The studios are never going to make $200 million a picture with those types of movies. It's not … - Vilmos Zsigmond

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Vilmos Zsigmond

The studios are never going to make $200 million a picture with those types of movies. It's not familiar to them, and it's not a model that can necessarily be sustained. Now, if they go back to making movies about people. . . well, I hope they do that.

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I'm always looking for directors who are very strong, they have great ideas, but on the other hand, that need help. It means they rely mostly on my eyes.

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Kubrick was one of those directors who actually did practically everything in his movies. He actually directed, photographed, wrote, lit, edited - everything. A few people can be like that.

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When we came to America, the movies here needed a "new wave. " European films looked totally different than American movies, which were these lush, glossy pictures with this elaborate production design.

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Mexican cinematographers Gabriel Figueroa and Emilio Fernandez were students of both Sergei Eisenstein and Toland. Their exteriors and lighting were gorgeous. And the films Ingmar Bergman did with Sven Nykvist were exceptional.

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