LACMA Presents a Special Screening

The artistry, triumph and lifelong friendship of the great cinematographers Laszlo Kovacs and Vilmos Zsigmond. With film school equipment, they shoot the Soviet crackdown of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. As refugees they struggle in Hollywood, finally breaking into the mainstream with their pivotal contribution to the "American New Wave.” with films like Easy Rider, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Five Easy Pieces, Paper Moon, Scarecrow, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the The Deer Hunter. Featuring the film artists Karen Black, Peter Bogdanovich, Sandra Bullock, Richard Donner, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Ellen Kuras, ASC, Tatum O’Neal, Bob Rafelson, Owen Roizman, ASC, Sharon Stone, Vittorio Storaro, AIC, ASC, Jon Voight and Haskell Wexler, ASC the  movie skillfully weaves their conversations with awe inspiring clips from the memorable films Kovacs and Zsigmond shot.

 

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

Directed by James Chressanthis, ASC  • Cinematography by  Anka Malatynska • Edited by Elisa Bonora • Produced by Tony Frere, Zachary Kranzler,  Kian Soleimanpour and James Chressanthis

Friday November 14  7:30 PM