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April 2008 online articles
Volume 89, Number 4

Card Sharks
Russell Carpenter, ASC doubles down in hi-def for the Vegas-based blackjack drama 21

ASC Close-Up
Brief interviews with ASC members about their careers and inspirations. This month: Rodney Taylor, ASC

DVD Playback
Reviews of current and upcoming DVD releases:

Featured in the April Print Edition:

  • The Ruins
  • 3-D Cinematography
  • Sundance 2008
  • The Counterfeiters
  • Paranoid Park
  • All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
  • Searchers 2.0
 
DVD PLAYBACK:
Featured Titles
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Cin: Jack Deerson
Dir: Monte Hellman
Midnight Express (1978)
Cin: Michael Seresin, BSC
Dir: Alan Parker
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
Cin: Peter Biziou, BSC
Dir: Terry Jones

MAY ’08 HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Iron Man
  • Speed Racer
  • The List
  • ASC/Academy Winners and Nominees

Departments:

  • Short Takes: ASC Heritage Award Winners
  • Production Slate: Anamorph
  • Post Focus: The Godfather Trilogy Restoration
  • Filmmaker’s Forum: Teaching Cinematography to Iraq War Vets

JUNE ’08 HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
  • Sex and the City: The Movie
  • Arri's 90th Anniversary

Departments:

  • Short Takes: 100 Days Music Video
  • Production Slate: Mongol
  • Post Focus: Imax Film Wild Ocean
  • Filmmaker’s Forum: John Bailey, ASC