6 Underground
It becomes repetitive, nonsensical, and just loud after everyone gets an origin story and we're left with nothing to do but go boom.
David Watkin
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The Object Of Beauty (1991)
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Hamlet (1991)
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Photographed by
Roger Ebert -
Memphis Belle (1990)
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Photographed by
Roger Ebert -
Last Rites (1988)
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Photography by
Roger Ebert -
The Good Mother (1988)
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Photographed by
Roger Ebert -
Masquerade (1988)
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Photographed by
Roger Ebert -
Sky Bandits (1986)
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Photographed by
Roger Ebert -
White Nights (1985)
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Photographed by
Roger Ebert -
Yentl (1983)
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Photographed by
Roger Ebert -
A Delicate Balance (1973)
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Photographed by
Roger Ebert -
The Homecoming (1973)
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Photographed by
Roger Ebert
* This filmography is not intended to be a comprehensive list of this artist’s work. Instead it reflects the films this person has been involved with that have been reviewed on this site.
#64 May 25, 2011
Marie writes: There's a glorified duck pond at the center of the complex where I live. And since moving in, my apartment has been an object of enduring fascination for Canadian geese - who arrive each Spring like a squadron of jet fighters returning from a mission in France, to run a sweeping aerial recon my little garden aka: playhouse for birds... (click to enlarge)
Avatar and Oscar again raise thequestion: What is cinematography? (Part 1)
Imagine the headline: "Up" Wins Oscar for Best Cinematography. That's essentially what happened Sunday night, but the movie was "Avatar." "Up" won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. "Avatar" won for Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography. Realistically, "Up" and "Avatar" should have also have competed in a new category -- something like Best Computer-Assisted Animation. It's past time to acknowledge the difference between cinematography -- the photographic process that involves capturing light through a lens -- and animation or green screen work that involves compositing digital images in a computer. Both can be extraordinarily impressive. Let's just agree to call them by their right names.
The Unwritten Rules of Oscar
Shhhhhh. Don't tell a soul. Close Oscar-watchers (and Academy insiders) know that what you are about to read is true -- but few like to talk about these things. When it comes to picking Oscar winners, you can study the stats of Oscars past in search of patterns and clues, but there are certain influential paradigms that defy and transcend conventional statistical analysis.
