Cinematography

‘The Truman Show’: Weir and Niccol’s Uplifting Yet Prophetically Disturbing Dystopian Satire

  By Sven Mikulec   Peter Weir's The Truman Show, the dystopian satire from 1998 written by Andrew Niccol, remains…

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Brian De Palma’s ‘Body Double’: A Hitchcockian Thriller Executed in Completely Original Style

In Body Double, his 1984 erotic thriller that the critics were much too quick to judge and discard, Brian De…

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Francis Ford Coppola and Brian De Palma: ‘The Conversation’ Between Two Great Filmmakers

  By Sven Mikulec The most personal of all films in Francis Ford Coppola's repertoire was born between two big…

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‘Lost in Translation’: Sofia Coppola’s Poetic Exhibition of Love, Humor and Understanding

  By Sven Mikulec   In the opening years of the 21st century, Sofia Coppola wanted her second feature film…

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‘Paris, Texas’: Wim Wenders’ Film of Extraordinary Beauty and Irresistibility

  By Sven Mikulec   In 1984, one film confidently rode through Cannes, sweeping prizes from all three juries at…

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Michael Mann’s ‘Heat’: A Complex, Stylistically Supreme Candidate for One of the Most Impressive Films of the Nineties

  By Sven Mikulec Michael Mann's crime thriller Heat was a project whose development path started all the way back…

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‘Citizen Kane’: The Astonishing Debut of Hollywood’s Greatest Wunderkind

  By Sven Mikulec   It took a long time for Hollywood to convince Orson Welles to come to the…

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‘The Graduate’: Mike Nichols’ Sophomore Effort that Shook the United States

  By Sven Mikulec   “Turman, you son of a bitch, you got me into a movie that can't be…

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William Friedkin’s ‘Sorcerer’: Cautionary Tales Have Rarely Taken Such an Amazing Artistic Form

I'm very happy when films I've made are still recognized by whomever decades after they were made, but for most…

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