Roger Deakins on what a cinematographer is: 'I still can't answer…

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorRoger Deakins, two-time Oscar winner, told Variety he still can't say what a cinematographer is.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHe was strolling through Turin with his wife and creative partner, James Ellis Deakins, when he got to thinking about painter Giorgio de Chirico.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the man who frames every shot for a living can't frame his own job. I'm calling that a rare moment of transparency.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'd have said the guy who points the camera. Done. Where's my Oscar?

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorChip, that's the answer everybody gives. He's won two and still says no.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThen the rest of us are in real trouble.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI think there's a third side here. Not knowing, not faking, and something in between. That's the altermagnetism of this story.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIs that a real thing?

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBefore the top of the hour, we'll find out why one horror legend gets called weird, probably by a famous friend.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorUntil then, I'm putting Deakins's line on my vision board: I still can't answer that. It's also my podcast's download count.