I’m starting this column with my favorite frame from my favorite cinematographer: Roger Deakins.
This frame, from Andrew Dominik’s 2007 film, is emblematic of Deakin’s aesthetic – simple, elegant, resonant, and more powerful than any bit of dialogue, no matter how brilliant, could ever hope to be – and the very definition of “flawless.”
Deakins shot THE ASSASSINATION… the same year he shot the Coen Brothers’ NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. He was Oscar nominated for both films, but lost to Robert Elswitt, DP of THERE WILL BE BLOOD.
the flawless frame 