of police work and film it like a Tony Scott scene
Tony was at the apex of visual storytelling. He was a true master at blending all of the elements of cinema into a rich, artistic stew all his own. When a great artist is gone, there is truly no one to take their place, for their art is a part of who they are and who they are is one of a kind.
This is wonderful! Yesterday I watched the film "Hunger" and was surprised by the amazing and precision of every frame of this film.
Huge fan of Tony Scott entire filmography here, thank you!
This track from 《Man On Fire》 (2004) _ The End， Composer is Harry Gregson-Williams 💕💕
The shot at 4:49 when engines turn off in sync with the chorus is the definition of pure cinema. Late for a comment, Marc. This is your best work yet. Could've used the whole song and maybe more of Man on Fire.
This video is incredible. Tony is incredible
Oh how I miss his brilliant use of filters! He truly was the king of orange filtered sunset/sunrise skies. And the "father" of so many fast, funny, fluffy, ferocious and fantastic high-concept action movies, that somehow still left you thinking when the lights come up in the movie theater. To paraphrase Al Pacino's Vincent Hannah in Michael Mann's Heat: "Drop of the hat, this guy was rock'n'roll".
He also used vignetting and lowered exposure in bright day shooting to make scenes more dramatic. When he shot intimacy, he used blue hour, blue light, purples, and shadows. He told stories through color, never did any trashy shooting.
The love scene in George Michael's music video for Father Figure, go watch that. All the bedroom scenes were Tony Scott.
His style of blues and purples was copied in a lot of music videos, like Aerosmith's Jaynie's Got A Gun, also the GNR trilogy November Rain, Don't Cry, and Estranged. I think it was copied in The Bodyguard as well.
Nobody understood Southern California golden light like Tony Scott. Everything he shot at dusk was filtered perfectly. He is one of the few directors who communicated that SoCal feeling the way it was.
I watched so many of his films and didn't know him directly by name, now I do him justice with this video that compiled unbelievable moments, I'm rewatching the old CSI now with more mature eyes because I've matured and this channel had the effect CSI Las Vegas was much more visual than I remembered,shots, colors, angles, shadows, oh my god, the classic CSI was the General Kurtz scene in several episodes,This channel will show people like Scott who you will now see even more of their moments of pause in addition to the action which is also very beautiful.
THANK YOU!! Thank you so much. One of my favorite directors.
Vous faites les plus belles et les plus réussies vidéos que je vois sur youtube, votre travail est tous simplement excellent. Vous avez un don et je vous remercie pour le plaisir que vous nous apporter.
Merci énormément!!
Jesus this hit hard, I miss Tony Scott's vision in cinema
Yeah, his style had that true 1985-1995 feeling. That era just had this magic in certain films.
The most similar to Scott is Michael Bay for his explosions and sunny sky, he should have lived longer, not committed suicide
One of my favourite action directors. RIP.
He didn't make action movies tho. Only top gun was.
@@LanaaAmor The Last Boy Scout?
@@MB-fo2sk 😮 I haven't seen it yet
Great work! No one did a hazy summers sky backdrop like Tony. While DoP’s usually get credit for lighting, both Tony and Ridley are masters of light and framing. True Romance looks sublime on UHD, if any distributors are tuning in, let’s get some more of Tony’s work on this format please!
Ridley Scott? I think his cinematography is underrated too. Black hawk down is the only good-looking film with a pee filter, it also pioneered the piss filter look.
@@LanaaAmor I almost misread your comment as his only good looking film (of which there are many, in fact, nearly all), but I see what you are saying regarding that filter…
he's deeply missed. I never got bored watching any of his films. Domino, True Romance are all time favs.
I thought "True Romance" was a Tarantino film.
@@KutWrite Tarantino and Roger Avary (who was a cowriter on most of Tarantino's early scripts) wrote the script and Tony Scott directed.
@@KutWrite 100% Tony Scott. Would've been a totally different flavor if Quentin kept it. True Romance if my favorite Tony Scott movie.
Le montage, choix musical, c'est juste parfait. J'aimerais que cette vidéo ne se finisse jamais. Tony Scott forever. ❤
🙏🏻
Directos muy infravalorado, y también muy bueno. Allá donde estés, gracias.
Ive wished you made this one for years, and it was worth the wait!
Thanks a lot !
Most underrated film director RIP
Tony's use of the "Magic Hour" is unparalleled; brilliant director gone way too soon.
True Romance is an all-time masterpiece!
People often minimize his style down long-lens close ups, and fast cutting…but by god, could that man compose a wide shot.
Bravo! Well Done as always. Rest in Peace Tony.
I miss Tony Scott
Taken from us too soon. R.I.P. Legend
the greatest director should have 20 oscars
The Beauty of Chris Columbus? Another underrated director: Home Alone, Mrs Doubtfire, Bicentennial Man, Harry Potter, The Christmas Chronicles... and also Pixels (with his amazing shots)! Thanks for your beautiful job!
Really Beautiful.
Cheers for Tony.
My favorite filmmaker of all time. Thankn you.
Underrated director !
Thanks for the video !
Thanks especialy for the music, I completely forgot how beautifful soundtrack of Man on fire was.
Great tribute to the late filmmaker. 🎥
This video made me miss him a lot, he was a truly great director, I still remember being gutted by the way he left this world :(
True Romance is one of the *BEST* Underrated, Underrated *BEST* Crime/Thriller Films *EVER.*
. ... ..
For (Continued) Consideration:
- The Beauty of Basic
- The Beauty of The Long Kiss GoodeNight
- The Beauty of Savages
- The Beauty of Dead Man Down
- The Beauty of The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
- The Beauty of Assault On Precinct 13 (funny thing, was just watching this surprisingly Astute, Alert, Massively Well Acted film for free over on youtube.)..
- The Beauty of The Whistlers
- The Beauty of Ten Little Indians (Hugh O'Brian, Madam Shirley Eaton version).
- The Beauty of You Were Never Really Here
- The Beauty of Inherent Vice
- The Beauty of David Lowery
- The Beauty of Claire Denis
The Hunger is a crazy good looking movie!
Rest in peace, my favourite director: Tony Scott.😢🙏
Thanks for Top Gun, Man on Fire, True Romance, Revenge, Days of Thunder, Unstoppable, Deja Vu and Pelham 123.
True romance is one of my favourites films ever. What an underrated director.
Him and john woo masters of the 80’s and 90’s action movies. They were able to “make the bullets dance”
Thank you for this. Really captured his spirit.
There’s a lot of people today talking about the gifted editors in this world … Btu none so insightful & gifted as this channel. Your work always hits the mark bulls eye .10/10 everytime
Scenografie, paesaggi, giochi di luce in chiaro scuro incredibili, musiche meravigliose. Un grande regista ed un gran bel video. Complimenti.
Tony was my hero. He used long lenses for the most intimate scenes, graduated filters, dutch angles, etc. So many people copied him, which I really believe is what sent him over the top on films like Domino and Man on Fire. Where they failed to hit the mark wasn't in the explosions - Tony was an incredible storyteller. He was also one of the best casting directors that ever lived.
Thanks for some great films Tony
Tony has done an amazing job showing the world that he's just as good as his big brother Ridley
Your soundtrack selection is remarkable
Most artistic commercial director ever. The movie world is truly a lesser place without him.
Such an artist.
1st View, Tony Scott will Always Remember for Top Gun.
Greetings from India 🙏🏻
One of my all time favourite directors , i was so upset when he took himself from this world, TOP GUN, SPY GAME , TRUE ROMANCE and MAN ON FIRE will always grapple for best film overall, all so so good and special mention for films many seem to forget such as THE FAN & ENEMY OF THE STATE
Thank you for this... He was really one of the great masters...
2:48 what movie is this? Please help 🙏
Spy games 🤝🏻
@TheBeautyOf Thanks 🙏
awesome work as usual
Man on Fire is probably the best movie I have ever seen. The character is the most realistic ever. He isn't inmortal, he gets hurt, and dies. Everything, from beginning to end was great. Tony Scott made a great work there, but the actors like Denzel and Dakota made the most important part, their emotions, depictions, were great.
wow, so beautiful. Well done on putting this together!!
Cool edit. Loved Spy Game, it's deserving of a The Beauty Of edit :)
I miss Tony Scott. I remember the day my Dad told me he passed. It was like losing a friend even though I never met him.
i have been waiting for this video.....because i love tony scott :D
So underrated!!! Shouts out to True Romance, Man on Fire and Crimson Tide ❤❤❤
Tony was (and still is) an underrated director
The Last Boy Scout had some beautiful shots, excellent uses of color. He also had something to do with Beverly Hills Cop II, which had a lot of great shots for an action comedy.
Tony used brilliant dramatic effects with light and filters, especially on location in California. He knew how to capture California light with gold, blues, and purples and was great at intimate scenes with close-up shots of romantic partners.
The music video for George Michael's Father Figure has a love scene that was shot in the dramatic blues and purples Tony Scott is known for because he was dating the actress at the time and didn't want a love scene that lacked taste and intimacy. He was concerned she would look trashy, or it would look cheap. He didn't want her exploited, so he shot everything in the bedroom himself. The colored light, the twirling fans, heavy shadows, dramatic blowing sheer curtains, those romantic tones and transitions from close shots to overhead shots, the way she slaps George Michael... all Scott.
If you watch the bedroom scenes with Top Gun and then watch the George Michael video, you can clearly see the incredible intimacy and that signature use of light. He made love scenes that communicated depth without nudity and cheap sex. You could feel a union between characters. He was so good at getting actors and actresses to focus on intimacy, it was part of what made Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman a thing. His direction was so good you couldn't tell Kelly McGillis was gay.
He was also a master of understanding longer focal length shooting. His use of longer lenses is what brought in objects that were in the background of his shots with actors in the foreground. He was a master at knowing when to enlarge something as part of the context. A fighter jet runway with jets taking off, racing track, dog track, jets in the distance parked, churches and notable buildings in Man on Fire, lots of things. That Denzel explosion scene was groundbreaking for action films. Nobody was doing that shot, then suddenly everyone else copied the explosion walkoff.
He was a brilliant visual stylist. He understood vignetting and how to use filters in ways no one else did when there was too much exposure because of daytime shooting. He knew how to use golden hour and blue hour to communicate different things in his storytelling.
A huge part of the 80s feel that was modern at the time was due to Tony Scott's style. The era between 85 to 95 he dominated kind of like Herb Ritts in fashion photography. They knew how to use monochromatic noir, natural light with shadows when necessary, how to reduce exposure, how to use open space and long lenses properly. Scott also devised some camera rigs and equipment for Top Gun that had never been done.
Because he was shooting a lot of action, which generally aren't complex cerebral films, but have simple dialogue, he is underrated. He wasn't a writer who did passion projects, he was just an incredible storyteller who could take characters and action and make them dramatic and stylish. Jerry Bruckheimer was good too, but he was not Tony Scott. Scott could deliver magic in relationships between characters, he could develop rich colors and moods for poignant scenes of loss, and he knew how to handle action mixed with humor.
His films have so many good cheesy lines, comedy lines, and romantic lines because he directed based on the dialogue and context and maximized it. The Playboy Mansion scene in Beverly Hills Cop II, with the models playing volleyball. That was the dream if you were a boy like I was. Tony Scott delivered the coolest man shit of the period.
Iceman and his mirrored shades... who was cooler than Iceman? Halle Berry was a stripper in The Last Boy Scout and he directed her based on her beauty and value as a character, she didn't need to be nude. He gave her dimension, so she had an impact before she was famous. Even if his actors had a few lines, he made them interesting. Jester in Top Gun, when he replies to Metcalf about going into battle with Maverick, "I dunno, I just don't know."
He is one of my favorite directors. Visually he just understood the era better than anyone to make a great film. McTiernan, who shot Die Hard and Predator, also good, just not as good as Scott at certain elements like character development and intimacy.
George Cosmatos was also visually interesting with action. He shot Cobra. Overall, he was a dirtbag and no one liked him, but on a lower budget he could make an interesting action film and was not too bad with developing intrigue and plot building. Those red scenes in Cobra were iconic 80s. He also did some of the more dramatic camera work in Tombstone, not all of it.
This was a long post but I am sure Tony Scott fans who know these films will get it. They know that feeling of the time period when these films were hugely influential. You can rewatch Scott's films just like Michael Mann films. They don't get old. They are good every time.
He is one of my favorite filmmakers, and his style is similar to Bay's, only sometimes he used a drunken filter to make you feel more in danger, he shouldn't have committed suicide, 😭He would have continued with his career, rest in peace Tony Scott 🖤🇬🇧🎥📽️
I will always remember your beautiful films
Tony Scott is your favourite directors favourite director
RIP Tony Scott
I wish we could've gotten more movies with him and Denzel. They made magic together.
We miss him so much! A real master ❤
oh, yeah. one of the most underrated directors of all time. and gone way too soon.
An Incredible filmmaker. 🎬
Crimson Tide 🎉
There’s just something about a Tony Scott film. The way he directed a film and shot it was just. You knew it was a Tony Scott film same with his brother Ridley and it’s a shame Tony isn’t here to make anymore films. I would’ve loved to see him direct Maverick
Lovely tribute! What movie is that from 0:28 to 0:38?
Spy game
An auteur, instantly recognisable. RIP Tony.
HII, I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HERE A BEAUTY OF DEADLY CLASS. ❤
Request Do A
the beauty of
Mr in between..
Love your work
Amazing
Yes. Greatness🎉🎉🎉
Hombre en llamas todavía me pone los pelos de punta que vez que la veo,y aun me duele el final.
Muy bueno, aunque esperaba más escenas de Hombre en Llamas/Man on fire, es una genialidad.
Miss your work Tony, may you be resting in power…
Beauti-full !
Such an underrated director. Rip.
Please, please, please let me enjoy the beauty of the handmaid's tale
Great director. Left this bloody world too soon((
True romance is one of the best movies. and almlst No one knows about it. I always share it with People
Tony Scott is so underrated
The beauty of La soupe aux choux ❤😂🇲🇫
3:29 what movie is this ?
Revenge !
super
Tony scott is the one who can made beverly hills cop into his own movie and made wesley snipes, deniro in the fan and redford, pitt in spy game collab
Unapologetically himself. Long live Tony Scott.
He left us too soon...RIP
well, what else can you say about a film director when you see images like this? he was a visual master, like his brother still is.