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


“It seamlessly evokes the period by paying homage to the great photography of the time.”

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Surface Matters

Cinematographer Ed Lachman, ASC, On Shooting “Carol”

Carol review: 'Cate Blanchett will slay you'

Carol (Haynes, 2015)

The Brilliant Subversiveness of ‘Carol’s’ Conventional Ending

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

Carol (2015) Cinematography Analysis

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Edward Lachman Shares His Secrets For Shooting Todd Haynes’ ‘Carol’

Under the Skin explained

Zhang Yimou - Visionary of China's past

Under the Skin - BFI review

Buster Keaton - Silent Film Era

Pan's Labyrinth

House of Flying Daggers – Ending Notes

Carol Featurette - Screenplay (2015) - Cate Blanchette, Rooney Mara Drama HD

Realism

Shaun of the Dead - 'The Plan' montage

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Sixth Form Course Information

Year 10 British Farming Fortnight

Pan's Labyrinth - The Pale Man article

I Belong: encouraging girls into computer science programme

5 Brilliant Moments in Patterns

Pupil Premium Strategy Statement

Examination Rules, Guidance and Support

Hartismere Art & Photography Exhibition 2025

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ZEN GCE Examinations Aesthetics Film Studies Carol Rules House Of Flying Daggers Sixth Form Cinematography Editing Pan's Labyrinth Year 12 Films Girls Student Information Yimou A Level MUBI Ingredients NEA Photography

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