"Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language."
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"You are always a student, never a master. You have to keep moving forward."
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"With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with light and exposure, diffusion and filters. That's what makes it an art."
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"It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery."
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"Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten."
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"I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script."
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"There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job."
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"Every once in a while, when the audience is expecting to see one thing, you have to show them something else."
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"Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems."
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"It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema."
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"But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer."
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"Contrast is what makes photography interesting."
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"In aptitude tests, I scored highest in music."
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"I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker."
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"Manipulating shadows and tonality is like writing music or a poem."
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"Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of this industry."
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"To me, the camera is like a musical instrument. You use it to control the flow, shape, size and colors of images."
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"The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are."
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"The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move."
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"I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film."
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