Tribute to Raoul Coutard By Dick Pope, BSC
When certain people die, those who you sadly never met but meant so much to you, in fact meant the world to you, perhaps really long ago when they were young and very much alive and kicking, It’s so easy to let things go, to not openly react or respond, but to leave it to others, perhaps read an obituary, or just offer up a ’too bad’ or ’how sad’ and now let’s move on, what’s next? But the news last week of Raoul Coutard’s death has affected me deeply and I wish to say something because for me he was a god, a master like no other... and since this is Camerimage, the cinematography festival, something needs to be said here.