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‘Charlatan’ Cinematographer Martin Strba on Why More Is Less

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Will Tizard ContributorThe dizzying mosaic of periods and plot twists in Agnieszka Holland’s “Charlatan,” submitted by the Czech Republic to the Oscars race this year, offered Slovak DP Martin Strba (“Sekal Must Die,” “Burning Bush”) some daunting challenges.

The story of an unorthodox master of folk medicine, who runs afoul of both Nazis and the Soviet-backed regime, called for visual styles as thoughtfully concocted as the potions of the protagonist, Jan Mikolasek.

Strba spoke to Variety about the film, which screens in the main competition section of the EnergaCamerimage Film Festival.I knew right away that it would be necessary to react visually to the nonlinear way it’s told.

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