All posts by Bob Fisher
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Two Legends Leave the Stage: a Personal Farewell to Haskell Wexler and Vilmos Zsigmond
In the past month, the movie industry and fans around the world lost two extraordinary talents. Cinematographers Haskell Wexler, ASC was 93 years old when...
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A Walk in the Woods: Veterans John Bailey and Carol Littleton on their Latest Partnership
A Walk in the Woods, the Ken Kwapis-directed feature that premieres today at the Sundance Film Festival, is an adaption of a memoir written by...
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Family Portrait: Ken Burns’ The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
PBS’ new documentary series, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, premieres on September 14, with the first of seven two-hour episodes set to air on consecutive evenings. The...
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Bringing A Perfect Man to the Screen: An Interview with Director Kees Van Oostrum
A Perfect Man, starring Liev Schreiber and Jeanne Tripplehorn, premieres in theaters today, November 1, 2013. IFC Films is distributing the independent feature film, directed...
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Cinematographer Jim Chressanthis Takes a Journey to a Dark Time in The Watsons Go to Birmingham
The Watsons Go to Birmingham, Kenny Leon’s TV movie airing tomorrow night on the Hallmark Channel, takes the audience on an emotional journey some 50...
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Decoding Annie Parker: Veteran DP Steven Bernstein Takes the Helm
Decoding Annie Parker marks the feature film directing debut of long-time indie cinematographer Steven Bernstein, ASC, who has over 40 cinematography credits, beginning with Conspiracy in 1989. Decoding...
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The Face of the Prophet: Vittorio Storaro Photographs The Life of Mohammad
Vittoria Storaro’s ambitious new project is a collaboration with Iranian director Majid Majidi (Children of Heaven, The Song of Sparrows) on the production of Mohammad....
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American Film Showcase: Harrison Engle reminesces South Korea
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs launched the American Film Showcase (AFS) in October, 2011, with the goal of introducing...
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New Generation of Cinematographers: Interview With Stephen Lighthill, ASC
Stephen Lighthill, ASC began his career as a freelance news film cinematographer for “60 Minutes” and the CBS-TV Charles Kuralt “On The Road” television series...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Richard Dreyfuss
American Graffiti, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Stand By Me, Mr. Holland’s Opus… even while reading like a what’s what of cinema, those titles are just a handful...
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Cold Piece of Work: Richard Linklater Braves Greenland Hurricanes for Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette opens with the answer to its titular question. In an impressively executed overhead shot, the camera gazes down onto placid Antarctic waters as...
Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: The Farewell Writer-Director Lulu Wang Shares Secrets to Turning Your Life Story into a Memoir Movie
The week before production started on The Farewell—my sophomore feature about a young woman (Billi, played by Awkwafina) and her family’s attempts to keep their grandmother’s cancer diagnosis hidden...