Cinematographer Robert Richardson Breaks Down His Career, from 'Kill Bill' to 'The Hateful Eight'

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  • Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
  • Cinematographer Robert Richardson takes us through his illustrious cinematography career, including films 'Salvador,' 'Platoon,' 'JFK,' 'Casino,' 'Kill Bill Volume 1,' 'The Aviator,' 'The Hateful Eight,' 'Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.'
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    Cinematographer Robert Richardson Breaks Down His Career, from 'Kill Bill' to 'The Hateful Eight'

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  • @SingleBat
    @SingleBat 4 года назад +173

    I love how he spent decades of his career working with directors like Scorsese, Tarantino, Oliver Stone, and then signs up as a cinematographer for Venom 2

    • @vb8428
      @vb8428 4 года назад +13

      You take what you can, he's jot at a position to be choosing jobs as he said here

    • @idurisu930
      @idurisu930 4 года назад +8

      its being directed by Serkis

    • @nathanieledwards7150
      @nathanieledwards7150 4 года назад +11

      It kills me. There was a time when you could still have stories that didnt involve men running around in capes and skin tight leather

    • @keelahrose
      @keelahrose 4 года назад +8

      You gotta pay your bills.

    • @bbattersby2345
      @bbattersby2345 4 года назад +1

      He was gonna shoot Affleck's Batman film, still would love to have seen that.

  • @SleepFan771
    @SleepFan771 4 года назад +50

    Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, The Doors, JFK, A Few Good Men, Casino, Kill Bill, The Aviator, Shutter Island, Hugo, The Hateful Eight, & Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. What a killer career!

    • @Davidsworldtravels
      @Davidsworldtravels 4 года назад +3

      I can't believe they skipped wall street here. Or a few good men. Just goes to show how epic his career is.

  • @Anthony_flm
    @Anthony_flm 4 года назад +47

    Yes. We need more about directors and writers and cinematographers

  • @evanpeltier
    @evanpeltier 4 года назад +30

    Rob Richardson and Roger Deakins are two of the greatest cinematographers ever.

  • @burgesssam
    @burgesssam 4 года назад +320

    the shape of that room is giving me anxiety

    • @iggystardust9236
      @iggystardust9236 4 года назад

      Lol probably some weird, renovated attic

    • @FrankRemley
      @FrankRemley 4 года назад +10

      How’d they install that floor with that weirdo corner?!? Anxiety is right.

    • @Grrizo
      @Grrizo 4 года назад +23

      That's exactly the kind of room I would expect to encounter a cinematographer.

    • @Diamond_tip
      @Diamond_tip 4 года назад +5

      Good, deal with it for once

    • @junkiejackflash
      @junkiejackflash 4 года назад +1

      @@Diamond_tip lame comment

  • @rashedsaied
    @rashedsaied 4 года назад +160

    It's interesting to see that because these new videos in quarantine are recorded by the interviewee themselves, this genius cinematographer even paid quite a lot of attention how to frame himself. Look at the scene and its perspective.

    • @brookebackcheesenut4095
      @brookebackcheesenut4095 4 года назад +11

      Yeah ok eric

    • @shanekimberlin
      @shanekimberlin 4 года назад +4

      Exactly. Even the natural window lighting is used effectively. Quit the contrast to a lot of other videos.

    • @rashedsaied
      @rashedsaied 4 года назад +1

      @@shanekimberlin That's how we recognize a cinematography master

    • @enzocignetti6359
      @enzocignetti6359 3 года назад

      @@rashedsaied chill

    • @DarklordofDOOM57
      @DarklordofDOOM57 3 года назад

      Interestingly, the shape of his room and the way the shot is framed fills me with anxiety

  • @timeb4ndit
    @timeb4ndit 4 года назад +13

    Thanks for this interview. Robert Richardson is one of my favorite, if not THE favorite, directors of photography. I could listen to him talk for hours. JFK is a masterpiece. How I would love a commentary track by him, Pietro Scalia and Joe Hutshing.

  • @nickmilligan3662
    @nickmilligan3662 4 года назад +22

    I could listen to Robert talk about cinema all day.
    This should of been at least an hour long so we could hear his stories about the other films he worked on.

  • @sahilkoul213
    @sahilkoul213 4 года назад +60

    Big Bad Bob Richardson. Legend. Period

  • @thrillcollectors
    @thrillcollectors 4 года назад +8

    Thank you vanity fair for supplying us with content on great cinematographers as well as famous actors. While they might not get as many views, you guys seem to know that the views these videos do get are worth it to the people fascinated on the subject

  • @cjfromtorrejon
    @cjfromtorrejon 4 года назад +3

    A ROBERT RICHARDSON BREAKDOWN!? Amazing!! One of the coolest interviews of him on the net.

  • @fermarva2229
    @fermarva2229 3 года назад +4

    I could sit and listen to his anecdotes all day!
    I would love to see Emmanuel Lubezki breaking down his career.

  • @dead0show
    @dead0show 4 года назад +5

    That background alone tells you everything you need to know about this legend. Great video!

  • @RyanAnthonyDigitalMedia
    @RyanAnthonyDigitalMedia 4 года назад +7

    The cinematography & editing in JFK are masterful

  • @connornyhan
    @connornyhan 3 года назад +1

    I feel like Robert Richardson gives great hugs.

  • @dallasdandigitalproduction393
    @dallasdandigitalproduction393 4 года назад +20

    Master of storytelling. Its great to hear about him and Quentin reading scripts together. I'm sure Robert has bts stories VF can't air, lol

  • @originaozz
    @originaozz 4 года назад +3

    Wow crazy timing! Just binge-watched interviews on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood today. He's very lucky with all the great films he's worked with. And to shoot a film, freezing with broken back, that's just badass.

  • @kolecava
    @kolecava Год назад +1

    Casino is one of my favourite films of all time. So good. This guy is a legend.

  • @Winduct
    @Winduct 4 года назад +2

    More of these please. They're excellent, especially for us aspiring young filmmakers.

  • @ximenavera1799
    @ximenavera1799 4 года назад +8

    Yay. I was waiting for this. Loved the video guys ❤️

  • @Neat0_o
    @Neat0_o 4 года назад +135

    Great! Now get Roger Deakins

    • @Biring1
      @Biring1 4 года назад +5

      Listened to his podcast? Definately worth your time!

    • @Neat0_o
      @Neat0_o 4 года назад +1

      Biringvad where can you listen? I can’t find it on RUclips

    • @Biring1
      @Biring1 4 года назад +1

      @@Neat0_o Spotify. Maybe on their website too.

    • @keelahrose
      @keelahrose 4 года назад +1

      That's who I thought this was about...

  • @ZOB4
    @ZOB4 4 года назад +21

    I'd say he's done alright, being a go-to for Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino. You know, just a few projects here and there.

  • @deathproofpony
    @deathproofpony 4 года назад +25

    How about John Williams? He composed the music that that's been the background of our lives for fifty years.

  • @carnolasluggs5417
    @carnolasluggs5417 4 года назад +16

    Agh they skip past my two favorite Scorsese/Richardson collaborations, Bringing Out the Dead & Shutter Island! AGH!

  • @petartencic3264
    @petartencic3264 4 года назад +2

    Wow this the best interview that i ever watched here

  • @JhreynoldsPort
    @JhreynoldsPort 4 года назад +1

    This is fantastic!!!!! Thank you Robert Richardson and VF!

  • @msxmurda2385
    @msxmurda2385 3 года назад +1

    Wow! This guy has worked with the best in the business and I’ve never heard of him, nor did I know he was the dude behind the camera. What an excellent/fortunate life and career.

  • @afonsolucas2219
    @afonsolucas2219 Год назад +1

    His Tarantino impression is really good. I can imagine him sitting on the couch, watching a 70s flick, all mellow, never once looking at Bob and just saying: You’ll get it later. Bet he got a kick outta saying that

  • @mikecolts21
    @mikecolts21 4 года назад +1

    He’s such a legend, the room he’s in has leading lines 🙌🏾

  • @jacobscarberry4799
    @jacobscarberry4799 4 года назад +1

    I love his cinematography and glad he's such a down to earth guy!

  • @LanceTheEditor
    @LanceTheEditor 4 года назад +5

    Robert Richardson is one of the most underrated cinematographers in the game.

  • @chinaski7263
    @chinaski7263 3 года назад +3

    I was today years old when I realized this man DPd most of the movies in my top 10 favorites list..

  • @pkingo1
    @pkingo1 3 года назад +1

    What a chill unpretentious dude, love it :)

  • @destinyjade1454
    @destinyjade1454 4 года назад +2

    Yes! More filmmaker & cinematographer content!

  • @benjaminprietop
    @benjaminprietop 4 года назад +1

    Awesome! Hope you can get more cinematographers on this!

  • @BOOSETO
    @BOOSETO 4 года назад +3

    Casino is incredibly well photographed.

  • @ngonzale3
    @ngonzale3 4 года назад +1

    Great video. I wish there was some emphasis on Snow Falling On Cedars, a wonderfully made film he photographed.

  • @donnaward5787
    @donnaward5787 4 года назад +15

    Bob is a genius ....there is no other career that matches his!

  • @GamingSaturnMoonManBoy
    @GamingSaturnMoonManBoy 4 года назад +2

    True Fact Robert Richardson is friends with one of my Teachers in High School and when she told me I got excited

  • @nigelasipa4150
    @nigelasipa4150 4 года назад

    Very endearing person and a prolific one. Remarkable career. Any time I notice Bob as DP for an upcoming film, the film just has that much more pedigree

  • @willvazquez3218
    @willvazquez3218 4 года назад

    What an amazing treat! Marvelous!!

  • @VariTimo
    @VariTimo 4 года назад +56

    From Kill Bill from Hatful eight. That’s like less than a third of his carrier.

    • @Mr_Bob_A_Feet
      @Mr_Bob_A_Feet 4 года назад +6

      I don’t know if he ever served as a carrier, but his career has been awesome. Agreed!

    • @Liam-rk8sm
      @Liam-rk8sm 4 года назад

      You're the 1st comment btw

  • @wannermanzanillo3348
    @wannermanzanillo3348 4 года назад +1

    Great Cinematographer, even better personality!

  • @whatsit101
    @whatsit101 4 года назад

    what an interview! thanks

  • @cinemasnitch3959
    @cinemasnitch3959 4 года назад +1

    couldnt have clicked faster....more of these please!!!

  • @robonick3607
    @robonick3607 4 года назад +18

    Totally skipped Bringing out the dead, one of the most interestingly shot films Richardson has done.

    • @carnolasluggs5417
      @carnolasluggs5417 4 года назад +8

      Agreed! Easily my favorite looking Scorsese film he shot. Best use of his trademark hot spotlight effect ever I felt. And that color palette of emphasizing red, white & black in particular, so haunting. Also the various ways they photograph the ambulance racing down the street, seared in my brain forever. Especially when scored to The Clash, Van Morrison, etc.

    • @robonick3607
      @robonick3607 4 года назад +3

      Carnola Sluggs I need to watch it again! Such a good one!

    • @vb8428
      @vb8428 4 года назад

      @@carnolasluggs5417 But you already heard here that he only does lighting in Scorsese films not with his own ideas

    • @cjfromtorrejon
      @cjfromtorrejon 4 года назад +1

      So cool to see people agree on this; i was in awe first time i saw it.

  • @itsboyaknow
    @itsboyaknow 3 года назад +1

    This is fantastic

  • @Broseftoast
    @Broseftoast 4 года назад +4

    I love finding out about talented people named Robert xD.

  • @gelatin.skeletin
    @gelatin.skeletin 4 года назад +2

    I wanna hear him talk about django and inglorious Bastards

  • @timehinakinde
    @timehinakinde 4 года назад +10

    Why is his "Quentin voice" deep? Quentin sounds nothing like that 😂

    • @RujenMaharjan
      @RujenMaharjan 4 года назад

      I know right.

    • @jarunia17
      @jarunia17 4 года назад

      Oh I guess you mean on the Once Upon a Time segment :P
      Maybe he talks like that in private haha

  • @edpr2244
    @edpr2244 4 года назад +2

    Bob is a legend.

  • @ibah6
    @ibah6 4 года назад +1

    A legend of Cinema!!!

  • @teruphoto
    @teruphoto 4 года назад

    The illusion of that back wall...it tracks that a cinematographer would choose such a room.

  • @lizfinkelstein1323
    @lizfinkelstein1323 4 года назад

    Absolutely delightful!!

  • @Tristan_again
    @Tristan_again 2 года назад +1

    Best eye in the business.

  • @ezrafinkelstein2634
    @ezrafinkelstein2634 4 года назад

    Dude is so chilled

  • @ryanmcdaniels5484
    @ryanmcdaniels5484 4 года назад +1

    that was wonderful, what a cool guy!

  • @HeisntLegend
    @HeisntLegend 4 года назад +1

    Man i thought he was about to say that he suggested the continuous shot in Casino but that story took a hard left turn.

  • @rammkumaru261
    @rammkumaru261 4 года назад +12

    You won't even know Johnny Depp was in the movie 😁✌️

  • @bookeblade
    @bookeblade 4 года назад

    My second favorite cinematography behind roger deakins.

  • @oldDNU
    @oldDNU 4 года назад +5

    Is there a reason Bob’s profanity was bleeped, but not the clips?

  • @johnta17
    @johnta17 4 года назад +8

    Platoon is the greatest war film of all time. Been a huge fan since Oliver Stone.

    • @v-trigger6137
      @v-trigger6137 4 года назад +6

      Apocalypse Now would like a word with you

  • @hayleys4627
    @hayleys4627 4 года назад +1

    I wish he had talked bout Shutter Island

  • @ZacharyBorrelli
    @ZacharyBorrelli 4 года назад +5

    Can someone tell me what hoodie he's wearing, please? 👀

    • @fronck9425
      @fronck9425 4 года назад +2

      Please!

    • @1994lilroy
      @1994lilroy 4 года назад +2

      Zachary Borrelli KAPITAL SURF HOODIE

  • @melvina628
    @melvina628 4 года назад

    Heard a lot about Bob Richardson, but never met him, not even on NBK.

  • @fffforever
    @fffforever 4 года назад

    this is great, more of this

  • @cgbleak
    @cgbleak 2 года назад +2

    Wait a minute, this guy shot JFK AND Casino?
    You have my attention, sir.

  • @preahko
    @preahko 4 года назад +1

    Haha, anyone who saw Inglorious Basterds could have predicted the ending of "Once Upon a Time..."

  • @peterfrank3365
    @peterfrank3365 4 года назад +1

    I was just watching 'JFK' an hour ago.

  • @area51pictures
    @area51pictures 4 года назад

    Most underrated cinematographer working today.

    • @FramesPerSecond
      @FramesPerSecond 4 года назад +1

      Nah, in the industry Bob is in the top rated. There’s heaps of cinematographers just as good that don’t get as much praise as Bob does. My best friend knows some people that worked with him on Django and Hateful 8.

  • @MrUtah1
    @MrUtah1 Год назад +2

    I never knew John Lennon would return to the mortal world and give us cinematography tips

    • @justaguyivory
      @justaguyivory Год назад +1

      😂

    • @ericslee1980
      @ericslee1980 Месяц назад

      I would say RR is the cinematography equivalent of JL, but that underrates him.

  • @sripriyan3440
    @sripriyan3440 3 года назад

    Waiting for Venom 2 to visit Rob's Masterpiece. 🔥🔥

  • @cjtreasure4731
    @cjtreasure4731 4 года назад

    One of the greatest.

  • @evanfeng4571
    @evanfeng4571 4 года назад

    what an amazing person!!

  • @darkjedi7
    @darkjedi7 3 года назад +1

    Can not wait to watch his debut superhero film with Venom 2 😍🎥

  • @kevinmuendo9889
    @kevinmuendo9889 4 года назад +4

    can you pleaseeeee get Christopher Doyle
    (Edit)
    or please resurrect Sven nykvest

  • @drewwhitney7327
    @drewwhitney7327 4 года назад +2

    There's a requirement that you have to have a magnificent head of white hair to be a legendary camera man.

  • @MyUvb
    @MyUvb 4 года назад +1

    This guy is awesome

  •  4 года назад

    he was great at hateful eight

  • @vb8428
    @vb8428 4 года назад +2

    Hoyte van Hoytema please

    • @vb8428
      @vb8428 4 года назад

      Call him up

  • @saloksingh7
    @saloksingh7 4 года назад +1

    Emmanuel Lubezki when?

  • @rxtcha2394
    @rxtcha2394 4 года назад +2

    Santa quits delivering gifts to be a cinematographer. Brilliant.

  • @warinbloody
    @warinbloody 4 года назад

    I love this man

  • @henryjorgensen6463
    @henryjorgensen6463 4 года назад

    This man is obviously a wizard behind the lens. All he needs is a hat and staff.

  • @0xBerto
    @0xBerto 4 года назад

    Awesome

  • @into_the_void
    @into_the_void 4 года назад +1

    Hes like Gandalf inna hobbit house

  • @germansantapop7598
    @germansantapop7598 4 года назад

    Mans got drip 4 days thats respect

  • @scampoli25
    @scampoli25 4 года назад

    I could listen to this man speak for 3 hours

  • @Sophie_kent
    @Sophie_kent 4 года назад +1

    I love his Oliver Stone stories and collaboration. Why don’t they talk anymore? Bob seems sad about it.

    • @annepatton8177
      @annepatton8177 Год назад

      Yeah they had a ‘painful divorce’ as Oliver called it in an interview a while ago

  • @mtdouthit1291
    @mtdouthit1291 Год назад

    “JFK” at 5:08

  • @irajakosalem9646
    @irajakosalem9646 4 года назад

    Legend!!!

    • @MrRobot-vt8gb
      @MrRobot-vt8gb 4 года назад +1

      For sure! congrats on being first to comment btw 😉

    • @irajakosalem9646
      @irajakosalem9646 4 года назад

      Waited so much for this lol

  • @wesleyjohndelaney106
    @wesleyjohndelaney106 4 года назад

    Didn't Bob do Natural Born Killers and U-Turn too

  • @vanceuribe295
    @vanceuribe295 4 года назад

    the greatest!

  • @yugioh887
    @yugioh887 4 года назад

    Didnt know Venom 2 will be on that list, cant wait!

  • @TamarahGerminal
    @TamarahGerminal 3 года назад +1

    Anybody trying to figure out the room he’s in

  • @Jaacob-m4c
    @Jaacob-m4c 3 месяца назад

    The way they skipped over inglorious basderds

  • @matthiaspoeltinger
    @matthiaspoeltinger 4 года назад

    GOAT BIG BOB

  • @Nixontheman
    @Nixontheman 4 года назад

    Good Tube

  • @partlydave2
    @partlydave2 4 года назад

    Did I just watch JFK's head get pulped in a Vanity Fair video?

  • @st0nzd3m0n
    @st0nzd3m0n 4 года назад +2

    Ive never been sooooo early