Why this filmmaker matters
John A. Alonzo has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Cinematographer in the Nutevio catalogue.
The essay
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John A. Alonzo has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Alonzo set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Roddy McDowall
Actor
2 shared titles · Overboard

Roman Polanski
Actor
2 shared titles · Chinatown

Michael Grais
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Cool World
Frank Mancuso Jr.
Producer
2 shared titles · Cool World

Mark Victor
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Cool World
Mike Figgis
Director
2 shared titles · Internal Affairs

Colin Higgins
Producer
2 shared titles · Harold and Maude

John Sturges
Director
2 shared titles · The Magnificent Seven
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