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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.
Keywords
cinematographer
filmmaking
film production
cinema history
art documentary
cinematography
Casts

Ernest R. Dickerson
Self

Michael Chapman
Self

Allen Daviau
Self

Caleb Deschanel
Self
Lisa Rinzler
Self

Conrad L. Hall
Self

William A. Fraker
Self

John Bailey
Self

Néstor Almendros
Self
Charles Rosher Jr.
Self

Vilmos Zsigmond
Self

Stephen H. Burum
Self
Harry L. Wolf
Self
Charles Lang
Self

Sven Nykvist
Self

Robert Wise
Self

László Kovács
Self

James Wong Howe
Self (archive footage)

Haskell Wexler
Self

Vittorio Storaro
Self
John A. Alonzo
Self

Victor J. Kemper
Self

Owen Roizman
Self

Gordon Willis
Self

Bill Butler
Self

Michael Ballhaus
Self

Frederick Elmes
Self
Sandi Sissel
Self

Todd McCarthy
Self (uncredited)
Crews
Arnold Glassman
Co-Producer
Terry Lawler
Executive Producer
Mariko Hirai
Associate Producer
Irene Ohno
Associate Producer
Arnold Glassman
Editor
Stuart Samuels
Executive Producer
Yoshiki Nishimura
Executive Producer
Deborah Rhein
Set Dresser
Stuart Samuels
Director
Arnold Glassman
Director

Todd McCarthy
Director

Todd McCarthy
Writer
Karen Grossman
Additional Photography

Nancy Schreiber
Director of Photography

Bill Pope
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