Using film was so much easier than the digital technology of today. But digital is still at the beginning of what it… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
These days that wouldn't happen - waiting for the light to be exactly right. Because it takes time and time is money.… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
There is a difference between creating something and just capturing something. And when we were using film, it was not that fast,… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
You used to feed a piece of celluloid into an editor. [Digital] is not expensive and that is an advantage, but I… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
I look at a picture like Scarecrow and think, 'Jesus, how could they have let us make that?' I mean, if you used technology… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I hope that film is going to stay as an artform and that people won't forget that there are good movies also to be… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I like to say that lighting is about taking the light away. I often like to use the shadows more than the light. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I am actually retired - yes, I am retired. But I like to work. So I'm retired until someone calls me up to work. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I'm always looking in the lighting to tell the story in a different way than it actually looks in real life because it's, for… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
With television, it's difficult to do some things. You have to shoot so many minutes a day, so you always have to be prepared… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I think that the audience should not be able to tell if it is real or not real - it should be an enhanced… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I'm always looking for directors who are very strong, they have great ideas, but on the other hand, that need help. It means they… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
Each story has a different approach for me and I try to work with lighting that will tell you visually the story better than… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
It's all about special effects and explosions now. It leaves me just cold when I walk out of the theater. There's no heart; there's… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I encourage film students who are interested in cinematography to study sculpture, paintings, music, writing and other arts. Filmmaking consists of all the arts… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
In a period piece, particularly a fantasy, the lighting is your own choice, the lenses are your own choice. It's really a great thing… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
European films had art. And it was easy to make a European film. They didn't come from the studio system, they weren't shot in… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I should mention Vittorio Storaro, who was Bernardo Bertolucci's cinematographer. You watch those films and they are exceptional. — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
I don't think there is any advantage to digital unless it's in a case like Slumdog Millionaire, where you have to get a shot… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share
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