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 [...]
The ever brilliant Jaron Lanier links the gated community of the tablet to omni-surveillance and free searching in this incisive column in the New York Times. +++ Link We will become the medium from art blog +++
I posted a photo journal of my experience at Camerimage 2013 on thefilmbook blog on the ASC web site. It includes: – photos of Bydgoszcz – recap of the winners of the Main Competition – recap of some of the educational events – informal portraits of people I saw at Camerimage +++ +++
___ In part 3 of my video interview with Chris Doyle, the cinematographer talks about the importance of “being there” on set, and talks about the collaboration between the late Harris Savides and director Gus van Sant. +++
— I posted the second installment of my DPs and Gaffers series on thefilmbook blog on the ASC web site. Here they discuss how they put together their lighting list. +++
___ The Broken Circle Breakdown leads the 2013 European Film Awards in nominations. The Flemish film tells the jumbled story of a couple of bluegrass musicians whose marriage is challenged when their child is diagnosed with cancer. The Broken Circle Breakdown is directed by Felix van Groeningen, stars Veerle Baetens and Johan Heldenbergh, with cinematography [...]
The Camerimage 2013 schedule can be downloaded here +++
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, [...]
—— Thanks to a lengthy campaign by British filmmakers and friends, the BBC has finally cancelled its scandalous ban of material originated on Super 16mm film — an egregious example, if ever there was one, of the engineering tail wagging the creative dog. Bravo to Directors UK for spearheading this return to sanity! +++ Links [...]