The cinematographer recalls that the visual brief from the Coen brothers was deceptively simple. “They said they wanted a slushy New York. When I suggested the album cover for The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, they said they had that image in mind as well.” In that picture, Dylan walks with a woman on a New York street under a wintry sky. He is wearing a jacket that doesn’t seem quite warm enough, and they are treading on dirty, melted snow. “We had to feel the winter and that dirty feeling when the snow starts to melt,” says Delbonnel.