Whoa.

ijonlovestarantoga: making of Blade Runner Blade Runner!!!

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:03:53 -0500

ijonlovestarantoga:

making of Blade Runner

Blade Runner!!!

Baristas

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:07:39 -0500

Baristas: Baristas is an original comedy web-series based on the misadventures of four...

cinephilearchive: Academy Award-winning director Clint...

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:33:37 -0500

cinephilearchive:

Academy Award-winning director Clint Eastwood in conversation with Academy Award-nominee Darren Aronofsky following the world premiere of Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story.

This unprecedented new film focuses on Eastwood’s directorial method thanks to producing partners and fellow actors sharing never-before-told stories of working with Clint. It explores Eastwood’s signature style, dissecting the skills that have ensured his four decades of success. Bringing together the insights of Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman and many others, the film creates the complete picture of the man, the colleague, the creator.

Photo

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:28:58 -0500

cinephilearchive: This is never-broadcast footage of Woody...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:24:07 -0500

cinephilearchive:

This is never-broadcast footage of Woody Allen being interviewed by Granada TV in Manchester in 1971 while he was in the UK to promote Bananas. Woody refuses to give a truthful answer to any question, yet continues the interview for nearly 40 minutes. An anthology of hilarious answers.

This is genius.

moviesincolor: Martin Scorsese WeekThe Departed,...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:03:04 -0500

moviesincolor:

Martin Scorsese Week
The Departed, 2006
Cinematography: Michael Ballhaus

intrepid-android: Rembrandt - A Man in a Room (1630)

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:33:10 -0500

intrepid-android:

Rembrandt - A Man in a Room (1630)

Heh.

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:29:17 -0500

Heh.

"I didn’t use any lights. It’s funny, because sometimes I talk to other cinematographers and they..."

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:02 -0500

“I didn’t use any lights. It’s funny, because sometimes I talk to other cinematographers and...

moviesincolor: Martin Scorsese WeekMean Streets,...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:09:27 -0500

moviesincolor:

Martin Scorsese Week
Mean Streets, 1973
Cinematography: Kent Wakeford

I love this movie. I love this movie a lot. One of the 20 movies in my top 5.

When we're filming guerilla style and the cops show up...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:36:25 -0500

1stassistantdirectors: “Put the camera away! Go!”

lillithblackwell: Francois Truffaut shooting “La femme d’à...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:13:58 -0500

lillithblackwell:

Francois Truffaut shooting “La femme d’à côté”

I don’t understand my Truffaut obsession.

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:13:49 -0500

I don’t understand my Truffaut obsession.

cinephilearchive: Cinematographer on some of the most acclaimed...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:02:41 -0500

cinephilearchive:

Cinematographer on some of the most acclaimed motion pictures of the 1970s and ’80s, two-time Oscar nominee Gordon Willis served as director of photography on three Best Picture winners in six years: “The Godfather” (1972), “The Godfather Part II” (1974) and “Annie Hall” (1977). In the 1970s, working with filmmakers such as Allen, Coppola, Alan J. Pakula and Robert Benton, he defined the look of period films and perhaps the decade’s cinematic style as a whole. In films such as “The Paper Chase” (1973), “The Parallax View” (1974) and “All the President’s Men” (1976), he used new methods to convey mood, theme and emotion. To that end, his approach to a single place—New York City—varied immeasurably in its depictions in “Klute” (1971), “The Godfather,” “Annie Hall” and “Manhattan” (1979), among other films.

Gordon Willis is regarded by all of his peers as one of the greatest cinematographers in the history of film, and for many as the greatest of all time, period. Meeting with him only served to have him rise in our esteem from previous. Without wanting to use hyperbole, between lensing The Godfather trilogy, many of Woody Allen’s best films (including Annie Hall, Manhattan, Stardust Memories, Interiors, and others) and several master thrillers for Alan J. Pakula (All the President’s Men, Klute, The Parallax View, The Devil’s own, and others), Gordon Willis practically single-handedly re-invented the craft of cinematography and the nature by which films were and are composed, lit, and executed. He has left an indelible mark on the craft of filmmaking and we are delighted to present him in a two part interview here. We hope you enjoy a small window into a great man’s achievements and approach. —Craft Truck

In the seven years from 1971 to 1977, six films shot by Willis accumulated 39 Oscar nominations with 19 wins, including three for Best Picture.

For “All the President’s Men” (1976), he put a winch in the dome of the Library of Congress that enabled his remote-controlled camera to pull back from a desktop to a full view of the library floor, all in one shot.

Willis enjoyed six cinematic collaborations with director Alan J. Pakula spanning 1971 (“Klute”) to 1997 (“The Devil’s Own”).

During the Korean War, he spent four years in the Air Force on a motion picture unit photographing instructional films.

He has his own “theory of relativity,” which he explains as “I believe in the relativity of moviemaking, which includes a world of light and dark, big and small, high and low, good and evil.”

Director Francis Ford Coppola, a collaborator on three films, once said of Willis, “He has a natural sense of structure and beauty, not unlike a Renaissance artist.”

Slow day at work. Messing around with Alexa

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:52:44 -0500

Slow day at work. Messing around with Alexa

behindtheillusions: Ryan Gosling, director Derek Cianfrance and...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:04:19 -0500

behindtheillusions:

Ryan Gosling, director Derek Cianfrance and Eva Mendes on the set of The Place Beyond the Pines (2012).

This director….

We’re in for some big things in the future.

behindtheillusions: Shelley Duvall and Jack Nicholson on the...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:41:41 -0500

behindtheillusions:

Shelley Duvall and Jack Nicholson on the set of The Shining (1980), directed by Stanley Kubrick.

I’m surprised he’s doing multicam. Knowing how anal Kubrick was, I had him figured as a single camera sort of guy.

newairbroadcasting: Great film…great cinematography. “The Man...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:12:38 -0500

newairbroadcasting:

Great film…great cinematography.

“The Man Who Wasn’t There” - Joel & Ethan Coen

The lighting in this movie!!

jimmcavoy: “A person is, among all else, a material thing,...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:10:31 -0500

jimmcavoy:

“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended” - Atonement

Seamus McGarvey, I want to be you.

Young Stanley Kubrick

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:50:21 -0500

Young Stanley Kubrick