Dralt

I am not in the industry at all, but I don't see how excellence in cinematography could suffer from being repeated at any occasion. Sure, the set they built for Alien was amazing. Sure, the scenes were very conducive to all sorts of artistic lighting. And yes, it's difficult to repeat without spoiling. Yet, going from there to little interest in photographic direction is to swing from one extreme to the other. Playing with light is all there is in this world. Recording light is your job.

Well, that's too bad. In Alien, I believe there are segments where every single frame is art photography in and of itself. Ridley Scott must have had a good time. I wish there were new cinematographers and directors ou there producing such quality sci-fi films.

I have watched Alien countless times and I am always amazed at how good the light work is in that film. How come Derek Vanlint has worked so little?