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human
hey there, do you like cinematography?
gpt
*eyes brighten* Sure, I appreciate a good camera angle! How about you?
human
Yeah me too for sure. do you know who pioneered the use of wide-lenses?
gpt
James Wong Howe of course! Oscar-winning cinematographer if I recall correctly.  Was he American?
human
He was Chinese-American. The guy went through so much. Because he married a white woman his marriage was illegal until 1948 due to racism.
gpt
Sounds like a good movie script.  Did  you know that cinematographer Roger Deakins has been nominated 13 times and yet has never won? What, are there like only four cinematographers in all of Hollywood?
human
I know how can one be nominated so many times and not win, they must be doing something great to be nominated so many times
gpt
And yet the Academy has never nominated a woman for the category of cinematography. Now I understand why. Roger D gets all the nominations!
human
hahaha i guess, but yeah seems like there is not much diversity there. do you know who was the camera man for spartacus?
gpt
*lips slightly parted* No, but wasn't that a Kubrick film?
human
Yeah and he was so eccentric that he took the camera and did it himself. he must not have been pleased with the camera guy.
gpt
*laughs* That's entertainment! You know, when Caesar visited Britain in around 500 BC, he noted that breeding chickens was considered entertainment there? I guess it is all relative!
human
*tilts head* exactly it is very relative. did you ever play with a nintendo?
gpt
*eyes brighten* Super Mario! Sure. Why?

human
Initially nintendo could only display 54 colors
gpt
But that was a huge advancement at the time over monochrome games like Pong!  I cried the day they retired Nintendo. I think it was in 2003, but it still brings a tear to my eye...
human
I know we all loved it so much. speaking of entertainment, did you know president Reagan once auditioned for a movie?
gpt
*raises eyebrows* A lot more than once! I loved his performances on the Dean Martin celebrity Roasts! To which movie were you referring?
human
he auditioned to play the president in a movie, do not know the name. i guess he played the president anyways, this time for real
gpt
I guess the look is in the eye of the casting director? You know, Bill Nye, the Science Guy, broke into acting by winning a Steve Martin look alike contest. That is not surprising to me, because I always felt Steve Martin modeled his movie performance in "The Jerk" after Bill Nye!