therealfuster Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 cinematographers, where would films be? Being that it is a visual medium, how many films owe their fame and prestige to the men or women who put the images on film. There are so many great cinematographers, that I'd like to mention a few of my favorites. With these people if I see their name mentioned in the credits of any other film, I will usually watch it just to see their handiwork. A few favorites with a particularly special film they worked on, in no special order, are: Jack Cardiff for "Black Narcissus", Gabriel Figeroa for Bunuel's "Los Olvidados" and others, Leonce-Henri Burel for Gance's "Napoleon", Boris Kauffman for "Baby Doll", John Alton for "He Walked By Night" or "The Spiritualist", Sven Nykist for Bergman's "Persona", James Wong Howe for "Hud", Billy Bitzer for "Way Down East" [check out those frozen eyelashes on Lillian Gish as she crosses the icy river!], Greg Toland for "Mad Love" or "Citizen Kane", Karl Freund for "Dracula", Henri Alekan for Cocteau's "Beauty and the Beast" or "Topkapi", Nicholas Musaraca for "The Magnificent Ambersons" or "Cat People", Conrad Hall for "In Cold Blood", Sacha Vierny for "Last Year at Marienbad" or "Hiroshima, Mon Amour", and Haskell Wexler for contributions to one of my favorite obscure films, "Angel Baby" with Salome Jens. Do you have any cinematographers whose work you particularly cherish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenwal34 Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Jack N. Green[The Unforgiven} w Clint Eastwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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