Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer.
“Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man's relationship with his God, the breaking down of tradition.”
“Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Things have been done the hard way. I think you learn better when things are done the hard way.”