March 20, 2024
MEDIUM COOL (1969) – AFI Movie Club
Shot in a cinema verité style that captures the urgency of the counterculture of its times, MEDIUM COOL (1969) marked the feature film directorial debut for famed cinematographer Haskell Wexler – who also shot, wrote and produced the film. A legend whose collaborations included Charles Guggenheim, Mike Nichols, Norman Jewison, John Cassavetes, Francis Ford Coppola,...
January 7, 2016
Remembering Legendary Cinematographers Haskell Wexler and Vilmos Zsigmond
Two of cinema's greatest legends died recently: cinematographers Haskell Wexler (93) and Vilmos Zsigmond (85). Both Oscar®-winning iconoclasts of the medium, their worked spanned decades since the 1960s, lensing groundbreaking New Hollywood classics, many of which are featured on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies lists. A master of black-and-white and color, Wexler's filmography includes WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA...
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