Actor Kevin Spacey speaks eloquently, putting forward his series House of Cards as a business model for television giving people what they want, and predicting that the distinction between features and television will disappear. watch on YouTube +++ I liked the last part of the speech so much, that I transcribed it, on these 2 [...]
The finale of Season 2 of West Wing is an example of pure cinema on television. ——————- +++ The episode is entitled Two Cathedrals. President Bartlet has just returned from the funeral of his secretary, Mrs. Landingham, a lifelong friend. It has been revealed that he has Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and is going to a [...]
+++ This short film by Duval Guillaume Modem tells its political message very well Watch on YouTube +++
Below are 3 stills from James Blue’s documentary The March, documenting the 1963 March on Washington 50 years ago by 200 000 peaceful protesters, which culminated in Martin Luther King Jr’s historic “I have a dream” speech. The non-violent revolutionary envisioned that the next generation of Americans would be judged by “the content of their [...]
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, [...]
PINA (2011) by Wim Wenders is a true 3D masterpiece that combines the cinematic and dance art forms in a powerful, poetic and moving film homage to the late Pina Bausch, a brilliant, innovative choreographer. Wim Wenders was assisted on Pina by cinematographer Hélène Louvart, AFC, 3D supervisor François Garnier and director of stereography Alain [...]
DP Steven Sebring used the black and white Epic for this fashion short. I like the way he explores low-contrast monochrome images. The monochrome Epic was reportedly developed by Red at the suggestion of director David Fincher. I saw the Epic monochrome at Gokinema in January 2013. Since all the pixels contribute to the same [...]
David Fincher directed this commercial starring Rooney Mara, using the Red Epic Monochrome camera, with cinematography by David Devlin. watch on YouTube +++
A trailer for Alfonso Cuaron‘s upcoming TV series, Believe, was shown at the Comic Con show. The series follows a young girl with magical skills, included telekinesis, who is protected by a group that includes an escaped convict. Cuaron produced, wrote and directed the pilot. The cinematography for the pilot is by our friend Eric [...]
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 [...]