https://mrqe.com Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:46:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png https://mrqe.com 32 32 https://mrqe.com/movie/no-subtitles-necessary-laszlo-and-vilmos-m100072817/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/no-subtitles-necessary-laszlo-and-vilmos-m100072817/ 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.”

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/cinematographer-style-m100074339/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/cinematographer-style-m100074339/ 110 of the world’s top cinematographers discuss the art of how and why films look the way they do.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/visions-of-light-m100016234/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/visions-of-light-m100016234/ Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the “DP” (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention.

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