Cinematographer John A. Alonzo was one of the driving creative forces in the resurgence of expressionistic American movies of the late 1960s and '70s. Director Axel Schill's documentary explores Alonzo's work on key films of that era and beyond. Clips from Chinatown, Scarface, Internal Affairs and other movies accompany interviews with stars such as Richard Dreyfuss, Sally Field and contemporary cinematographer Haskell Wexler.
Axel Schill
Writer, Director
Stephanie Bahr
Writer
John A. Alonzo
Self (archive footage)
Michael Crichton
Self
Richard Dreyfuss
Self
Roger Ebert
Self
Sally Field
Self
Mike Figgis
Self
William Friedkin
Self
Frank Sinatra Jr.
Self
John Toll
Self
Sherman's March65%
Directed by John Ford70%
Love, Antosha74%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Night Will Fall76%
The Class of ‘9271%
McQueen74%
Maria by Callas73%
Public Speaking70%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Room 23761%
The U.S. vs. John Lennon67%
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me60%
180° South72%
Fuck64%
Spielberg75%
Val71%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert83%
