The Gotham City of Joker is a mere fraction of a degree removed from the New York City of 1981, a time and place Larry Sher knows well. The Hangover and Godzilla: King of the Monsters cinematographer grew up in nearby Teaneck, New Jersey and would sneak into the city on the bus as a teenager in the early 1980s. Sher channeled those experiences--as well as the seminal New York films of the era--to evoke the alienating urban nightmare of Gotham. "My approach for Joker was to feed a little bit off ...
"This Little Live Show I was Doing on the Board": DP Larry Sher on Joker
Filmmaker Magazine - 7 Nov 2019 23:42
The Gotham City of Joker is a mere fraction of a degree removed from the New York City of 1981, a time and place Larry Sher knows well. The Hangover and Godzilla: King of the Monsters cinematographer grew up in nearby Teaneck, New Jersey and would sneak into the city on the bus as a teenager in the early 1980s. Sher channeled those experiences--as well as the seminal New York films of the era--to evoke the alienating urban nightmare of Gotham. "My approach for Joker was to feed a little bit off ...
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