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Flashback: Chinatown
Described by its director as a “traditional detective story with a new, modern shape,” this 1930s thriller garnered 11 Academy Award nominations.
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Flashback: Sleepy Hollow
Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC teams with director Tim Burton on a sumptuous adaptation of Washington Irving’s famous folktale.
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Flashback: All the President’s Men
This article from the AC archives — written by Gordon Willis, ASC — details photographing the classic 1976 political thriller.
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Wrap Shot: Despair
Shooting the 1978 period drama with cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, ASC, BVK and director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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Beyond The Frame: Sunset Boulevard
As much a black comedy as it is film noir, this Hollywood-set tale benefits greatly from stylish lighting by John F. Seitz, ASC.
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Flashback: The Haunting (1963)
Creepy, classy and impeccably cinematic, the original screen version of The Haunting can still raise gooseflesh.
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Beyond The Frame: Swingers
Said director-cinematographer Doug Liman about shooting with the Aaton 35-III, "When you have a camera this small, you don't have to tailor your shoot around the needs of the camera.”
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Beyond The Frame: The Wizard of Oz
The Technicolor process added a vivid visual magic to this classic fantasy tale.
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