CLOSER (2004)-Directed by Mike Nichols with Julia Roberts, Jude Law,Natalie Portman,Clive Owen.

Dan (Jude Law) is a writer in London who wants to finish a novel, but in the meantime supports himself by writing obituaries. One day he chances upon Alice (Natalie Portman), a beautiful young American expatriate, working as a stripper, when he sees her get hit by a car. Alice immediately falls for Dan, and gives him her love without reservation. Dan is initially enchanted with Alice, and returns her affection, but while she inspires him to write his novel (based on her life), her neediness begins to wear on him. Anna (Julia Roberts) is a photographer who is hired to take a portrait of Dan for the dust jacket of his book; Dan is attracted to her easy confidence, and while the two of them flirt, Anna soon (inadvertently through Dan’s playful machinations) meets Larry (Clive Owen), a dermatologist, and marries him. Dan can’t get Anna out of his mind even though she’s married, and the two become lovers, but Dan is frustrated by the fact that Anna is reluctant to leave Larry for him.But it doesn’t really end well for either.

HARD CANDY (2005)- Directed by David Slade with Patrick Wilson and Ellen Page.

A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him. A fascinating story, intriguing dialoques, exciting scenes and a surprising ending.

BLOW UP (1966)- Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni with David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave and Jane Birkin. The film won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1967.

In London, the 1960s: Thomas, a fashion photographer, after a photo essay on the homeless, spent a morning in a park and attracted by the light takes pictures. The place is almost deserted, except for a couple kissing, Thomas photography further. The woman, Jane, finally realizes his presence, and very disturbed, calling him the negatives, but Thomas absconding. Jane finds it in the afternoon, and will offer up to him: Thomas gives a film, but that is not good. He developed the photographs of the park, and directed by successive enlargements (blow-up means “expansion” in English) that he actually witnessed a murder. He goes at night to the scene and discovered the corpse as he showed his photographs. Returning home, he found his empty studio: all their photos and negatives were stolen. Distraught, he seeks advice from his publisher and friend, but in vain. At daybreak, he returned to the park, only to discover that the body has also disappeared.

The film caused a scandal at its release in Britain: it was the first time we appeared in a British film completely naked female body (in this case, that of Jane Birkin). Five minutes were also cut by the Argentine dictatorship of the Revolution.The musical group The Yardbirds (including Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck) made an appearance in a scene at the end of the film.As a tribute to Blow Up realized that Brian De Palma Blow Out in 1981: John Travolta sang a sound engineer who recorded the scene of a car accident that will prove to be a murder …Thomas’s character was inspired by Antonioni’s photographer David Bailey.

ONE HOUR PHOTO (2002) – Directed by Mark Romanek with Robin Williams.

An employee of a one-hour photo lab becomes obsessed with a young suburban family.

Sy (Robin Williams) is used in a development lab photos from a mall. He used to scroll through photos of clients and families. His work is meticulous, blameless. The privacy of our customers spread in broad daylight on his viewer. One of them interested in the point of obsession: that of Yorkin. Young parents, uneventful, an adorable child, a beautiful home. Sy is for himself duplicates of each of the arrivals. The ambiguous end leaves the viewer imagine the rest. Thus, the end can be good as it can be very hard.

REAR WINDOW (1954) – Directed by Alfred Hitchcock with James Stewart and Grace Kelly.

A photographer, played by James Stewart, breaks his leg and is bound to his wheelchair. He spends a lot of time looking out of his window, spying his neighbours in the opposite block of apartments. He becomes convinced one of them has committed murder. This is really one of the true Hitchcock classics. Original story and plot, good acting, fine lighting.