This 2013 panel was moderated by BSC cinematographer Phil Meheux and composed of: BSC cinematographers Nic Morris (Being Human) & Ben Smithard (My Week with Marilyn) ASC cinematographer & President of Cinematographer Guild Steven Poster Milan Krsljanin, Business Development Manager, Arri GB Peter Sykes, Strategic Marketing Manager, Sony Thomas Urbye, colourist, owner of The Look [...]
America’s most famous & most passionate film critic has left us. May God bless his soul. Charlie Rose hosts a memorial segment with 2 film critics & Werner Herzog, and two great clips of Ebert.
Warhol kneels before Hitchcock. 2 geniuses: 1 brilliant filmmaker, 1 terrible filmmaker. Warhol’s 1971 interview of Hitchcock is all about murder. The most interesting part is when the artist refers to having been shot in 1968: Andy Warhol: Well I was shot by a gun, and it just seems like a movie. I can’t see [...]
The glued bottles are the touches of real filmmakers.
Nicholas Winding Refn explains film violence to his leading man Ryan Gosling, in this brief behind the scenes clip from “Only God Forgives”; the Danish director is also seen wearing his trademark midriff blanket on set. Refn will premiere “Only God Forgives” at the Cannes Festival this month. +++
A Bangkok shoot-out and chase from Nicholas Winding Refn’s upcoming film, which will premiere in Cannes: +++ In another scene, Gosling’s character and his date get crudely insulted by his mother +++ In another excerpt, Gosling’s character attacks a man in an empty nightclub +++ The cinematography by Larry Smith is dark, moody, colorful. It [...]
In a letter from Jean-Pierre Beauviala (relayed by Mitch Gross on the CML mailing list), the founder of Aaton tells us that the camera manufacturer will be “taken over by new owners”. Jean-Pierre also confirms the problems with manufacturing the Delta Penelope camera. Dear friends, AATON YESTERDAY Over the last couple of years, Aaton devoted [...]
A provocative poster for Lars von Trier’s upcoming film Nymphomaniac starring Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Angenieux and Cooke have announced at NAB that their new anamorphic lenses will match well, which leaves Arri/Zeiss’ new anamorphic primes out in the cold. Arri has previously aligned itself with Fujinon spherical zooms. According to our friend Jon Fauer the expected deliveries dates are: Early 2014 – Angenieux 56-152 mm T4 Optimo Cooke set [...]
How to write a slate from our friends at Black & Blue, using 12 examples of what to do (and not to do). http://bit.ly/YYoI6K