Roger & James Deakins

“I think I ever saw was this Kameradschaft by G. W. Pabst.”

“Come and See, one of our favorites. We had the pleasure of talking with the cinematographer for the podcast and it was amazing how they made the movie. It's an interesting film because some points the main character, this kid, is looking straight at the lens and other times it feels like a documentary filming the horrors of the Nazi regime.”

“Tokyo Olympiad, right, which was directed by Kon Ichikawa and the famous Japanese cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. He was overseeing the photography of it. It's one of the best documentaries about sport ever made.”

“He did two of my favorite movies: Fires on the Plain and he did another film called Burmese Harp, both set in the World War II. It's so interesting that he made those two films and then he made Tokyo Olympiad which is one of the best documentaries about sport ever made.”

“He did another film called Burmese Harp, both set in the World War II. It's so interesting that he made those two films and then he made Tokyo Olympiad which is one of the best documentaries about sport ever made.”

“I've got to pick this one. Sid & Nancy. We saw it recently because we remastered it here and it's just an incredible document of the times. It felt very real because I remember shooting concerts with these punks in Hammersmith... I was on the stage doing handheld of Gary and the Sex Pistols and we were all getting covered in—well it was not very nice.”

“Look at this, Le cercle Rouge. Oh yes. Now this to me is probably one of the, apart from Tarkovsky, probably my all-time great director, Jean-Pierre Melville.”

“There's an early film he did, Le silence de la mer, also shot by Henri Decaë. This one is absolutely magnificent. It all takes place in a small cottage during the war where this German soldier is billeted to stay with this old man and his granddaughter. These two refuse to talk to the Nazi until right at the end. It's one of the best war films ever made that all takes place in the front room.”

“Seventh Seal. I'm sorry but I love this film. Every Halloween I would watch this. That was great, so before I really even understood it. I have not seen the restoration so I really want to.”

“L'avventura. You know, there's something about this film that it's not literal. It's a story about a relationship and a man who's trying to find himself. So much is built up through the images and the pacing. It's real movies. When it really works, it's called L'avventura.”

“There's Mirror and there should be Solaris.”

“Solaris, which is great. Solaris was made just a little bit later than Kubrick's 2001. Tarkovsky wanted to do a film that was more emotionally engaged with you. He felt Kubrick's film was rather cold and a piece of wonderful technology but had little to engage you with emotionally. Personally, I think Solaris is the best science fiction film probably ever made and the most profound.”

“One of to me not only great film but probably the best black and white cinematography I've ever seen by Conrad Hall. He shoots the desert landscape like you've never seen it before but then he also shoots the murder and the darkness. If anybody wants to watch one movie for cinematography to understand what cinematography is, it would be In Cold Blood.”