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Cinematographer Style

Docurama // Unrated // September 23, 2008
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Review by Chris Neilson | posted October 6, 2008 | E-mail the Author
With 110 cinematographers presented in 86 minutes, Jon Fauer's Cinematographer Style is more a virtuosic demonstration of the craft of film editing than it is an examination of cinematography. Aside from the masterfully-shot interviews themselves, there's no examples of cinematography presented whatsoever. With so many taking heads in so little time, the observations typically sound inconsequential, shallow, or artificially constructed through the editing process. Cinephiles particularly interested in the editing and lensing of talking head documentaries will enjoy the skill evidenced by Fauer, film editor Mathew Blute, and cinematographers Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller and David Morgan, but those looking for examples of breathtaking cinematography like those found in Visions of Light or even merely a less staccato consideration of the craft will be disappointed.

Cinematographer Style looks nearly as good its subject matter deserves. Shot on 35mm film, the 1.85:1 image is enhanced for widescreen. The image is richly colored and well detailed, and no doubt looked superb when it was theatrically project, but slight aliasing is evidenced in the digital transfer. The 2.0 DD audio is generally good with nice separation between the dialogue and score, though the lack of optional subtitles is disappointing because a few words here and there are difficult to decipher even when replayed.

Extras include hour-long interviews with Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now) and Gordon Willis (The Godfather) which further enhance the utility of this disc as a demonstration of editing by showing two of the 110 interviews in nearly raw form to contrast with the final product; a filmmaker's bio; and trailers for four other Docudrama releases.

Cinematographer Style is available individually or bundled with 11 other documentary releases in the Docurama Film Festival, Volume 5 box set (MSRP $279.95).

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