Showing posts with label Don Peterman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Don Peterman. Show all posts

Monday, May 9, 2016

Fresh Eyes, Old Genres: Best Cinematography, 1983

Ah, Cinematography - painting with light, they say. And certainly the artists nominated in 1983 found new ways to paint with tried-and-true subjects.

Sven Nykvist makes a dream out of the domestic drama. Don Peterman brings heat and sex to the dance-ical/musical. Caleb Deschanel gives the American epic an almost sacred feel. William A. Fraker's teen adventure is haunted by the glow of technology. And Gordon Willis, on his first nomination (you think the DP of The Godfather would have more under his belt), brings verisimilitude to the mockumentary.


Nykvist won his second Oscar here - let's talk about that and more, after the jump.