The Subtle Color of Loneliness: The Cinematography of “Lost In Translation” | Scenes From An Imaginary Film
Sofia Coppola’s 2003 “Lost In Translation” was the film that woke me up to the beauty that could be achieved in adopting a minimalist approach to cinematography. Restraint guides…
Sofia Coppola’s 2003 “Lost In Translation” was the film that woke me up to the beauty that could be achieved in adopting a minimalist approach to cinematography. Restraint guides the hand of Director of Photography Lance Acord through the entire narrative, his choice to use as little artificial lighting as possible giving the entire film a quietly naturalistic feel. As the story goes Coppola’s famous father Francis Ford had encouraged her to shoot on video, a decision she thought better of, opting instead for a series of Kodak 35mm film stocks. The decision to use cellu
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