Why this filmmaker matters
Robert Paynter has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Cinematographer in the Nutevio catalogue.
The essay
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Robert Paynter 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.
Paynter 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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John Landis
Director
7 shared titles · Michael Jackson's Thriller

George Folsey Jr.
Editor
5 shared titles · Michael Jackson's Thriller

Don Bluth
Director
4 shared titles · Rock-A-Doodle

Michael Jackson
Actor
3 shared titles · Michael Jackson's Thriller

Dan Aykroyd
Actor
3 shared titles · Spies Like Us

Frank Oz
Actor
3 shared titles · Spies Like Us

Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
3 shared titles · An American Werewolf in London

Michael Winner
Director
3 shared titles · Chato's Land

Ellen Greene
Actor
2 shared titles · Rock-A-Doodle

Christopher Reeve
Actor
2 shared titles · Superman II

Gary Goldman
Producer
2 shared titles · Rock-A-Doodle

David N. Weiss
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Rock-A-Doodle
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