Wednesday, July 04, 2018

Robby Müller 1940-2018

Robby Müller was the cinematographer on some of my favorite movies of the last 50 years. He had vascular dementia, a particularly cruel thing to strike someone who had spent his life putting beautiful things in the world, which caused his retirement in the mid-2000s, but he leaves behind an amazing body of work. Some recommendations below:

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (Wim Wenders)
Can: The Documentary (Peter Przygodda)
The Scarlet Letter (Wim Wenders)
Alice in the Cities (Wim Wenders)
Wrong Move (Wim Wenders)
Kings of the Road (Wim Wenders)
The American Friend (Wim Wenders)
Saint Jack (Peter Bogdanovich)
Repo Man (Alex Cox)
Paris, Texas (Wim Wenders)
To Live and Die in L.A. (William Friedkin)
Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch)
Barfly (Barbet Schroeder)
The Believers (John Schlesinger) (a pretty ridiculous movie, but Müller makes it look great)
Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch)
Korczak (Andrzej Wajda)
Until the End of the World (Wim Wenders)
Mad Dog and Glory (John McNaughton)
When Pigs Fly (Sara Driver)
Dead Man (Jim Jarmusch)
Breaking the Waves (Lars Von Trier)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jim Jarmusch)
Dancer in the Dark (Lars Von Trier)
24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom)
Coffee and Cigarettes (Jim Jarmusch) (the segment with Steve Buscemi, Joie Lee, and Cinqué Lee)

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