ah yes, gunner was great also, but i think sven was even greater. just look at what he and bergman achieved in the faith trilogy, persona, or what i like to call 'the island trilogy' (shame, passion and hour of the wolf). as great as gunner fischer and bergman were together i think sven nykvist and bergman were an even better match. it was something more subtle and warm and emotive in comparison to fischer's starker more gothic contrasts.
if i remember correctly, sven was filling in for gunner due to illness, and bergman liked sven so much that he worked with him exclusively from there on after. poor old gunner fischer must have been kicking himself for getting ill.
and yes dean cundy probably doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath but i think he's quite a big part of what makes those earlier carpenter films so good. he seems quite influenced by the italian masters also, as i suppose most horror film makers were back then.
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