The scene in The Godfather where Michael goes to visit his Father at the hospital, and sees that no one is there protecting him, and even in a panicked state remains calm, moves his Father to safety and handles the entire situation on his own. When the would be assassins drive by and he just stands his ground keeping them at bay is super tense and anxiety inducing. Al Pacino was flawless in this role.
It used to refer to visual technique, whether it be the lenses used how the shots were set up (deep focus, close ups, camera angles), the use of color etc...basically visual. Think David Lean, Stanley Kubrick, fairly recently Terrence Malick
Many of the posts here have mentioned dialogue and action scenes that are great but not usually referred to as cinematic achievements.
It used to refer to visual technique, whether it be the lenses used how the shots were set up (deep focus, close ups, camera angles), the use of color etc...basically visual. Think David Lean, Stanley Kubrick, fairly recently Terrence Malick
Many of the posts here have mentioned dialogue and action scenes that are great but not usually referred to as cinematic achievements.
I thought cinematic was a machine used in the kitchens of Cinnabon.
The best scene is the baptism scene at the end of Godfather. Cutting between the ceremony and the hits. Nothing else is even close and the use of music in that scene is the best I've ever seen.