![]() ![]() ![]() But in its assured simplicity and affecting achievability, it’s the most refreshing kind of reminder that anyone can find exciting visual forms and shoot a gorgeous, inventive film if they’re thoughtful about their story and willing to embrace creative limitations. In narrative context it delivers a heavyweight moment. It’s the shot I’ve thought about most this year (and not just because it’s clever). Just after a photo is taken, the camera cuts to a long, still take of the polaroid image slowly apparating. ![]() It’s been seven months since I unassumingly saw Aftersun at an unspeakable morning hour in the Director’s Fortnight sidebar at Cannes, and I haven’t stopped thinking about that polaroid shot. From talented newcomers to seasoned professionals, we’ve rounded up the examples that have most impressed us this year. As we continue our year-end coverage, one aspect we must highlight is, indeed, cinematography. “A cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist–moving an audience through a movie making them think the way you want them to think, painting pictures in the dark,” said the late, great Gordon Willis. ![]()
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