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Borstalboy

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Gordon Willis has died
Posted: 5/19/14 at 11:55am

The DP of KLUTE, THE GODFATHER, PENNIES FROM HEAVEN and a score of others died at 82.
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Gordon Willis has died
Posted: 5/19/14 at 01:56pm

RIP, GW. One of the real greats. His lack of Oscar recognition (no nominations whatever for his best known work -- including three Best Pictures) is probably the gravest artistic oversight in that award's history.

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Reginald Tresilian

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Gordon Willis has died
Posted: 5/19/14 at 02:33pm

What a body of work! Farewell to him.

strummergirl

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Gordon Willis has died
Posted: 5/19/14 at 04:45pm

The Godfather Part II Little Italy scenes are among the best photographed films ever. And Pennies From Heaven, Manhattan, The Parallax View, Broadway Danny Rose, All The President's Men, Annie Hall.... the true shock is for a man who shot in the supposed golden age of American Cinema with among a lot of the films considered the best, he was not eve NOMINATED once in that era. How? Anyway, it seems right that for such a dark period in America it was often reflected in the cinemas, full of shadows- a Willis trademark.

RIP to such a great

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Gordon Willis has died
Posted: 5/19/14 at 06:47pm

They called him (not favorably) the "prince of darkness."

I can't imagine the first two Godfather films looking any other way. That's part of the storytelling as much as any other element in the film.

RIP

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Roscoe

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Gordon Willis has died
Posted: 5/19/14 at 09:28pm

Willis was nominated for the Oscar twice, for ZELIG and GODFATHER III. He lost to Sven Nykvist for FANNY AND ALEXANDER (which, well, you know, I can't really argue with) and the guy who did DANCES WITH WOLVES (yeah, whatever).

Awards -- whatever. Willis' work will live forever, as long as there are moving images being shown somewhere.

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Gordon Willis has died
Posted: 5/20/14 at 10:22pm

A true artist who made his directors look better.

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