![]() ![]() No, Bond films have prided themselves on epic locations and setpieces that make Hollywood blockbusters hang their heads in shame. Bond’s latest plot twist might actually lie in the fact that by even trying to visually top his spy game masterpiece, Sam Mendes is redefining what kind of movie a Hollywood blockbuster can be.įrom the very first go-around in 1962’s Dr. ![]() Skyfall was DP’ed by Roger Deakins, who kept 007’s cinematic hot streak going with mesmerizing Shanghai oranges, mournful Scottish blues, and an adrenaline-drenched fistfight silhouetted against a hi-def psychedelic light show. It was the vibrantly colorful cinematography of Her, however, where Van Hoytema proved his genius by somehow making extreme close-ups of Joaquin Phoenix’s mustached face breathtakingly beautiful. Van Hoytema first made himself known shooting the Swedish vampire drama Let the Right One In before being nominated for several awards for his work on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Bond 24, the still-untitled Sam Mendes follow-up to the smash hit Skyfall has locked in its Director of Photography-Swiss cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema. James Bond just scored a new secret weapon, and it’s not one of Q’s exploding pens. ![]()
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