Photos I took of cinematographer Ed Lachman’s opening at the Galerie Cinema on rue Sainte Claude in Paris, recently founded by Anne-Dominique Toussaint. Her concept is to make an art gallery for filmmakers. Ed exhibited frames from his movies, including a frame from the last shot River Phoenix did before his death, and some collages. [...]
I had the pleasure of seeing these distinguished filmmakers at Ed’s chic opening at Marie-Dominique Toussaint’s Galerie Cinema in Paris. Ed is exhibiting frame blow-ups from his movies & collages. — Gaspar agreed that Lars von Trier’s upcoming Nymphomaniac seems like it will be more disturbing than sexy. Gaspar says that he will finally shoot [...]
My latest post for thefilmbook blog on the ASC site is based on a Camerimage seminar I moderated with cinematographers and gaffers, with the encouragement and sponsorship of Marc Galerne of K5600 Lighting, and additional support by Jacques Delacoux of Transvideo. _____ The participants pictured above are: Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, gaffer James Plannette, Michel Abramowicz, [...]
Je viens de recevoir cet ouvrage élégant de mon ami Philippe Rousselot. I just received this elegant book, written by my cinematographer friend Philippe Rousselot, as part of a series entitled “wisdom of a métier”. +++ Vous pouvez le commander ici You can order it here +++ My translation of the excerpt on the back [...]
Noted cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler shot a documentary (with Mike Butler and Nel Cox) of people traveling across the US in a bus to join the March on Washington in 1963. The 12-minute excerpt below shows a succession of brief interchanges by the protesters about non-violence, group decisions and other political talk. In Washington, [...]
The great Russian cinematographer has passed away. My condolences to his wife and family. I took this photo of Vadim at the Plus Camerimage 2012 Festival, where he received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Yusov’s lengthy filmography included 3 films with Andrei Tarkovsky: Ivan’s Childhood, Andrei Rublev, and Solaris. I also had the opportunity to interview [...]