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A film about film, CINEMATOGRAPHER STYLE pays homage to the artists who transform ideas into images. It sets out to answer the essential questions: What is a cinematographer? What makes style? Is it inspiration, innovation, experience?
With 110 masterfully edited interviews of celebrated cinematographers from around the world, CINEMATOGRAPHER STYLE creates a collective narrative about the process and progress of filmmaking. The distinguished group of artists including Vittorio Storaro, ASC, AIC (Apocalypse Now), Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (No Country for Old Men), and Gordon Willis ASC (The Godfather) discuss their various backgrounds, their dreams and struggles, and, most importantly, the passion they have for their craft. Venturing further into the psyche of each cinematographer, this documentary traces how style and technique evolve, culminating in the new technological possibilities and pitfalls of the future. In the end, these diverse artists are united by one thing: a love of the moving image.
A visually striking and beautifully lit film, CINEMATOGRAPHER STYLE celebrates the passion, dedication, and art of the men and women who make movies look the way they do.
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Cast
Dean Semler
Australia
Haskell Wexler
USA
Best movies:
Battle in Seattle (2007)
Medium Cool (1969)
Vilmos Zsigmond
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Peter Deming
Lebanon
Stephen Goldblatt
South Africa
John Toll
USA
Jack N. Green
USA
Gabriel Beristain
Mexico
Best movies:
Incident at Loch Ness (2004)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Victor J. Kemper
USA
Michael Ballhaus
German Empire
Best movies:
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Julio Macat
Argentina
Best movies:
The Wedding Planner (2001)
Ueli Steiger
Switzerland
László Kovács
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
West Germany
Robert McLachlan
USA