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Visions of Light

The Art of Cinematography

  • Movie
  • 1992
  • 1h 32m

Directed by Arnold Glassman, Stuart Samuels and Todd McCarthy

7.0

TMDB audience rating
7.0 out of 10 from 50 votes

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Overview

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 and crew

  • Ernest R. Dickerson

    Ernest R. DickersonSelf

  • Michael Chapman

    Michael ChapmanSelf

  • Allen Daviau

    Allen DaviauSelf

  • Caleb Deschanel

    Caleb DeschanelSelf

  • Lisa Rinzler

    Lisa RinzlerSelf

  • Conrad Hall

    Conrad HallSelf

  • William A. Fraker

    William A. FrakerSelf

  • John Bailey

    John BaileySelf

  • Néstor Almendros

    Néstor AlmendrosSelf

  • Charles Rosher Jr.Self

  • Vilmos Zsigmond

    Vilmos ZsigmondSelf

  • Stephen H. Burum

    Stephen H. BurumSelf

  • Harry L. WolfSelf

  • Charles Lang

    Charles LangSelf

  • Sven Nykvist

    Sven NykvistSelf

  • Robert Wise

    Robert WiseSelf

  • László Kovács

    László KovácsSelf

  • James Wong Howe

    James Wong HoweSelf (archive footage)

Director
Arnold Glassman, Stuart Samuels and Todd McCarthy
Writer
Todd McCarthy
Cinematography
Nancy Schreiber