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Cinematographer Edward Lachman on ‘Carol’ as a Stylistic Foil to ‘Far From Heaven’


“Carol” marks the Camerimage and critics-award-winning DP’s fourth collaboration with Todd Haynes.

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Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Behind Carol: the photographers who influenced Todd Haynes’ award-winning film

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

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Carol (2015) Behind the Scenes - Part 1/2

Superimposition in film

ED LACHMAN talks the cinematography of CAROL: Interview Exclusive

Pan's Labyrinth

Understanding Fallen Angels - To be a Lost Soul

Searching for Fallen Angels' Lost Lens

House of Flying Daggers – Ending Notes

How to write scene transitions

The Absent Gaze: Navigating Feminist Cinematography on Notebook

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, on Carol

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DofE Kit List

Summer 2026 Examinations

CABARET THE MUSICAL. Playhouse Theatre, London. Y9-13. Wednesday 15th April 2026

Parents Evening :: Year 11

The Wave - Wenger

The Wave revision activity

Parents Evening :: Year 13

The Wave summary

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Examinations GCE ZEN Film Studies Carol Aesthetics Hitchcock GCSE Evening Drama The Hollywood Reporter Theatre Fallen Angels Vertigo Revision BFI Calendar Year 12 House Of Flying Daggers Captain Fantastic Duke Of Edinburgh Oscars

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