For Fong, making Super 8 was like another boyhood adventure behind the camera with Abrams, only this time their work was writ large. “It was kind of unbelievable sometimes,” the cinematographer recalls. “J.J. would call ‘Cut!’ after we blew up a two-story house, and we’d just look at each other and laugh. After all this time, how crazy is it that we’re still doing this?”
