The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move.

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It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.

It's important to know that if you are dealing with shadows.

There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language....

There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language....

Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of...

Billions of people have seen and been influenced by movies in the short history of...

It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a...

It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a...

With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You...

With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You...

You have to understand the nature of light.

You have to understand the nature of light.

I suppose I would still be a communicator, maybe a musician.

I suppose I would still be a communicator, maybe a musician.

Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80.

I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80.

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.

But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer.

The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are.

The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are.

There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.

There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.

I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the...

I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the...

Painting and writing are solitary arts.

Painting and writing are solitary arts.

I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be...

I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be...

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language.

I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.

I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.

That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally.

That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally.

Photography is a very important part of my life.

Photography is a very important part of my life.

I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.

I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.