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The best way to know when there's good lighting is when you don't notice it.


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I like to say that lighting is about taking the light away. I often like to use the shadows more than the light.

I like to say that lighting is about taking the light away. I often like to use the shadows more than the light.



For me, movies should be visual. If you want dialogue, you should read a book.

For me, movies should be visual. If you want dialogue, you should read a book.



There is something missing in a lot of digital filmmaking, something I call "poetic reality." That's something you see played out in film noir, where the technique establishes the mood.

There is something missing in a lot of digital filmmaking, something I call "poetic reality." That's something you see played out in film noir, where the technique establishes the mood.



You can't just stick with what you know, you have to evolve.

You can't just stick with what you know, you have to evolve.



As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a great film, you need a good director and you need a good cinematographer.

As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a great film, you need a good director and you need a good cinematographer.



If you do not bother to take the time to compose and to light properly, then you end up with something almost less than reality. You end up without the soul, the heart, the art of the moment.

If you do not bother to take the time to compose and to light properly, then you end up with something almost less than reality. You end up without the soul, the heart, the art of the moment.



I'm always looking in the lighting to tell the story in a different way than it actually looks in real life because it's, for me, more contrast sometimes has to mean it's softer than normal.

I'm always looking in the lighting to tell the story in a different way than it actually looks in real life because it's, for me, more contrast sometimes has to mean it's softer than normal.



I hope that film is going to stay as an artform and that people won't forget that there are good movies also to be made.

I hope that film is going to stay as an artform and that people won't forget that there are good movies also to be made.



I think film is about images. Cinema needs good images. I think that if you don’t have good images, it’s not going to be a good film. I think all films should be really visual.

I think film is about images. Cinema needs good images. I think that if you don’t have good images, it’s not going to be a good film. I think all films should be really visual.



There is something more to "reality" than just the tangible. There is also mood, and you cannot skip that.

There is something more to "reality" than just the tangible. There is also mood, and you cannot skip that.





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This, this indeed is to be accursed, For if we mortals love, or if we sing, We count our joys not by what we have, But by what kept us from that perfect thing.



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We have the power to bend all men to our whim, but are forever pushing ourselves further, trying to fly higher… and falling.



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Grief is Newark. It's there. Can't avoid it. The idea is to hold your nose, hope the traffic's not too bad and get on to Manhattan as quickly as possible.



To live fully is to live with an awareness of the rumble of terror that underlies everything.

To live fully is to live with an awareness of the rumble of terror that underlies everything.



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