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Roger Deakins can make a landscape feel empty, a crowded room feel lonely, or a figure disappear into shadow. These stills show how he uses light, color, and distance across films as different as Fargo, Skyfall, and Blade Runner 2049.

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Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017): The light in Deckard’s Las Vegas hideout is almost entirely orange. A side light defines his face…
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1917 (2019)
1917 (2019): A burning church lights a ruined French village. The arch stays dark while the fire and its reflection on the…
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Skyfall (2012)
Skyfall (2012): Blue light from a giant jellyfish display catches the glass of a Shanghai skyscraper. The fighters stay…
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Sicario (2015)
Sicario (2015): Figures heading toward the tunnel stand out as dark profiles against the last light. The line of the…
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Fargo (1996)
Fargo (1996): Marge Gunderson and Lou Getchell stand beside a wintry road, their dark coats sharply outlined against a…
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007): A train’s headlight cuts through the smoke and the dark…
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994): Seen from overhead in a downpour, Andy Dufresne tilts his face into the rain. The light…
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Prisoners (2013)
Prisoners (2013): Detective Loki fills the shaded foreground as Keller Dover approaches outside. The angled line of the car…
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000): Three men peer through the brush, their faces picked out by warm light. The close…
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Kundun (1997)
Kundun (1997): The Dalai Lama is centered between two carved railings. Blue light spreads behind him, separating the red of…
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Jarhead (2005)
Jarhead (2005): In the oil fields of Kuwait, the smoke diffuses the light around the Marines. The men in the distance…
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The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994): Norville Barnes clutches a skyscraper ledge. His hands loom in the foreground while the city…
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Empire of Light (2022)
Empire of Light (2022): The Empire movie theater lights up for the Chariots of Fire premiere. The bright facade and…
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No Country for Old Men (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007): Llewelyn Moss is framed against the dry, open country. The muted earth colors make his…
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The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001): Sunlight through the blinds puts stripes across Ed Crane’s barbershop. Black and white…
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Barton Fink (1991)
Barton Fink (1991): Barton peers through a doorway at the Hotel Earle. The lights receding down the hall put him in a…
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The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Big Lebowski (1998): The Dude and Maude pose with a bowling ball in his dream. The light on their costumes and the…
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A Serious Man (2009)
A Serious Man (2009): Larry Gopnik stands on the roof beside a television antenna. The low angle makes him look imposing…
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Sid & Nancy (1986)
Sid & Nancy (1986): A lone figure crosses the waterfront under a slate-blue sky. The tops of the World Trade Center towers…
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The Secret Garden (1993)
The Secret Garden (1993): Mary looks up through the rain while the boy beside her holds out his hand. The pale streaks of…
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984): Big Brother’s face nearly fills the curved screen inside the shot. The muddy grays and soft…

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