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readache

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:16 pm
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in no particular order...

vittorio storaro
greg toland
sven nykvist
januz kaminski
nestor alemandros
vilmos zigfiend
todd ao

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:34 pm
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My 10:

John Alton
James Wong Howe
Sven Nykvist
Greg Toland
Nicholas Musuraca
Nestor Almendros
Vilmos Zsigmond
John Alonzo
Takao Saito
Burnett Guffey

(So far, when I've watched world cinema/foreign films [non-English]/
Criterion Collection stuff I've been paying attention to all of it,
and I've seen some incredible cinematography but have not noted who
the artists were. The above ten were off the top of my head, but are
all artists whose work I have paid very close attention to. Sometimes
I even turn off the sound, the better to see the lighting, the
camerawork, etc.)

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Marv Soloff

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:24 am
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readache wrote:
> in no particular order...
>
> vittorio storaro
> greg toland
> sven nykvist
> januz kaminski
> nestor alemandros
> vilmos zigfiend
> todd ao
>

Of the approximately 18 films shot by Todd AO, which do you think is the
best?

Marv
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Howard Brazee

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:03 am
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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:24:40 GMT, Marv Soloff <msoloff.TakeThisOut@verizon.net>
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>Of the approximately 18 films shot by Todd AO, which do you think is the
>best?

The best film as seen on TV or with regular projectors - or the best
illustration on how much Todd AO makes a movie better?

I've only seen one "properly" as an adult.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:11 am
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On Oct 22, 6:16 pm, readache <cerebureaucr....DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
> in no particular order...
>
> vittorio storaro
> greg toland
> sven nykvist
> januz kaminski
> nestor alemandros
> vilmos zigfiend
> todd ao

James Wong Howe (THE THIN MAN, CITY FOR CONQUEST, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY,
HUD, SECONDS)
Lee Garmes (SHANGHAI EXPRESS, SCARFACE)
Greg Toland (CITIZEN KANE)
Lucien Ballard (THE WILD BUNCH)
Vilmos Zsigmond (lots of '70s movies, many for Altman, including THE
LONG GOODBYE)
Laszlo Kovacs (late 60s/70s counterculture pictures, plus POCKET
MONEY)
John Alton (lots of film noir, e.g. T-MEN, RAW DEAL, HE WALKED BY
NIGHT)
Charles Lawton Jr. (lots of '50s westerns including THE TALL T and the
original 3:10 TO YUMA)
Leon Shamroy (tons of Fox movies, including PLANET OF THE APES)
Arthur Edeson (FRANKENSTEIN, CASABLANCA)
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Jim Beaver

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:34 am
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"rmjon23" <rmjon23 RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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> My 10:
>
> John Alton
> James Wong Howe
> Sven Nykvist
> Greg Toland
> Nicholas Musuraca
> Nestor Almendros
> Vilmos Zsigmond
> John Alonzo
> Takao Saito
> Burnett Guffey

Good list, though I'm hard pressed to let it slide without a nod toward Bert
Glennon, William Clothier, and Lucien Ballard. Winton Hoch was no slouch,
either. Bert Glennon's kid, Jim Glennon, was damned good, too.

Jim Beaver
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Marv Soloff

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:55 pm
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Howard Brazee wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:24:40 GMT, Marv Soloff <msoloff RemoveThis @verizon.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Of the approximately 18 films shot by Todd AO, which do you think is the
>>best?
>
>
> The best film as seen on TV or with regular projectors - or the best
> illustration on how much Todd AO makes a movie better?
>
> I've only seen one "properly" as an adult.

Er, not to put too fine an edge on the question, but Todd AO is a PROCESS
not a cinematographer.

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