Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Gordon Willis, a cinematographer...

...who worked on The Godfather among other great films from the 1970s, died at age 82. From his obit in the Times:

The cinematographer Conrad Hall called Mr. Willis “the prince of darkness” for his daring use of minimalist light and embrace of shadows. It was fully on display in “The Godfather,” in the haunted look of Marlon Brando’s Don Corleone and in the gothic composition of Don Corleone’s study...

Willis also worked on The Godfather, Parts II and III, All the President's Men, Klute, and eight Woody Allen movies, including Annie Hall, Manhattan, The Purple Rose of Cairo and Zelig. Wow.   

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