I just saw Bound For Glory on 35mm last night as part of a Haskell Wexler retrospective and it was absolutely stunning. It won the Academy Award for cinematography and is of historical importance for being an early (first?) example of the Steadicam in a major motion picture, and has a very specific soft, blown-out look that evokes both old photographs and the impure air of it's Dustbowl setting.

I was wondering if there is a specific term for that look, or if it was achieved with a specific technical process. Is it as simple as slight over-exposing everything? Is there a post-production technique they used? I know McCabe & Mrs. Miller achieved a similar look via Vilmos Zsigmond exposing the film before they shot with it. Maybe if there is an article or interview someone could link me to where Wexler talks about how they shot the movie, I'd love to read about it.

Examples of Bound For Glory's cinematography here and here.