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Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

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The life of director of photography Vilmos Zsigmond, from the streets of Budapest to Hollywood. Numerous artists, including John Travolta and Nancy Allen, and renowned cinematographers intervened, questioned him to draw the portrait of the artist.

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Owen Gleiberman Variety 05/19/2016
Once the movie begins to travel through Zsigmond's career, film by film, it's still a treat to experience the dazzle of what he accomplished. Go to Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 06/06/2016
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[CANNES 2016] This film will make you want to go back and watch movies such as "Deliverance," "The Crossing Guard," The Witches of Eastwick" and "Heaven's Gate" for Zsigmond's lush camera work. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Simon T Nov 23 Anyone passionate about cinema, particularly the great movies of the seventies - Scarecrow, Close Encounters, Deer Hunter, etc - will delight in this short overview of the cinematographer Vilmos Szigmond. Plenty of clips (with their soundtracks removed, presumably to showcase the photography) and several insights from other great DoPs like Haskell Wexler, Vittorio Storaro etc. The slight problem is Szigmond's English is not the greatest, but this is a valuable addition to cinema documentaries. See more Read all reviews
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Pierre Filmon

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John Travolta

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Isabelle Huppert

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Nancy Allen

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Peter Fonda

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Richard Donner

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Synopsis The life of director of photography Vilmos Zsigmond, from the streets of Budapest to Hollywood. Numerous artists, including John Travolta and Nancy Allen, and renowned cinematographers intervened, questioned him to draw the portrait of the artist.
Director
Pierre Filmon
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 6, 2020
Runtime
1h 25m
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