Could You Shoot The Deer Hunter on DV?
Could a moviemaker create similar emotional impact by putting a DV camera on his or her shoulder and shooting in available light?
By Bob Fisher
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/could_you_shoot_the_deer_hunter_on_dv_3205/
Twenty-five years after its release, Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter still holds up as cinematic masterpiece. But could today's moviemakers create similar emotional impact using DV? Top cinematographers weigh in on the issue while the film's original DP, Vilmos Zsigmond, reminisces.