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Congratulations, Thor, my good friend!
What a marvelous opportunity.
Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
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Sep 10, 2013 - 11:47 AM
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dogplant
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Bravo, Thor. Interesting that you got to chat with him about Spielberg and Kaminski, and I agree with him about "Lincoln."
I once got to chat briefly with Kaminski during a press junket tour of the set on "The Terminal" where a mutual friend introduced me to Kaminski during lunch. It was very cool, because it was informal, and I got to geek out with him about a couple of shots I had admired on "Minority Report". Remind me to tell you about that some day, if I am ever in Norway or if you are visiting Stateside again.
I think one of my favorite shots that Zsigmond did for Spielberg was in "Sugarland" where the State Troopers are hiding out in their souped-up car near a burger joint at nighttime, a really menacing shot. Spielberg had the camera low and wide, looking up at the front of the car, and the troopers were back-lit inside, with a big streetlamp behind them that illuminated their car's exhaust plume like it was a dragon venting steam, crouched before a kill. I also loved the way they used the little green lights on Maxwell Slide's police car walkie talkie to illuminate Lou Jean's face as they're driving at night and she's chatting with Tanner, it's kind of eerie and poetic, and an effective storytelling device.
There are too many great shots to choose from in "CE3K" -- I guess Truffaut smiling at Puck in that furnace of light at the end, or Neary's truck at the railroad crossing, or little Barry opening the door. Just from a cinematic storytelling point of view, I always love the shot that peers out at Neary's neighbourhood, panning across the lawns and people washing their cars, then Neary snaps shut the curtains and the camera pulls back to see him all filthy and bedraggled, completely lost to the world, as he puts the final details on the giant mud mountain in his living room. Great stuff.
I'd love it if Zsigmond would write a book some day, like Nestor Almendros did about his own career.
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Another great piece, Thor. Zsigmond has always been one of my favorite cinematographers since the Altman films.
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He even directed a movie, The Long Shadow from 1992 starring Liv Ullmann! And he starred in Maverick.
Would also liked to know about his more "commercial" Hollywood work like Real Genius, Sliver, Intersection, The Crossing Guard and Assassins.
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He starred in it too, according to imdb. He played "Albert Bierstadt".
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