. >> anthony: vilmos zsigmond, legendary cinematographer. name, you sure as hell know his work. the oscar winning "close encounters", "the deer hunter", his absolutely revolutionary work on "mccabe & mrs. miller", "the long goodbye", "deliverance." he created a whole new palette. took crazy risks. changed film language in ways that people still try to imitate. and he's making our camera crew very nervous, i can tell you. >> anthony: self taught yourself. you taught yourself to shoot. >> vilmos: basically i always tried to use my father's little kodak camera. my luck was, actually, that i became sick with some kidney disease. i was in bed for a month and an uncle of mine gave me a book about eugene lubovich, who was a great photographer. i bought the camera for myself, and started to take just amateur pictures. >> anthony: one thing that hasn't changed through the years is the hungarian affection for "taking the waters." marinating in thermal baths, a tradition going back to the romans, continued by the ottomans, and something that survived r