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\u201cThe White Satan\u201d bought the purple carpet therapy on the\u00a0sixtieth version of the\u00a0Karlovy Differ Worldwide Movie Competition\u00a0(KVIFF) on Sunday. Legendary cinematographer and three-time Oscar winner Robert Richardson obtained the Czech pageant\u2019s highest honor, the Crystal Globe for excellent inventive contributions to world cinema, in its eightieth 12 months.\u00a0And handing him the award was none apart from Hollywood legend Harvey Keitel.<\/p>\n
Nicknamed \u201cThe White Satan\u201d for his lengthy white hair and relentless pursuit of cinematic perfection, Richardson arrived on the stage of the Grand Corridor of Karlovy Differ\u2019s Lodge Thermal to a giant ovation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not an actor,\u201d the cinematographer began off saying. He then lauded the love for the artwork of movie he has skilled on the town. \u201cI look out into the streets right here, and I see so many individuals and so many right here inside this corridor, and there are such a lot of younger folks. What I feel this explicit award represents is a singular future, the longer term that all of us want and wish. I really like that this pageant opens the chance for seeing movies that we hardly ever see, and holding movies as [an] artwork [form].\u201d<\/p>\n
He shared this imaginative and prescient of the longer term the place extra smaller movies can journey around the globe, together with from such locations because the Czech Republic: \u201cWhat I\u2019m hoping for sooner or later sooner or later is that extra nations may be reached via streaming or no matter without charge for everybody to have the ability to see what we can not see and to see all of the work that a lot of you’ll do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richardson additionally praised the KVIFF award and Keitel: \u201cThis can be a very particular reward \u2026 coming from a very particular man, Harvey Keitel, who’s, for my part, actually one of many best in cinema historical past.\u201d<\/p>\n
The cinematographer then shared an anecdote: \u201cAfter I first noticed Imply Streets, everybody spoke a few must-see efficiency of Bob De Niro, and the film was over, and I used to be like \u2018nice!\u2019 \u2026 Time passes, I\u2019m speaking in regards to the film, and the particular person I believed was Bob De Niro was Harvey Keitel. His efficiency was so commanding.\u201d<\/p>\n
As some within the viewers broke out into laughter, Richardson emphasised: \u201cIt\u2019s to not say something about Bob\u2019s efficiency \u2013\u00a0it\u2019s sensible, and he\u2019s additionally an excellent buddy.\u201d Quipped Keitel: \u201cAre you making an attempt to get me killed?!\u201d<\/p>\n
The actor had launched Richardson following a spotlight reel of his work. \u201cI\u2019m holding a chunk of paper with one thing to say upon it,\u201d Keitel mentioned after the reel ended. \u201cHowever seeing Bob\u2019s work speaks for itself. We have now earlier than us one of many world\u2019s best cinematographers. So, that\u2019s all I’ve to say.\u201d He then ripped up the paper and threw away its items.<\/p>\n
Richardson obtained the KVIFF award on the world premiere of Czech filmmaker Jana Hojdov\u00e1\u2018s Robert Richardson: The White Satan, a characteristic documentary devoted to the life and profession of the cinema icon. The entire crew joined the honoree on stage, with director Hojdov\u00e1 giving him a bracelet. Defined Richardson: \u201cI’ve a convention \u2013 each time I begin a film, I’ve one bracelet, and I put on it for your entire film. \u2026 Once they come off, which means the movie\u2019s gonna die.\u201d<\/p>\n
Afterward Sunday, the cinematographer will sit down in Karlovy Differ with THR\u2019s Scott Feinberg to file an episode of the Awards Chatter podcast.<\/p>\n
When KVIFF unveiled that Richardson would obtain the dignity, it emphasised that he’s \u201cone of the revered cinematographers of the previous 4 a long time and one of many few folks alive to have obtained a greatest cinematography Oscar 3 times,\u201d particularly for\u00a0JFK,\u00a0The Aviator\u00a0and\u00a0Hugo, KVIFF highlighted. \u201cRichardson\u2019s work has helped lend a particular environment to movies starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, and Margot Robbie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Richardson is a part of a star-studded lineup of honorees and friends at KVIFF\u2019s double anniversary version. Different huge names who’ve already been honored this weekend are Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jesse Eisenberg.<\/p>\n
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