“There are a lot of directors out there that don't like to deal with actors, I think. Many of them have said something like, in the future they will actually manipulate the actors on their computers. But don't believe all this.” ThinkingBelieveSaidActorsDealsDirectorsComputerDon't BelieveManipulate Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I think that film is still an artform and it doesn't really matter if you're using a digital camera or a film camera.” IfsThinkingStillsMatterFilmCamerasDigitalDigital Cameras Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“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
“What I would suggest to the young people is to not forget this and don't try to get assimilated into today's Hollywood style of movies because I don't think it's going to last long.” PeopleThinkingTryingLongTodayLastsYoungForgetStyleHollywood 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
“If you use hand-held techniques just to make the film stylish I think it's wrong.” IfsThinkingUseHandsFilmTechniqueStylish Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I think that the audience should not be able to tell if it is real or not real - it should be an enhanced version of reality, or an artistic view of reality, that captures not only what is physically there, but what is not visible - the mood.” IfsThinkingShouldRealRealityAbleViewsAudienceMoodVersionsArtisticVisibleCapture Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I don't think there is any advantage to digital unless it's in a case like Slumdog Millionaire, where you have to get a shot and a big bulky film camera is out of the question.” ThinkingBigsFilmCasesShotsAdvantageCamerasDigitalMillionaireSlumdog Millionaire Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“If you need to strap a camera to you or get in a small space, then it makes sense to use digital.I do think it is possible to use a digital camera artistically, but it can only be good if you are using film technique. Film has grain, and digital has pixels, and there is not that much of a difference, but digital does not replace the need to create a scene and light it properly and spend time considering the shot.” IfsThinkingNeedsDoeUseLightFilmDifferencesSpaceSceneShotsCamerasBe GoodTechniqueMake SenseDigitalGrainConsideringEnd TimesSpend TimeSmall SpacesDigital CamerasPixels Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“When I was in Hungary in December I was looking at student films and I could not tell which ones were shot on film and which ones were shot digitally. I think that is because the filmmakers in Europe go to four years of film school and learn the techniques.” ThinkingYearsSchoolFilmFourStudentsShotsEuropeTechniqueFilmmakerFour YearsDecemberFilm SchoolHungary Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I think too many film students in America are losing the artistry and not learning lighting the right way.” ThinkingWayAmericaFilmStudentsLosingRight WayLightingArtistryFilm Students Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I love the Dutch impressionists - Vermeer, Rembrandt. What they were able to do with light was astonishing. As for photographers, I think mostly of the Hungarians: Robert Capa, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Jozsef Pesci. In fact, I have one of his photographs hanging in my house.” ThinkingFactsLightAbleHousePhotographerPhotographAstonishingDutchHungariansImpressionistsVermeer Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I love Woody Allen. He's very clever, always thinking, and he's great with actors. He lets actors do what they want to do and occasionally he'll give them a specific kind of direction.” ThinkingWantGivingKindActorsCleverWoodyAlways ThinkingVery Clever Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“Hayden [Sterling] told me that he was thrilled about the way he moved around the set, that wherever he would go, there would be lighting. He didn't think about his marks because they were set in the only places he could move.” ThinkingWayWould BeMovingMarkMovedLightingSterling Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I think film is about images. Cinema needs good images. I think that if you don’t have good images, it’s not going to be a good film. I think all films should be really visual.” IfsThinkingNeedsShouldFilmCinemaVisualsGood Films Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
