Uncut Podcast with Dean Cundey

This is a cinematographer who has left an indelible mark on the history of film making. Not just a man who has traversed pretty much every genre–horror, action, drama, comedy, western, etc.–but also always shown a commitment to storytelling first. Dean Cundey just knows a tonne about how to make images work. He’s been dealing with special effects before computers were involved at all, shot the groundbreaking “Jurassic Park”, and continued on from there. A trailblazer, a visionary, and a gentleman.

Selected Filmography

Running Time: 1:29:45
Location: New Haven, Connecticut

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1:45 – HALLOWEEN – Nobody was doing horror at the time.

07:50 – The value of networking

12:15 – The Panaglide (the precursor to the steadycam) is disucssed

18:30 – How do you make a character a threat? Dean discusses John Carpenters theory on monsters.

25:40 – THE THING – How to get your audience to believe the impossible.

46:45 – BACK TO THE FUTURE – On getting the job and how having worked on ROMANCING THE STONE helped.

50:50 – Cuba Gooding Jr. photo bombs the set!

59:00 – WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT – discusses computer generated images and the challenges of this movie.

01:07:30 – JURASSIC PARK and HOOK – On moving from Hook to a “little dinosaur movie” with Steven Spielberg.

01:17:30 – Dean’s favorite and possibly most difficult scene ever!

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