Cinematography

Rating: 10/10 (28 March 2004)

Hats off to Steven Poster in the cinematography dept. :)
By the way, I pretty much understand the movie.. the warped temporary alternate universe, read up on the time travel theory, possible end of the world, manipulated dead, etc etc etc. So now that aside and moving on to commenting on finer points....
Great camera work. Some VERY long complicated shots, sometimes involving a character getting back into the shot again (the bully, any others?)
One of the more crowning moments beginning when Donnie and friends jump off the bus, go into the school up until the principal exits the double doors (bright blinding white ending the shot). There is like one long shot after that from Cherita at the mascot but it doesn't beat the first one.
Had they been able to go from the bus to the classroom door fade... that would have been spectacular. All in all I put it ahead of the long shot in Goodfellas where Ray Liotta brings his date in the back door of the restaurant/club.

I just wonder how many takes that took? Just one of the aspects that make this one of my favorite films of the millennia (OK that's only 4 years)
Unless those were edited to *appear* to be all one shot. I am doubting they were edited or they would have joined the entire scene from jumping out of the bus until the translucent fade into the classroom door.
Anyone else have any nods to any particular cinematography work?