Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro (1992)

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.

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Vittorio Storaro

Self

Bernardo Bertolucci

Self

Warren Beatty

Self

Francis Ford Coppola

Self

Ferdinando Scarfiotti

Self

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