How does a cinematographer think about image making? Are iPhone cameras as good as 16mm film stock? Jen catches up (over zoom) with future Oscar nominated cinematographer Ari Wegner who's shot two films at SFF 2021. They are Zola and The Power of the Dog. The two discuss aesthetic and ‘information’; soulful beauty; the journey towards seeing; watching a director work (in this case Jane Campion); the dance aspect of cinematography; the landscape of faces and more while Tempe based birds sing outside. Also, why do cameras have intimidating names like WEAPON and SPIDER and DRAGON? This means we discuss hyper-masculinity in film.

Tickets to Zola and The Power of the Dog can be bought at www.sff.org. 

ALSO: The intro features a snippet of The Beguiled instead of a snipper of The Power of the Dog. This is a joke.