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How Rodrigo Prieto Balanced ‘Flower Moon’ and ‘Barbie’ and Became Hollywood’s Most-Trusted Cinematographer: ‘He Always Delivers… Absolutely Nothing Stops Him’
Rodrigo Prieto, cinematographer for 'Killers of the Flower Moon' and 'Barbie,' shares his childhood love for him to working with Spike Lee, Greta Gerwig and more.
When Martin Scorsese was making “Silence,” his 2016 drama about a pair of Jesuit priests spreading the gospel in Japan, a typhoon hit the area, bringing with it biblical showers. Certainly, Prieto’s range behind the camera is vast — moving effortlessly from the gritty, hand-held intensity of Iñárritu’s early work to the swooningly romantic compositions that Lee favored in “Brokeback Mountain.” He’s deep into post-production on his feature directorial debut, “Pedro Paramo.” Based on a seminal work of magical realism by Juan Rulfo, which in turn inspired an influential 1967 movie from Carlos Velo, the story was a favorite of Prieto’s, who had been looking to move behind the camera.
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