Authors — Marc Nemcik
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Watch: “Understanding the Cinematography of Bruno Delbonnel”
Sareesh Sudhakaran inspects the cinematography of Bruno Delbonnel in a new wolfcrow video. The French DP has been nominated for four Academy Awards and is known for his color stylization.
by Marc Nemcik on Aug 11, 2016 -
Watch: “12 Essential Women Cinematographers”
Jacob T. Swinney recognizes 12 essential women cinematographers for their work in his latest video essay for Fandor Keyframe. In the accompanying essay he writes: “In the entire history of the Academy Awards, Best Cinematography remains the only category never to have had a female nominee.”
by Marc Nemcik on Aug 10, 2016 -
Watch: “Michael Cimino / Wide Shot”
Director Michael Cimino passed away in July at the age of 77. In this video, Jorge Luengo Ruiz explores the way that Cimino used the widescreen in his work.
by Marc Nemcik on Aug 9, 2016 -
Watch: “François Truffaut On Roberto Rossellini & Alfred Hitchcock”
Kent Jones’ 2015 documentary Hitchcock/Truffaut airs tonight, August 8, on HBO at 9 p.m. EST. Inspired by François Truffaut’s book of the same title from 1966, the film delves into the work of Alfred Hitchcock. Here is a clip from the AFI Harold Lloyd Master Seminar where Truffaut discusses how Hitchcock and Roberto Rossellini influenced his own work.
by Marc Nemcik on Aug 8, 2016 -
Watch: “A Tribute to Andrei Tarkovsky”
Movies in 5 Minutes made this Andrei Tarkovsky tribute featuring seven of his films. The video is the latest in a tribute series that has included Michael Mann, Ingmar Berman, and others.
by Marc Nemcik on Aug 3, 2016 -
Watch: “Cats Die Funny, Dogs Die Sad”
When a dog dies on screen it is universally portrayed as upsetting. The demise of a cat, meanwhile, is often used as a gag. Over at Fandor Keyframe, Jacob T. Swinney takes a look at the discrepancy in emotional response when an animal dies on screen.
by Marc Nemcik on Jul 26, 2016 -
Watch: Director Jack Pettibone Riccobono on The Seventh Fire, Having a Subject in Jail and Presenting a Film at the White House
In The Seventh Fire, first-time director Jack Pettibone Riccobono follows the relationship between Rob, a gang leader on a Native American reservation, and his 17-year-old protégé, Kevin. Their connection becomes increasingly complicated when Rob heads to his fifth stint in jail. The film boasts an impressive set of executive producers in Terrence Malick, Natalie Portman and Chris Eyre. The Seventh Fire opens at the Metrograph in New York on July 22, and at the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles on July 29. I talked to Riccobono about the difficulties of having a subject sentenced to jail time while shooting, presenting the […]
by Marc Nemcik on Jul 21, 2016 -
Watch: “The Original Ghostbusters Is Pretty Sexist”
The new Ghostbusters is set to release after months of trolling over its all-female cast. In his newest video essay at Fandor Keyframe, Kevin B. Lee takes a look at the six most prominent female roles in the 1984 version.
by Marc Nemcik on Jul 14, 2016 -
“I Tried Not to Be Didactic”: Werner Herzog on His MasterClass
A frequent and vocal opponent of film schools, the director Werner Herzog founded his own, the Rogue Film School, in 2009. He teaches students in weekend seminars held at varying locations around the world in what it feels like an oppositional practice to the standard four-year university programs. Now, Herzog has taken the Rogue Film School concept one step further by devising his own online program through MasterClass. The course is available online for $90 and offers 26 video lessons with accompanying exercises and course materials. I spoke to Herzog about the production of the class, his expectations for the course, […]
by Marc Nemcik on Jul 14, 2016 -
Watch: Michael Mann’s Blackhat and “The Ghost in the Circuit”
Despite a divisive critical reception and box office numbers, Michael Mann’s Blackhat has spawned a number of video essays since its release in early 2015. In his essay, Federico Palmerini examines the spectral nature of the Internet and its relationship to the film.
by Marc Nemcik on Jul 13, 2016
