Thanks Tony.
As I remember, through a 25 year memory filter, by the time we were half way through the picture there were so many stages filled with all kinds of sets, models, blue screen and gags that between Peter Hyams and myself we could hardly service the show. An example was the bar scene on the space station. I had finished my first film, a punk rock musical "Breaking Glass", in which I used what were then revolutionary lasers (very powerful and quite dangerous) that were designed by a group out of Shepperton studios including my friend from art school, Anton Furst who later won himself an Oscar for Batman. I suggested to Peter that we should incorporate these effects into the set, he loved the look, Anton brought his lasers and there we were. This whole topic of who shot what where and when is one that can vary from one film to the next. David Watkin generously and famously credited his second unit when he won the Oscar for "Out of Africa". Does this mean his work and career are diminished. Not at all. A career as a cinematographer (or an editor for that matter) is created over many years and many projects and I would suggest that the good the bad and the indifferent must be seen in the context of an entire body of work. Was I happy on "Outland" Absolutely not. Did I do my best in the circumstances. I think so. Was I able to use what I learned on my next and many other films. Without doubt.
Sincerely
Stephen Goldblatt ASC BSC