Visions of Light
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention.
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Cast
Ernest R. Dickerson
Michael Chapman
Allen Daviau
Caleb Deschanel
Lisa Rinzler
Conrad Hall
William A. Fraker
John Bailey
Néstor Almendros
Charles Rosher Jr.
Vilmos Zsigmond
Stephen H. Burum
Harry L. Wolf
Charles Lang
Sven Nykvist
Robert Wise
László Kovács
James Wong Howe
Haskell Wexler
Vittorio Storaro
John A. Alonzo
Victor J. Kemper
Owen Roizman
Gordon Willis
Wilmer Butler
Michael Ballhaus
Frederick Elmes
Sandi Sissel
Todd McCarthy
