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Cinematographer Edward Lachman on ‘Carol’ as a Stylistic Foil to ‘Far From Heaven’


“Carol” marks the Camerimage and critics-award-winning DP’s fourth collaboration with Todd Haynes.

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Behind Carol: the photographers who influenced Todd Haynes’ award-winning film

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

Surface Matters

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

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Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

Under the Skin - Sound

Under the Skin explained

Realism

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Under the Skin - Explained

Under the Skin - BFI review

Film: camera shots examples

Solving the Many Mysteries of What Became ‘Carol’

Superimposition in film

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Summer 2026 Examinations

April 2026 Year 10 Mocks

Print Exhibition at Wingfield Barns

June 2026 Year 12 Mocks

New Wolsey Youth Theatre applications are now open for September 2026

Parking - Hartismere Hospital

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