Leon Rodriguez Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 Italian cinematographer Carlo Di Palma died Friday after a series of illnesses at home in his native Rome. He was 79. Di Palma, whose career was forged in the post-World War II era of Italian cinema, collaborated on films with the most famous Italian directors -- from Michelangelo Antonioni, for whom he shot "Blowup" (1966), "The Red Desert" (1963) and "The Identification of a Woman," (1982) -- to Bernardo Bertolucci, Ettore Scola, Roberto Rossellini and Roberto Benigni. Di Palma's pioneering work on "Blowup" is widely considered a historic contribution to color cinematography. Once established, Di Palma served as the director of photography on nearly a dozen American movies for director Woody Allen, including "Hannah and Her Sisters," "Bullets Over Broadway," "Deconstructing Harry" and "Everyone Says I Love You." (Peter Kiefer and Sheigh Crabtree) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Gross Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 "Blow Up" is a seminal work. For one quick driving shot, they had a building painted bright red and a grassy field spray painted green (it wasn't naturally green enough!) just so they would boldly contrast with the blue sky in deep primary colors. Lasts on screen maybe three seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alvaro cortes Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 Return to heaven, Mr. Di Palma, where your work like cinematographer is, and shoot there, all that you can with the great masters. Good Bye, Mr. Di Palma, we're going to miss you. alvaro cortes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Maeda Posted July 15, 2004 Share Posted July 15, 2004 it's just too bad. this guy was the real mccoy. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005688/ jk :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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