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"1917" Director Sam Mendes & Cinematographer Roger Deakins

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The Importance of Natural Light in Filmmaking

I think so much of it is a guy instinct. I mean, remember when we first worked together on Jarrhead, you know, Sam said it was all handheld, apart from a few shots at the end. And sometimes we would be going through it and I would say, well, why don't we camera and Sam would go, no, no, we can't do that. That's not right. Or Sam would say, why don’t we crane down off this berm or see them in a wide shot? And I went, no,no, I can't doThat. It was really good, you know; because you can, you know,. I

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