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


“It seamlessly evokes the period by paying homage to the great photography of the time.”

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Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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

Surface Matters

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

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Film: camera shots examples

Under the Skin - Explained

House of Flying Daggers - sound

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

Why Are Wong Kar-Wei Films so Dreamy?

Jonathan Glazer on Under the Skin

“Carol” Up Close

Carol Featurette - Story (2015) - Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler Drama HD

Expressionism

Superimposition in film

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Hartismere Family :: Policy Documents

WAR HORSE, Norwich Theatre Royal, Thursday 6th November 2025 Places available

Parents Evening :: Year 10

Parents Evening :: Year 12

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