Ni Yan in A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (2009)
Gansu Province, Western China
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Poll: Scenery Shots: the Desert
Movies or TV shows can often take advantage of the natural beauty of their settings to create great cinematography: this is what the TV Tropes site calls "scenery porn". It can be used in great films or shows, but even more mediocre fare can get a great boost with use of this. In this poll, we're looking at the stark beauty of desert landscapes. Which do you think showcases this the best?
Make Your Choice
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Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad (2008)
New Mexico -
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
West Texas -
Diane Kruger in The Bridge (2013)
West Texas and Chihuahua -
Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Set in the American West, but filmed in the deserts of Andalucia, Spain -
Hugh Jackman in Australia (2008)
Australia -
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Jordan -
Rodrigo De la Serna and Gael García Bernal in The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Chile -
Daniel Day-Lewis and Dillon Freasier in There Will Be Blood (2007)
West Texas -
The Mummy Returns (2001)
Egypt -
Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas in The English Patient (1996)
Tunisia -
Babel (2006)
Morocco -
Capricorn One (1977)
Imperial Valley, California -
Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Lennie Loftin, Alan Tudyk, and Dallas Roberts in 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Set in Arizona, but filmed in New Mexico -
With his downed plane looming ominously in the background, Towns (Dennis Quaid) searches for a missing passenger.
Set in Mongolia, filmed in Namibia -
Viggo Mortensen, Adam Alexi-Malle, and Peter Mensah in Hidalgo (2004)
Set in the Arabian Peninsula, filmed in Morocco or the US (?) -
Day of the Falcon (2011)
Set in Arabian Peninsula, filmed in Tunisia or Qatar (?) -
Jackie Chan and Jet Li in The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
Gobi Desert, China -
Reese Witherspoon, Sarel Bok, and Ethan Embry in A Far Off Place (1993)
Namibia -
Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
Namibia -
The Way Back (2010)
Set in Mongolia, filmed in Morocco -
Kelly Reno in The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
Morocco -
Mia Wasikowska and Adam Driver in Tracks (2013)
South Australia -
Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)
Australia -
Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury and Laura Monagan
Australia -
The Proposition (2005)
Queensland, Australia