“Making the Universe” Has to Begin With Light: A Sketch for the Portrait of Vittorio Storaro Based on Carlos Saura’s “Tango”
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This essay is dedicated to the work of world-renowned cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. Chmielecki analyzes the visual aspect of Carlos Saura’s Tango. The author argues that Storaro represents the attitude according to which the pre-cinematic reality turns out to be too poor to be able to set the universal of film pictures, thereby to be regarded as a work of art. The world perceived must be supplemented with author’s inventiveness that pursues a formal goal and introduces a meaning-free reality to a system of relationships. A transformation of the world is carried to such an extent that its all elements achieve a specific visual shape.
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Carlos Saura, Vittorio Storaro, cinematographerReferences
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Konrad Chmieleckikwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
University of Lodz Poland
Doktorant w Zakładzie Mediów i Kultury Audiowizualnej Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.
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