Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro

Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1992

Runtime

0h 42m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

60%

Original Title

Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro

Director

David M. Thompson

Description

Documentary about Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer of Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor, Reds, Il Confimista, 1900. Vittorio Storaro talks about his work, along with collaborators like Warren Beatty and Bernardo Bertolucci and peers like Nestor Almendros. On-set footage from Dick Tracy and The Sheltering Sky. Storaro explains his zany theories about light and colour, and gives a potted history of lighting in the cinema. Sublime.