Cinematographer's Best #28: Caleb Deschanel

The Passion of the Christ, which he deserved to sweep for.

1. Black Stallion
2. Passion
3. Patriot

Being There. I can think back to so many shots, not least of which the one that matters most: the last shot. The camera really trusts the scenes, lotta long takes, and there's a created magic in these low-lit haunted feeling spaces - it isn't bright like a comedy. Like the slow, floating walk btwn Sellers + Douglas, with the reflecting floor. Exteriors have a really rained-on city feel. Great two-shots, close-ups to ante offscreen humor, and use of telephoto lens to loom the backgrounds, great detailed wides... etc.