A Single Man is a revelation in a number of ways. It’s the directorial and writing debut from Tom Ford, the leading fashion designer who is best known for his luxury clothing, accessories, fragrances and cosmetics. Actor Colin Firth, who often plays the flummoxed leading man, reveals an incredible new dimension to his thespian talent. And the Spanish cinematographer, Eduard Grau, was just 27 when he lit the film. The fact that it might just scoop a pantryful of awards in the coming season is another pleasant surprise....
Sometimes the opportunity comes to get inside the head, and the heart, of a cinematographer. With the explosive The Hurt Locker grabbing headlines and awards galore, and Green Zone deploying at a cinema-near-you now, Ron Prince got the chance to find out what makes Barry Ackroyd BSC tick...
Robin Hood, which is set to open the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, is John Mathieson BSC’s fifth cinematographic collaboration with Ridley Scott, having previously lit Gladiator (2000), Hannibal (2001), Matchstick Men (2003) and Kingdom Of Heaven (2005) for the veteran director...
Cinematographer Wally Pfister ASC has worked with director Chris Nolan half a dozen times. Here he speaks to Bob Fisher about the progression of their work
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Once upon a time in Nazi-occupied France a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” have one mission – to wreack havoc on the Third Reich, any way they can. And, boy, do they...
Writer/director Richard Kelly and cinematographer Steven Poster ASC first came together in 2001 for the schizophrenic story of Donnie Darko, renewed their teaming for the post-apocalyptic style Southland Tales and recently finished Kelly’s big screen adaption of Richard Matheson’s six page 1970 Playboy-published short story Button, Button called The Box. The relationship the two have developed over the years has become extremely effective in creating their nothing-is-what-it-seems stories.
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