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 [...]
From thefilmbook archive, an introduction to DSLR which details the four main sensor sizes and lens families in cinema today, and an explanation of field of views.
BRAVO à mes amis de l’AFC qui ont réuni des textes qui amorcent un dialogue important sur la Convention Collective pour le cinéma avec 14 directeurs photo, 15 réalisateurs, 2 chef monteurs, 2 chef ops son, 1 scripte, 1 producteur, 1 chef déco, 1 représentant d’un labo, 1 directeur de prod et 1 économiste.
From thefilmbook archive: 5 links on making 2-eyed movies: 2 interviews with James Cameron and Vince Paice A showme video about assembling a 3D Steadicam with Philippe Bordelais Basic 3D notions with Geoff Boyle Faraway flatness and softness in 3D
From thefilmbook archive, a look back at was truly revolutionary about Avatar
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 [...]
From thefilmbook archive: Dante Spinotti Workshop shot at Camerimage with a Sony F23 and Canon 7D.
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
Abdelatif Kechiche’s 3-hour film of a lesbian love story is astounding, heart-breaking, intimate, erotic, beautiful. Pure cinema. Blue is the Warmest Color deserves the Cannes Palme d’Or from Steven Spielberg’s jury. Adèle Exarchopoulos is extraordinary in the title role, wonderfully supported by Lea Seydoux. They deserve to win best actress together, but Cannes rules forbid [...]
The nine jurors for the 2013 Cannes Festival make for an impressive line-up: Cristian Mungiu, Naomi Kawase, Christoph Waltz, Vidya Balan, Daniel Auteuil, Nicole Kidman, jury president Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee and Lynne Ramsay What a diverse and talented group, including world-class directors Mungiu, Spielberg & Lee.