Surface Matters
Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.
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Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”
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Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis
Cinematographer Edward Lachman on ‘Carol’ as a Stylistic Foil to ‘Far From Heaven’
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