Gregg Toland Quote

The star system has us making pictures with personalities rather than stories, sacrificing everything in order to keep some old bags playing young women.


From an essay Toland wrote for International Photographer arguing that cinematographers needed to be uncompromising. Hilton Als (2006). "The Cameraman". The New Yorker (June 19): 46–51


The star system has us making pictures with personalities rather than stories, sacrificing everything in order to keep some old bags playing young...

The star system has us making pictures with personalities rather than stories, sacrificing everything in order to keep some old bags playing young...

The star system has us making pictures with personalities rather than stories, sacrificing everything in order to keep some old bags playing young...

The star system has us making pictures with personalities rather than stories, sacrificing everything in order to keep some old bags playing young...