Surface Matters
Todd Haynes’s latest film mistakes aesthetics for meaning.
See also...
Cinematographer Edward Lachman on ‘Carol’ as a Stylistic Foil to ‘Far From Heaven’
Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis
Behind Carol: the photographers who influenced Todd Haynes’ award-winning film
The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending
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Do the Right Thing - Screenshot podcast
House of Flying Daggers - flashcards
How to write scene transitions
Carol (2015) Behind the Scenes - Part 1/2
Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past
House of Flying Daggers – Ending Notes
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