The Batman is almost here, and other than the hype surrounding Robert Pattinson donning the cape and cowl as the iconic caped crusader and the visionary Matt Reeves in the directors chair, the film's distinct yet gorgeous cinematography seems to separate itself from previous adaptations. Now, Pattinson and co-star Zoë Kravitz have shown high praise for Greig Fraser's work, calling the Director of Photography a «genius.»
Fraser is no stranger to shooting some of the most beautiful looking films in the past decade. From his work on acclaimed projects like Killing Them Softly,Zero Dark Thirty,Foxcatcher,Lion,Rogue One,Vice,The Mandalorian, and most recentlyDune, Fraser has slowly become one of the best DP's in the industry, so it is no surprise that his visuals on The Batman would be met with overwhelming praise, especially from the stars of the film.
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Sitting down with Collider's Steve Weintraub in a new interview, Pattinson and Kravitz were asked about what it was like collaborating with Fraser, to which the two responded with nothing but positive comments. “He’s an absolute genius. It’s so crazy, like, you go into it and even in the costume test and everything, you do not realize how difficult it is to light the cowl," Pattinson shared. “I mean, Greig said to me a lot, he’d say, two most difficult things when he was in film school, they said that by far the hardest thing to light are the Darth Vader helmet and the Batman cowl."
«Like, I mean, you’re just in shadow no matter what you do. And somehow he managed to figure out a way through it where it just looks cool, it looks like Batman, but also you can see expression and stuff,» Pattinson added. The actor
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