"Second Unit is a Very Broad Label": DP Newton Thomas Sigel on Da 5 Bloods

There's something circular to the idea of Newton Thomas Sigel shooting firefights in the jungle on 16mm. It's how Sigel's career began, hauling gear into Central American combat zones as a photojournalist and documentarian in the 1980s. His first narrative as a cinematographer, Latino, was set during the Contra War in Nicaragua. His first studio break came with a 2nd Unit gig on Oliver Stone's Platoon. Sigel's latest, Da 5 Bloods, finds him back in the jungle, 16mm camera in hand. Filmed over th...