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Todd McCarthy (writer)
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24 February 1993 (USA)
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Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography)...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ernest R. Dickerson | ... | Himself (as Ernest Dickerson) | |
| Michael Chapman | ... | Himself | |
| Allen Daviau | ... | Himself | |
| Caleb Deschanel | ... | Himself | |
| Lisa Rinzler | ... | Herself | |
| Conrad L. Hall | ... | Himself (as Conrad Hall) | |
| William A. Fraker | ... | Himself | |
| John Bailey | ... | Himself | |
| Néstor Almendros | ... | Himself (as Nestor Almendros) | |
| Charles Rosher Jr. | ... | Himself (as Charles D. Rosher) | |
| Vilmos Zsigmond | ... | Himself | |
| Stephen H. Burum | ... | Himself | |
| Harry L. Wolf | ... | Himself (as Harry Wolf) | |
| Charles Lang | ... | Himself (as Charles B. Lang) | |
| Sven Nykvist | ... | Himself |
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Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography
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UK:92 min
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Most of the interviews with Cinematographers were shot using early HDTV production equipment, in order to introduce HDTV to Hollywood Cinematographers. NHK-Japan provided the equipment, hoping that American Cinematographers would start using the new technology.
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Features Blade Runner (1982)
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Documentary on the art of cinematography, with a handful of revered directors of photography reflecting on their heroes and mentors, on films which inspired them and (selected) projects they've worked on. Despite a lot of smart talk and amusing anecdotes, this project is colorful and entertaining without being especially enlightening (for instance, only Gordon Willis cites a regret--a sequence from "The Godfather Part II"). Some incredible (and Oscar-winning) DP's like Geoffrey Unsworth, Harry Stradling and Peter Bizou are not even invited to the fore, which is disappointing, and the film clips are certainly on the lean side (hardly anything from the 1950s), but what is here is enjoyable, if not intriguing. Financed by the American Film Institute for PBS and Japanese equivalent NHK. **1/2 from ****