Naïve Old Fart

Of course I don't. For a long time, I used to think the director is directly responsible for everything, and the "camera" people (the whole discipline is simply called "camera" in German, which I'm sure misled not just me) just handle the cameras. If anything, I try to compensate now by focusing more on the cinematographers. But certainly directors like Leone and De Palma have a strong influence on this, maybe more than their cinematographers. On the other hand, Villeneuve seems to put a lot of focus on it as well, and yet his Deakins films look distinctly different from the ones he did with other cinematographers.
 
In the case of JCSS, that second shot above reminds me of Indy digging up the ark. Whether that was originally Slocombe's doing, or him looking back on his earlier work for Raiders, or Spielberg telling him to repeat what he did for Jewison, I don't know. I haven't seen much else by Jewison, I think, but The Cincinnati Kid is also very classy looking, and that was shot by Philip H. Lathrop, who I'm mostly unfamiliar with. So much of it may well have been Jewison's own doing, but even then it was "Slocombe's cinematography" insofar as he was the one realising it, or at the very least being credited for it.

The weird thing there is that, by the rules of time travel that Dark Fate established (Skynet future stuff arriving into a timeline where Skynet does not exist any more for years afterward until the REV-9 and Grace appear) they actually had a way to sidestep John's death. All they'd have to have said was nobody else volunteered to be a protector, so John went back himself.
 
Not that it matters now anyway. The next film looks to be a total reset, without any of the characters or settings of the previous films.

I'm not an expert on sound engineers' particular sounds and quirks, so wouldn't immediately be able to separate between a Shawn Murphy and Dennis Sands and Dan Wallin. I know that many others do. That being said, Wallin has been one of those names I've seen on soundtrack releases for what feels like forever. Certainly a legend in the field, and 97 is incredibly good innings! RIP.

Rest in power. He mixed three of my favorites: 48 HRS, RoboCop 2, and The Fugitive

Watched Paths of Glory the other night. What a fantastic movie this is, think it's one of Kubrick's best actually. It has all the hallmarks of his signature style but told in a brisk, fat-free, efficient way. A true screwball tragedy.
 
Karol

Green hornet, halfway. Here we go again, Seth Rogen playing a guy you hate after an hour, pfff. Wonder what Beethoven recording they used.

That's an honor these days.

STRAIGHT STORY 3: CISGENDER

I forgot that I was working in a call center when the OJ verdict came down. Directory assistance. Busy place. It went silent for about ten minutes before the verdict. And the people that did call were in a hurry.
 
Wild.

"Shit".
 
"As much as I hate to stoop to symbolism, Major..." (blows smoke in face).
 
A great cast, a nifty score, by Jack Nitzsche, and some astonishing miniature work, by ILM.

As I was watching I thought to myself:
Wow, Bridges should have been nominated for an Oscar. He plays the alien wonderfully.
And after finishing the movie, I saw that he was indeed!  
Not a great movie (I prefer other Carpenter movies), but a classic.

"What a vivid imagination." 

Willie... Willie....what is that? Is that short for something?
 
Willie is my professional name...Indiana.
 
Hey, lady! You call him Doctor Jones!
 
MY professional name.
 
*flips a coin*

"Yes, well forgive me for not leaping for joy, bad back you know." 

“What do you mean I’m funny? Funny how”? 

More for THE NAKED GUN movies. And TOWERING INFERNO.

Best known for his role in Capricorn One.
 

R.I.P., Joe Flaherty 

He can't stay down with three barrels on him, not with three barrels, he can't.

R.I.P., O.J. Simpson

Truman-Lodge was hilarious, a perfect parody of 80s 'yuppie' tossers. 

'You'll have to show some sort of ... special talent.' 

*Bond glances around the room* 'Well, that shouldn't be too difficult'. 

'What about the money, padrone?' 

'Launder it'. 

"Finish your tea, Sam."

Let's Get Small was the original LP title. State of the Art / The Charge is the tile on the LLL set (and presumably Jerry's title).

Even if you aren't musically inclined, this is fascinating...