K J Farrington

Julian Whatley, D.P. "Forty Shades Of Blue". Did asst. cam. duty on "Seven", "The Game", to name a few. Do yourselves a favor and add this film to your Netflex qeue immediately. Google him and check out his website where you may see examples of his still photography. And no one has put forth Eric Gautier, whose work can be seen on the screen in Patrice Chereau's "Gabrielle". He's working on Sean Penn's new film. Mark Lee Ping-Bing. His work with Hou Hsaio Hsien. Masterful. How about the evolution and of Agnes Godard, Claire Denis' primary D.P., and how her growth as a cinematographer has mirrored Denis' own growth into a fimmaker of considerable distinction. Their talents and achievements are inseperable. What a duo! Ok, I can no longer accept Ken Kelsch being routinely overlooked. He's worked with Abel Ferrara for years, and his work perfectly compliments that filmmaker's blistering intensity and boldness. "Bad Lt."; "Snake Eyes" (Aka, "Dangerous Game"); "The Blowout"; "New Rose Hotel"; "The Funeral", the immediacy, the presence, the deep materiality of his work with with Ferrara is indication of a first-rate talent. There is no "best in the world'. Impossible. What does Storraro know that Zigsmond doesn't? That Kovacs doesn't? That Willis doesn't? Who gets the gold medal in that group? And straight down the line- Prieto, Lubezki, Labatique, and on and on and on. Some of the newer ones aren't as battle tested as the old guard, but they got the chops, and they're already tearing up the field in significant ways. It's impossibly rich and full, this field of talent.