As a cinematographer, Jan de Bont’s contributions to cinema cannot be overstated. He as an early, key collaborator of Paul Verhoeven’s, and later shot what was arguably Verhoeven’s most beautiful-looking American movie, Basic Instinct and made hugely influential, visually striking movies with Michael Chapman (All the Right Moves, The Clan of the Cave Bear), John McTiernan (Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October) and Lewis Teague (Cujo, The Jewel of the Nile). The influence of de Bont’s work is still felt today (just look at how much J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek cribs from The …
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