"There's Something to Be Said for Eliminating Variables and Keeping Things Simplistic": DP Mike Gioulakis on the Doppelgängers of Us

In Jordan Peele's Us, a middle class family returns home from a day at the beach to find themselves under siege by murderous doppelgängers clad in red jumpsuits and wielding scissors. Instead of leaning primarily on face replacements, compositing and other post production tricks, cinematographer Mike Gioulakis emphasized clever camera placement and the use of doubles to create the illusion of Lupita Nyong’o and her clan battling their alter egos. With Us hitting Blu-ray and other home enterta...