When you build a successful body of work as a cinematographer, it is incredibly easy to fall into the trap of repeating your own successes. You find a lighting setup that works, you get comfortable, and you stop taking risks. Dan Laustsen, ASC actively fights against this stagnation. In his recent collaboration with Guillermo del […]
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“And thus the heart will break. Yet brokenly live on.” –Lord Byron There is a persistent warning in the film world that artists should avoid realizing their “dream projects,” lest the reality fall short of the decades of imagination that preceded it. But for Guillermo del Toro, his 2025 adaptation of Frankenstein transcends a tragedy […]