Director David Fincher visits Red in 2010 to see their upcoming Epic camera, originally posted by Mark Romanek. +++ Fincher was a digital camera pioneer, starting with the Viper on Zodiac with cinematographer Harris Savides, and moving on to the Red with cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth on The Social Network and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. [...]
In this pithy interview with Cal Fussman, the director also shared his long-held admiration for fellow director Ingmar Bergman: Me sitting down for dinner with Ingmar Bergman felt like a house painter sitting down with Picasso. Read the interview on Esquire site +++
After Silver Linings Playbook, David O Russell brings us a saga of con artists with a wonderful ensemble cast, and cinematography by Linus Sandgren. The trailer is beautifully, and playfully, cut to Led Zeppelin’s Good Times, Bad Times. Bravo to the editors, presumably Jay Cassidy & Kevin Tent. Watch on YouTube I want to see [...]
Genius in gestation. The future filmmaker was a photographer for Look in the 1940s. +++ from Kubrick Pinterest page +++
I posted an interview with cinematographer Christopher Doyle on my blog on the ASC web site. Chris speaks eloquently about the artistic process, saying that it’s not about making art, it’s about becoming an artist.
This is the second part of my interview with Christopher Doyle. Here Chris speaks about accepting mistakes, engaging with filmmakers, avoiding careerism, and feeling who is behind the camera… among other things. You can also watch this on YouTube You can watch part 1 of this interview in my blog on the ASC web site. [...]
I visited with cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (aka Chivo) in Los Angeles last June, we had lunch and spoke about cinema. We discussed his latest film with Alfonso Cuaron, the stunning Gravity. I have written an article about the film in the American Cinematographer. We spoke about the increasing importance of virtual cinematography, and the need [...]
Vivian Kubrick’s extraordinary 35-minute documentary about the making of her father’s film, The Shining, has many wonderful moments: – her dad setting up a low-angle shot on Nicholson – or his correcting Duvall’s performance, – or the great Garrett Brown doing a Steadicam shot. A rare document by someone with almost total access to a [...]
Blake Edwards throws a pie at Natalie Wood. The great comedic director targets his actress on the set of The Great Race in 1964, as a cream-faced Jack Lemmon looks on. Edwards and Wood reportedly did not get on well during the shoot, so this may have been a cathartic moment for both. Photo by [...]
At 91 the legendary DP is still full of fire. I took this photo of him at Cine Gear where he received an award, and spoke for one of his causes: an end to dangerously long working hours on set. Haskell’s web site