https://shotonwhat.com/camera-aperture/academy-camera-aperture The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information Fri, 05 May 2023 13:57:10 -0800 en-US hourly 1 https://shotonwhat.com/maitre-du-monde-2011 Tue, 17 Sep 2024 17:02:14 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/maitre-du-monde-2011
Director: Enrico Alexander Giordano
Cinematographer: Daniel Brouwer
A 40-year-old broker leaves everything and turns his back on a society that no longer holds an attraction for him. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/stalker-1979 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:53:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/stalker-1979
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Cinematographer: Aleksandr Knyazhinskiy, Georgi Rerberg, Leonid Kalashnikov
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-grand-budapest-hotel-2014 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:27:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-grand-budapest-hotel-2014
Director: Wes Anderson
Cinematographer: Robert D. Yeoman
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-prisoner-1967 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 21:07:28 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-prisoner-1967
Director: Patrick McGoohan, Don Chaffey, Pat Jackson, David Tomblin, Robert Asher, Peter Graham Scott
Cinematographer: Brendan J. Stafford
After he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing; he only tries to escape. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/reto-sangriento-2016 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:05:30 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/reto-sangriento-2016
Director: Ricky Gonzalez
Cinematographer: Ricky Gonzalez
When troubled on their TV show ratings, a ghost hunters move on and get a ticket to a real haunted house where they will face their own demons. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/beginning-2020 Fri, 01 Dec 2023 22:57:58 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/beginning-2020
Director: Dea Kulumbegashvili
Cinematographer: Arseni Khachaturan
In a sleepy provincial town, a Jehovah's Witness community is attacked by an extremist group. In the midst of this conflict, the familiar world of Yana, the wife of the community leader, slowly crumbles. Yana's inner discontent gr... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/khaita-dance-2020 Fri, 05 May 2023 13:57:10 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/khaita-dance-2020
Director: Alexander Popov
Cinematographer: Alexander Popov
Khaita" means "Harmony in Space". "Kha" means "space/sky". "Ta" means "harmony/melody". It is a simple and joyful way to experience inner harmony. While Khaita starts from the Tibetan ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/friendships-field-1995 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 21:39:46 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/friendships-field-1995
Director: Bruce Neibaur
Cinematographer: Matthew Williams
Set on a rural farm during the Sixties, this film tells the story of Ira and Oscar, two kids who stay faithful companions despite the racism and prejudice towards Oscar on the farm. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/chronicle-of-an-escape-2006 Tue, 06 Aug 2019 09:38:02 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/chronicle-of-an-escape-2006
Director: Israel Adrián Caetano
Cinematographer: Julián Apezteguia
The goalkeeper of a little-known soccer team is kidnapped by a Argentinean government squad and sent to a detention center. After months of torture, he plots his escape with three other young men. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/honey-i-blew-up-the-kid-1992 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:19:51 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/honey-i-blew-up-the-kid-1992
Director: Randal Kleiser
Cinematographer: John Hora
The Szalinski family is back, this time hilarious disaster strikes when an experiment causes their new toddler son to grow many stories tall. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/don-quixote-1973 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 12:27:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/don-quixote-1973
Director: Robert Helpmann, Rudolf Nureyev
Cinematographer: Geoffrey Unsworth
A film adaptation of the Ludwig Minkus ballet, completely re-orchestrated and with additional music by John Lanchbery. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-wild-north-1952 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:52:11 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-wild-north-1952
Director: Andrew Marton
Cinematographer: Robert Surtees
In the Canadian mountains, a trapper goes on the run accused of a crime, and is pursued by a rugged and determined lawman of the Royal North-West Mounted Police. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/alibabhavum-narpathu-thirudargalum-1955 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:52:00 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/alibabhavum-narpathu-thirudargalum-1955
Director: T.R. Sundaram
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Director: André Hunebelle
Cinematographer: Marcel Grignon
D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades must thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/lava-kusa-1963 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:51:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/lava-kusa-1963
Director: Rao C.S.R., Chittajalu Pullayya
Cinematographer: Roy P.L.
This movie deals with the later part of Ramayana written by Valmiki Maharshi and depicts the lives of the sons of Rama & Sita. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/grun-ist-die-heide-1951 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:51:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/grun-ist-die-heide-1951
Director: Hans Deppe
Cinematographer: Kurt Schulz
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-mutineer-2015 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:45:44 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-mutineer-2015
Director: John Jaquish
Cinematographer: John Jaquish
A group of criminals, fleeing a gun possession charge, take over a farm in rural Appalachia and attempt to secede from the United States. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-naked-and-the-dead-1958 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:24:55 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-naked-and-the-dead-1958
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cinematographer: Joseph LaShelle
Set during the Pacific War against the Japanese, this WW2 drama discerns between achieving one's mission at any cost versus preserving the lives under one's command and enforcing discipline through fear as opposed to mutual respect. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/run-of-the-arrow-1957 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:24:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/run-of-the-arrow-1957
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cinematographer: Joseph F. Biroc
When the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife and refuses to be an American but he must choose a side when the Sioux go to war against the U.S. Army. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/jet-pilot-1957 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 11:24:31 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/jet-pilot-1957
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cinematographer: Winton C. Hoch
Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/cineastes-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 09:45:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/cineastes-2014
Director: Alexander Vo
Cinematographer: John Lazear
A lonely, obsessive moviegoer develops complicated feelings for a woman stranger who he feels to be a kindred spirit. He follows her from theater to theater over the course of a day, hoping to make some sort of connection. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/atlas-shrugged-who-is-john-galt-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:42:32 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/atlas-shrugged-who-is-john-galt-2014
Director: James Manera
Cinematographer: Gale Tattersall
In a post-apocalyptic America, the iron fist of the totalitarian government seeks to crush one mysterious man named John Galt, who has the power and influence to change everything.. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-new-avengers-1977 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:40:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-new-avengers-1977
Director: Ray Austin, Sidney Hayers, Robert Fuest, James Hill, Yvon Marie Coulais, Ernest Day, Don Thompson, Graeme Clifford, Desmond Davis, John Hough, Claude Fournier, Richard Gilbert
Cinematographer: Michael Reed, Ernest Steward, Henri Fiks, Gilbert Sarthre, Ian Wilson, James Allen, Jack Atcheler, Karol Ike, Dennis Miller
John Steed and his new accomplices Purdey and Gambit find themselves facing new and deadly dangers in the bizarre world of espionage. Mixing fantasy with a darker edge, the trio face ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/kolchak-the-night-stalker-1975 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:40:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/kolchak-the-night-stalker-1975
Director: Don Weis, Allen Baron, Alexander Grasshoff, Don McDougall, Michael Caffey, Gordon Hessler, Bruce Kessler, Gene Levitt, Vincent McEveety, Seymour Robbie, Robert Scheerer
Cinematographer: Ronald W. Browne, Alric Edens, Donald Peterman, Eduardo Ricci
A newspaper reporter investigates strange supernatural occurrences in Chicago. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-night-strangler-1973 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:40:16 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-night-strangler-1973
Director: Dan Curtis
Cinematographer: Robert B. Hauser
A reporter hunts down a 144-year old alchemist who is killing women for their blood. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-night-stalker-1972 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:40:06 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-night-stalker-1972
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Cinematographer: Michel Hugo
An abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/to-kill-a-bird-of-prey-1984 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 07:28:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/to-kill-a-bird-of-prey-1984
Director: Iosif Demian
Cinematographer: Alexandru David
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/misdirection-2011 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 04:59:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/misdirection-2011
Director: Al Stoffel
Cinematographer: Ronn Kilby
Misdirection is a psychological thriller. The story is told in real time in one continuous camera shot with no cuts or edits, creating a unique intimacy between the players and the audience... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/boy-2010 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 04:52:25 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/boy-2010
Director: Taika Waititi
Cinematographer: Adam Clark
Set on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/pursuit-of-happiness-2001 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:53:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/pursuit-of-happiness-2001
Director: John Putch
Cinematographer: Ross Berryman
An advertising executive fails to realize that the woman of his dreams is his best friend since first grade, now married to his cheating co-worker. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/and-theyre-off-2011 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:31:38 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/and-theyre-off-2011
Director: Rob Schiller
Cinematographer: Ulf Soderqvist
A comedy centered on a failed horse trainer who desperately wants to be back in the winner's circle. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/harold-kumar-go-to-white-castle-2004 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 01:30:55 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/harold-kumar-go-to-white-castle-2004
Director: Danny Leiner
Cinematographer: Bruce Douglas Johnson
A Korean-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/steens-revenge-volume-1-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:14:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/steens-revenge-volume-1-2012
Director: Michael Naulls
Cinematographer: Michael Naulls
The sequel to 'Family Man', Steen's Revenge follows David Steen as he seeks revenge on Jeffrey, the man who left him to die in an inferno. Together with the beautiful but mysterious Lucy, ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/altergeist-2014 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:08:39 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/altergeist-2014
Director: Tedi Sarafian
Cinematographer: Aaron Heck
King's Ransom Winery is one of the most haunted places in America, with a long history of bizarre suicides. Six ghost hunters have been given the rare opportunity to conduct a paranormal investigation. What they discover terrifies them. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/torc-the-off-road-championships-2012 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:08:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/torc-the-off-road-championships-2012
Director: Brian Lockwood
]]> https://shotonwhat.com/snowboard-academy-1996 Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:04:24 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/snowboard-academy-1996
Director: John Shepphird
Cinematographer: Bruno Philip
A wacky free-for-all comedy about the riotous rivalry between snobby skiers and knuckle-dragging snowboarders. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/se-puder-dirija-2013 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:28:05 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/se-puder-dirija-2013
Director: Anita Barbosa, Paulo Fontenelle
Cinematographer: Nonato Estrela, Pedro Guimaraes
A divorced father that isn't around for his son very much has to spend a day with the boy to show that he can be a good dad, but many unwanted things happen in the way. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-grifters-1990 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 19:30:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-grifters-1990
Director: Stephen Frears
Cinematographer: Oliver Stapleton
A small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend--both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/drowning-mona-2000 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 17:01:13 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/drowning-mona-2000
Director: Nick Gomez
Cinematographer: Bruce Douglas Johnson
When a woman drives a car into the river to her death, everyone in town becomes a suspect. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-naked-man-1998 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 16:39:37 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-naked-man-1998
Director: J. Todd Anderson
Cinematographer: Jeff Barklage
A man takes matters into his own hands when a pharmaceutical kingpin moves into his town to cause some real trouble. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-big-slice-1991 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 11:06:49 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-big-slice-1991
Director: John Bradshaw
Cinematographer: Ludek Bogner
A pair of aspiring mystery novelists, knowing next to nothing about crime, decide to live out their adventures, and gets in way over their heads, meeting a femme fatale not making their world easier. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/301-302-1995 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 05:56:43 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/301-302-1995
Director: Cheol-su Park
Cinematographer: Eun-gil Lee
Two obsessive-compulsives, a chef and an anorexic writer, are neighbors in an apartment building. The chef (301) tries to entice her neighbor to eat with fabulous meals. The writer (302) ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/local-color-2006 Sat, 15 Jun 2019 04:33:56 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/local-color-2006
Director: George Gallo
Cinematographer: Michael Negrin
A successful artist looks back with loving memories on the summer of his defining year, 1974. A talented but troubled 18-year-old aspiring artist befriends a brilliant elderly alcoholic ... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/the-gwarnage-campaign-2002 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 19:26:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/the-gwarnage-campaign-2002
Director: Mark Walpole
Cinematographer: Mark Walpole
Long form home music video loosely based on the 2000 United States Presidential Election ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/apocalypse-and-the-beauty-queen-2005 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 19:18:30 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/apocalypse-and-the-beauty-queen-2005
Director: Thomas Smugala
Cinematographer: Jeff Barklage
When unforeseen circumstances leave the country in ruins, a bitter ex-fashion model rises to power, only to find the two things she can't possess; beauty and love. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/lost-in-translation-2003 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:55:55 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/lost-in-translation-2003
Director: Sofia Coppola
Cinematographer: Lance Acord
A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/death-valley-superstar-2008 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:47:48 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/death-valley-superstar-2008
Director: Michael Yaroshevsky
Cinematographer: Glauco Bermudez, Michael Yaroshevsky
Part travelogue, part séance, Death Valley Superstar is an elegy for Mark Frechette, a non-actor whose actions in life mirror a film role. He remains suspended between stardom and oblivion,... ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/killing-zoe-1993 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:18:12 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/killing-zoe-1993
Director: Roger Avary
Cinematographer: Tom Richmond
The cab driver sets American Zed up with Zoe in his Paris hotel. Despite FFR1000 charged, she's an art student with day jobs e.g. bank. Safecracker Zed meets his junkie friend after 11 years to rob a bank. ]]> https://shotonwhat.com/glamour-dolls-2016 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 08:33:52 -0800 https://shotonwhat.com/glamour-dolls-2016
Director: John De Luca
Cinematographer: Graham Martyr
This is the story of two male prostitutes who want to become professional actors and how they struggle to get into show business. ]]>