American Cinematographer - February 1993 - 25

Scent of a
Woman:
Putting on the Ritz
New York

City's grand old hotels
lend five-star power to the location
lighting tactics of Don Thorin, ASC.
by Brooke Comer

film. But having collaborated with
Brest on Midnight Run, Thorin was
confident of his relationship with
the director and appreciative of the

cial

photographic opportunities Scent of

be

a

Woman offered.

Lighting has always in¬
trigued Thorin, who developed his
interest through his longtime
hobby of still photography. Prior to
his move to Hollywood, the Oma¬
ha, Nebraska native ran a commerProduced and directed

by Martin Brest
Director of photography,
Don Thorin,

ASC

design studio. He began his
industry career in the mailroom at
Fox, but it took him "about five
minutes to realize that I wanted to
a

cameraman." After several

mailroom, Thorin
camera department
as a loader, and
got his first feature
job as a second assistant on Young
years in the
moved to the

Lions, which starred Marlon
Brando. He went on to work exten¬

Thorin's debut film as a
director of photography was Thief.
He was hired in 1980 by director

Michael Mann, who liked the look
Thorin had achieved on a TV
movie.

Thief had a dark, high-gloss

look that came from wet-down
streets and very low-key lighting.
"We used fiber optics to light the
interiors of the cars, which had not
been done up to that time," Thorin

Working with the slower

sively with ASC members Haskell

notes.

Wexler, Gordon Willis, Owen
Roizman and Jordan Cronenwith,

film stocks of the day, Thorin exhib¬

"four very artistic cameramen who
taught me quite a bit."

February 1993

ited his daring by
five footcandles as
levels.

American

using four and
primary source

Cinematographer

Opposite: Frank
Slade (Al

Pacino) dances
an

impromptu

tango with
Donna

(Gabrielle
Anwar), a young
woman

he has

just met. This
page: The crew
lines up a shot
with actors

Chris O'Donnell,
Pacino and
Anwar.

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