Movie Score Card

January, 1991

A man who has seen Citizen Kane "at least thirty times," Hungarian-born cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond calls that milestone movie "a favorite picture that I go back to for inspiration." Zsigmond's own latest project is the imminent Bonfire of the Vanities, directed by Brian De Palma. "I like working with De Palma—he's a great director, but he gives you total freedom." Zsigmond, 60, compares Bonfire's cinematic style to the black-and-white Kane as "super-real,...