Uncontrollable laughter — a case of the giggles — sometimes just happens on set. It’s often triggered by one line of ordinary dialogue, that the actor just can’t say with a straight face. The more he tries not to laugh, the more he laughs. This inability of the professional actor to be “professional”, his helpless [...]
Entertaining 90-second Scandinavian commercial for XXL, with a message +++
I posted a short clip of director Peter Weir speaking about “inspiration” on my ASC blog. +++ LINK http://bit.ly/weirInspiration +++
My in-depth cover story for American Cinematographer about this striking film is online. — Bruno Delbonnel collaborated with colorist Peter Doyle to create a unique, muted look with radiant skins and desaturated tones to convey the sadness that underlies this movie. +++ Bruno has received a Bronze Frog from Camerimage for his work on Llewyn, [...]
In alphabetical order, these are the 7 masterful movies that especially touched me in 2013: 12 YEARS A SLAVE by Steve McQueen ALL IS LOST by J C Chandor BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR by Abdellatif Kechiche GRAVITY by Alfonso Cuaron HER by Spike Jonze IDA by Pawel Pawlikowski INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS by the Coen [...]
— Bravo to cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, who has directed and lit a stunning, disturbing 8-minute film about self-images and eating disorders, entitled Likeness. The film stars Elle Fanning, and was made in concert with Rodrigo’s daughter, Ximena, who suffered an eating disorder in her teens. The film travels through a party, presenting a series of [...]
Sylwester Rozmiarek offers a beautiful black and white facebook album of photos: Camerimage 2013 Behind the Scenes
— The great cinematographer is tied to actress Sandy Dennis on the set of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf; this rope “leash” is a good way to keep a constant distance between an actor and the camera. Of course this is also an amazing image of the bond between the actor & cinematographer: dance & [...]
Jack Lemmon’s cross-dressing character partying with the women in the band in the 1959 comic masterpiece Some Like it Hot by Billy Wilder. Marilyn is the only one in black, and is the only one with her mouth open — a characteristic pose for her.(click for bigger image) +++ LINKS trailer entire film on YouTube [...]
A brief article by Kristopher Tapley in Hitfix, has some nice quotes from Chivo about what distinguishes directors Alfonso Cuaron and Terrence Malick: I love to work with them, because they believe that you can express emotion visually +++