This chronicle of the art of cinematography features the insights of leading practitioners of the craft since the beginning of the medium.
It includes interviews with many modern-day directors of photography and cinematographers, who illustrate via examples their best work and the scenes from films that influenced them to pursue their art.
These subjects include Néstor Almendros, John Bailey, Conrad Hall, Michael Chapman, László Kovács.
Among the pioneers to whom they pay homage are Gregg Toland, Billy Bitzer, James Wong Howe and John Alton.
The practitioners also explain the origins behind many of their most indelible images in cinema history.
Cinematographer Interviews
Sandi Sissel
Ernest Dickerson
Michael Chapman
Allen Daviau
Caleb Deschanel
Conrad Hall
William A. Fraker
John Bailey
Néstor Almendros
Vilmos Zsigmond
Stephen H. Burum
Charles Lang
Sven Nykvist
László Kovács
James Wong Howe
Haskell Wexler
Vittorio Storaro
John A. Alonzo
Victor J. Kemper
Owen Roizman
Gordon Willis
Bill Butler
Michael Ballhaus
Frederick Elmes
Credits:
Directed by Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy, Stuart Samuels
Written by Todd McCarthy
Produced by Terry Lawler. Yoshiki Nishimura
Cinematography Nancy Schreiber
Edited by Arnold Glassman
Distributed by Kino International
Release date: 1992
Running time: 92 minutes
