Foy mentions that the film’s day-for-night shots were inspired by Reichardt’s First Cow, which does likewise. How did cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt shoot day for night in First Cow? Blauvelt goes deep on this in our ebook on Kelly Reichardt, Roads to nowhere, available here.
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