That '70s Look
The throwback naturalism of cinematographer Harris Savides
by David Schwartz
posted Mar 26, 2010
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interview | Academy Foundation | Harris Savides | Noah Baumbach | Greenberg | New Hollywood | cinematographer | realism | James Gray | David Fincher | Gus Van Sant | music video | Gordon WillisTHE AUTHOR
David Schwartz is the Chief Curator at the Museum of the Moving Image. He is also a Visiting Assistant Professor in Cinema Studies at Purchase College.
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Lars von Trier's "Breaking the Waves" [1996] is also an excellent example of that '70s cinematic aesthetic. The cinematography of that film makes it looks like it was actually filmed in the '70s. Vincent Gallo's "The Brown Bunny" [2003] also acheives the '70s cinematic aesthetic of photographic naturalism.
Justin Baker posted 08.04.10