Surface Matters
Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.
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The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending
Cinematographer Edward Lachman on ‘Carol’ as a Stylistic Foil to ‘Far From Heaven’
Behind Carol: the photographers who influenced Todd Haynes’ award-winning film
Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”
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House of Flying Daggers - mise-en-scene
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