Endaweni Umbukiso wokuqala, Ngilutholile uhlu lwamafilimu ayishumi ahamba phambili kuwo wonke umlando, akhethwe yijaji elikhethiwe laseNyakatho Melika. Futhi kufanele ngithi kuhle impela. Okulandelayo, inothi.
«Ngo-1997, i-American Film Institute yayimemezele ukuthi, ngokombono wayo, kwakungamabhayisikobho ayi-100 ahamba phambili emlandweni we-American cinematography. Eminyakeni eyi-10 kamuva, isikhungo esifanayo sanquma ukubuyekeza uhlu futhi izinto zashintsha kakhulu.
Okokuqala kwahlala Isakhamuzi Kane ka-Orson Welles omkhulu owakhishwa ngo-1941 okwamangaza ukuthi akazange awine i-Oscar ngesithombe esihle kulowo nyaka.
Esikhundleni sesibili itholakale UNkulunkulukazi (1972), nguFrancis Ford Coppola, owaphakamisa inothi ohlwini luka-1997 futhi wazuza umklomelo wesithombe ohamba phambili kuma-Oscars. UMarlon Brando no-Al Pacino babengabaphikisi bale ndaba mayelana namafia.
Endaweni yesithathu bese kuba yinganekwane Casablanca, ophumelele no-Oscar ngo-1942, eqondiswa nguMichael Curtiz no-Humphrey Bogart no-Ingrid Bergman.
Ukusuka esikhundleni sama-24 kuya kwesine rose inkunzi yasendle (1980) nguMartin Scorsese ongazange anikeze i-Oscar kumqondisi wayo noma afinyelele ku-Oscar ngesithombe esihle kepha wanikeza lesi sithombe esiyigugu kumlingisi waso, owayengenacala uRobert De Niro.
Kwakusendaweni yeshumi futhi manje umculo ubonakala kweyesihlanu Ukucula ngaphansi kwemvula (1952), engazange iwine noma yimaphi ama-Oscars kepha yahlanganisa umlingisi wayo kanye nomqondisi ongumqondisi uGene Kelly.
Izindawo ezimbili kuya kwesithupha ziwa Ahambe Nomoya (1939) eqondiswe nguVictor Fleming futhi edlala indawo kaClark Gable noVivien Leigh. Le filimu iwine ama-Oscars ayisishiyagalombili kufaka phakathi eyodwa yezithombe ezihamba phambili.
Kuphinde kwawa izikhala ezimbili ULawrence wase-Arabia (1962), nayo eyashanela ama-Oscars futhi yaba no-Peter O`Toole omuhle phambili wabalingisi, ephelezelwa ngu-Alec Guinness, Omar Sharif no-Anthony Quinn.
Okuthunyelwe kulayishwe idrama ekhuluma ngokuqothulwa kwamaJuda Uhlu lukaShindler (1993) nguSteven Spilberg, ophumelele no-Oscar futhi odlala phambili kuLiam Neeson, uBen Kingsley noRalph Fiennes.
UVertigo (1958) ngu-Alfred Hitchcock wasuka esikhundleni 61 kuya kwesishiyagalolunye kwaba inzuzo ephezulu kakhulu.
Ekugcineni, endaweni yeshumi ngu Isilekeleli se-Oz (1939) eqondiswe nguVictor Fleming futhi edlala indawo kaJudy Garland. "