Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on January 15, 2003 at 14:29:38

In Reply to: My second date with Andrei posted by Victor Khomenko on January 15, 2003 at 07:04:53:

When dealing with a film like Rublev it is natural to concentrate on the director as its creator. However, again, when dealing with a film like that, where every shot is a beautiful picture, we also should mention its cinematographer... the man who controls the camera.

Cinematographers are usually invisible to audience... in most cases we don't know their names.

Few famous ones come to mind, with perhaps Sven Nykvist leading the pack, as the lifetime long partner of Ingmar Bergman.

The role of the cinematographer in film like Rublev can't be appreciated too much. And here Vadim Yuson truly shines, reaching the hight where only the select few have ever flown.

His list of achievements is impressive. He shot Tarkovsky's first film - Steamroller and the Violin, and what a visual treat that one was!

From there he did Ivan's Childhood, and - of course - the Solaris. The Russian audience also knows his "I Step Through Moscow" and "Don't Grieve" - both interesting films.