Lucien Ballard

The Wild Bunch (1969) – Cinematography Analysis & Stills

by Salik Waquas
Cinematography

Sam Peckinpah’s 1969 masterpiece, The Wild Bunch, is unequivocally one of them. For me, dissecting its cinematography isn’t some dry academic exercise; it’s a deep dive into craft, intuition, and the raw, emotional logic of visual storytelling. When I first encountered The… Read More »The Wild Bunch (1969) – Cinematography Analysis & Stills

The Killing (1956) – Cinematography Analysis

by Salik Waquas
Cinematography

It’s easy to overlook The Killing in favor of Kubrick’s later, more symmetrical epics, but The Killing is where he truly found his visual legs. It’s a lean, mean heist film that functions with the precision of a ticking bomb. For me,… Read More »The Killing (1956) – Cinematography Analysis