“I think all cinematographers, at least most of them, would love to do everything on location because you cannot cheat on location. It's there, it's part of the story usually. You have to deal with the elements. You have the sunshine, you have rain, you have fog - it really makes you work harder to try to match things during the day to make it look like it was shot within five minutes, movie time.” ThinkingTryingLooksStoriesDealsFiveMinutesHard WorkElementsShotsRainHarderSunshineCheatLocationFogFive MinutesWork HarderCinematographers Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I'm always looking in the lighting to tell the story in a different way than it actually looks in real life because it's, for me, more contrast sometimes has to mean it's softer than normal.” WayLooksMeanDifferentRealSometimesStoriesNormalReal LifeDifferent WaysContrastLighting Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I look at a picture like Scarecrow and think, 'Jesus, how could they have let us make that?' I mean, if you used technology that old nowadays, it would look like old Hollywood.” IfsThinkingLooksMeanUsedJesusTechnologyHollywoodScarecrowOld Hollywood Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“When I first came to America there still was Look Magazine and LIFE Magazine, and the photography in those magazines was amazing to look at. They had the best portraits, and their news photography.” FirstsLooksStillsAmericaPhotographyNewsMagazinesPortraits Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“In fact, I probably learned more about photography from studying black-and-white photography in those magazines [Look Magazine and LIFE Magazine] than I did from watching movies here. That's the truth.” LooksFactsBlackWhiteStudyPhotographyMagazinesBlack And WhiteBlack And White Photography Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“There are many, many different kinds of movies and directors and styles. I don't mind that a movie looks like a movie.” MindLooksKindDifferentStyleDirectorsDifferent Kinds Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
