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Hans Morgenstern

Embrace of the Serpent
By Hans Morgenstern | February 16, 2016

Abound with lush, multilayered imagery shot in black-and-white super 35, Embrace of the Serpent subverts time and space while mostly staying grounded in the primordial world of the Amazon jungle.

A Few Great Pumpkins X
By Julien Allen, Michael Koresky, Hans Morgenstern, Adam Nayman, Jeff Reichert, Justin Stewart | October 31, 2015
A Few Great Pumpkins

The Witch, The Hound of the Baskervilles, In the Mouth of Madness/Hair, Ringu, The Visit, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Carrie

Ida
By Hans Morgenstern | May 5, 2014

To evoke his film’s early 1960s, Soviet-era Poland setting, Pawlikowski not only shot Ida in black-and-white but also used the 4:3 academy aspect ratio, recalling such Eastern European classics of the era like Loves of a Blonde and Closely Watched Trains.

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