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Or actress are on a set doing a big emotional scene, and the first person they look at is the camera operator, after the directors shouted "cut", orsomething, and i love that, just, again, you know, which i experienced with, again, as i said, with richard burton and john hurt in 1984 and it was just a wonderful thing to be that person. having watched a lot of your films that completely makes sense because i think its true to say you love working on films, which focus on human beings, you know......

To know each other — and funnily, sometimes its the quietest set ive ever been on. you know, itjust — once youre working on a set, everything becomesjust... i dont know. its just... i guess because you know each other so well, you know what they want, they know what you like... exactly, yeah. ..and youve sort of gelled together. yeah, and you read one of their scripts and its like immediately apparent where theyre going. all their scripts are very different. theyre very different genres and ...

Ive worked with in films ive worked on, its not really been like that. and, often, where — often where an actor has a reputation, when theyve come to actually the set and the director that ive been working with, theyve acted in a different way. i tell you, one of the first films i did and one of probably my favourite films is 1984, the george orwell, and it wasjohn hurt and richard burton — it was richard burtons last film — and that was the moment not only i realised i was a cinematograph...

The creative side that you do from the directors guidance and then its a whole technical challenge to organise how you actually achieve what you have in your minds eye, i suppose. so to dig into this relationship with the directors vision, tell me a little bit more about the coen brothers, and — because youve made, i think, around a dozen movies with them — and movies that many of us have loved over the years, i think it started with barton fink... barton fink, yes. ..and fargo, just a whole...

Often where an actor has a reputation, when theyve come to actually the set and the director that ive been working with, theyve acted in a different way. i tell you, one of the first films i did and one of probably my favourite films is 1984, the george orwell, and it wasjohn hurt and richard burton — it was richard burtons last film — and that was the moment not only i realised i was a cinematographer because i was on a set with richard burton, but i realised that people are just people. he...

You know, itjust — once youre working on a set, everything becomesjust... i dont know. its just... i guess because you know each other so well, you know what they want, they know what you like... exactly, yeah. ..and youve sort of gelled together. yeah. and you read one of their scripts and its like immediately apparent where theyre going. all their scripts are very different. theyre very different genres and they play with different themes. but you read that — you read their script and stra...

Im really glad to meet you, cos it is the first time ive met you, but you always operate." he said, "yeah." "well, are you not going to operate?" he said, "no, im going to operate." i said, "well, i operate, so its not going to work, is it?" and he said, "no, i guess not." but it was kind of nice chatting, you know. so it wasnt about intrusion, it was about the method of working, and just, sometimes, sometimes thats your comfort zone, i suppose, and you dont want to go out of it, or, i say its t...

There was less and less discussion because as we got to know each other — and funnily, sometimes its the quietest set ive ever been on. you know, itjust — once youre working on a set, everything becomesjust... i dont know. its just... i guess because you know each other so well, you know what they want. they know what you like. exactly, yeah. and youve sort of gelled together. yeah. and you read one of their scripts and its like immediately apparent where theyre going. all their scripts are ...

Yeah, it is and it isnt — i mean, maybe ive been lucky. i mean, most of the people ive worked with in films ive worked on, its not really been like that. and, often, where — often where an actor has a reputation, when theyve come to actually the set and the director that ive been working with, theyve acted in a different way. i tell you, one of the first films i did and one of probably my favourite films is 1984, the george orwell, and it wasjohn hurt and richard burton, it was richard burto...

And the relationship of the camera to the actors in the frame. its how do you compose a human face? how do you... you know, often, an actor or actress are on a set, doing a big emotional scene, and the first person they look at is the camera operator, after the directors shouted "cut", orsomething, and i love that, just, again, you know, which i experienced with, again, as i said, with richard burton and john hurt in 1984 and it was just a wonderful thing to be that person. having watched a lot ...