Visions of Light

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Visions of Light
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Directed by	Arnold Glassman Todd McCarthy Stuart Samuels
Produced by	Terry Lawler Yoshiki Nishimuri
Written by	Todd McCarthy
Cinematography	Nancy Schreiber
Editing by	Arnold Glassman
Distributed by	Kino International Production Companies: AFI NHK
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Japan United States
Language	English
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Visions of Light (1992) is an American and Japanese documentary, directed by Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy, and Stuart Samuels. The film is also known as Visions of Light: the Art of Cinematography.^[1]

The film reveals the art of cinematography in films released since the conception of cinema at the turn of the 20th century.

Many filmmakers and cinematographers present their point-of-view and discuss why the art of cinematography is important within the craft of filmmaking.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cinematographer interviews 3 Filmography 4 Awards 5 See also 6 References 6.1 Notes 7 External links

[edit] Synopsis

The film is the equivalent of a walk through a cinema museum. The doc interviews many modern-day directors of photography and they illustrate via examples their best work and the scenes from films that influenced them to pursue their art.

Many known cinematographers are interviewed, including: Nestor Almendros, John Bailey, Conrad Hall, Michael Chapman, László Kovács, and others.

They discuss their craft and pay homage to the cinema pioneers like Gregg Toland, Billy Bitzer, and John Alton. The practitioners also explain the origins behind many of their most indelible images in cinema history.

[edit] Cinematographer interviews

Ernest Dickerson Michael Chapman Allen Daviau Caleb Deschanel Conrad Hall William A. Fraker John Bailey Néstor Almendros Vilmos Zsigmond Stephen H. Burum Charles Lang Sven Nykvist

László Kovács James Wong Howe Haskell Wexler Vittorio Storaro John A. Alonzo Victor J. Kemper Owen Roizman Gordon Willis Bill Butler Michael Ballhaus Frederick Elmes

[edit] Filmography

The filmmakers discuss the following films:

Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1895) Repas de bébé (1895) L'Arrivée d'un train à la Ciotat (1895) The Kiss (1896) Le Spectre rouge (1907) The Birth of a Nation (1915) Intolerance (1916) The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Way Down East (1920) Der Letzte Mann (1924) Ben-Hur (1925) Napoléon (1927) Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) The Crowd (1928) The Cameraman (1928) The Cocoanuts (1929) Applause (1929) The Locked Door (1929) Possessed (1931) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) Shanghai Express (1932) As You Desire Me (1932) What Price Hollywood? (1932) Red Dust (1932) Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Queen Christina (1933) Becky Sharp (1935) Peter Ibbetson (1935) Desire (1936) Camille (1936) Jezebel (1938) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Midnight (1939) The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) The Wizard of Oz (1939) Gone with the Wind (1939) The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Rebecca (1940) The Sea Hawk (1940) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Citizen Kane (1941) How Green Was My Valley (1941) The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) Mildred Pierce (1945) The Killers (1946) Out of the Past (1947) T-Men (1947)

The Naked City (1948) Oliver Twist (1948) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) Young Man with a Horn (1950) Sunset Boulevard (1950) The Big Combo (1955) The Night of the Hunter (1955) Picnic (1955) Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Touch of Evil (1958) Jules et Jim (1962) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) Hud (1963) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) The Professionals (1966) Cool Hand Luke (1967) In Cold Blood (1967) The Graduate (1967) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Rosemary's Baby (1968) Easy Rider (1969) Midnight Cowboy (1969) The Conformist (1970) McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) The French Connection (1971) The Godfather (1972) Fat City (1972) Chinatown (1974) The Godfather Part II (1974) The Day of the Locust (1975) Jaws (1975) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Taxi Driver (1976) Eraserhead (1977) Annie Hall (1977) Days of Heaven (1978) Apocalypse Now (1979) Raging Bull (1980) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Blade Runner (1982) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) Blue Velvet (1986) The Last Emperor (1987) Empire of the Sun (1987) The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) Do the Right Thing (1989) Goodfellas (1990)

[edit] Awards

Wins

• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: NYFCC Award; Best Documentary; 1993.
• Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: BSFC Award Best Documentary; 1993.
• National Society of Film Critics Awards: NSFC Award; Best Documentary; 1994.

Nominations

• American Cinema Editors: Eddie; Best Edited Documentary, Arnold Glassman; 1994.

[edit] See also

• Cinematographer Style

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Visions of Light at the Internet Movie Database
• Visions of Light at Allmovie
• Visions of Light at Box Office Mojo
• Visions of Light at Rotten Tomatoes

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