Sunday, April 4, 2021
The Queen’s Gambit
Created by Scott Frank, Allan Scott / Based on "The Queen's Gambit" by Walter Tevis / Written & Directed by Scott Frank /
Starring Anya Taylor-Joy
"Her mind moves upon silence." - W.B. Yeats
“Chess isn't always competitive. Chess can also be beautiful. It was the board I noticed first. It's an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it. I can dominate it. And it's predictable, so if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame." - Beth Harmon
Friday, February 26, 2021
Nomadland
Directed, Written, Edited, and Produced by Chloé Zhao / Starring Frances McDormand / Cinematography by Joshua James Richards / Based on Jessica Bruder’s 2017 non-fiction book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century."
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Shakespeare - Sonnet 18
"The naturalistic approach meant Zhao’s script evolved with the workers they cast. Producers would arrive on location in advance of the shoot to record iPhone videos with possible characters, then send them to Zhao so she could work on her revisions.
'I tried to focus on the human experience and things that I feel go beyond political statements to be more universal — the loss of a loved one, searching for home.' - Chloé Zhao"
(source: IndieWire)
Monday, January 25, 2021
The Sound of Metal
"The world does keep moving and it can be a damn cruel place, But for me those moments of stillness, that place, that’s the Kingdom of God. And that place will never abandon you." - JoeDirected by Darius Marder / Music by Abraham Marder, Composer-Sound Designer Nicolas Becker / Story by Darius Marder, Derek Cianfrance / Starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Mathieu Amalric / Produced by Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche, Bill Benz Kathy Benz / Screenplay by Darius Marder, Abraham Marder / Cinematography Daniël Bouquet / Edited by Mikkel E.G. Nielsen / Production company Caviar Ward Four
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Practice humanity. We don't talk about practicing humanity, but now if ever there is a time to practice humanity the time is now. The time is now to show some kindness, to show some compassion to people, show some gentility [...] Yes, we have a problem. Yes, we will deal with it. Yes, we will overcome it. But let's find our better selves in doing it. - Governor Cuomo
Monday, August 6, 2018
Jean-Marc Vallée
Director, Editor, Producer
(From an interview with DNA; about directing process on Big Little Lies)
JMV... "the way we shoot – handheld with available light, not blocking the light, not reflecting it – it creates a space. There's a feeling of reality; we're doing fiction but it becomes about capturing. I'll shoot the first rehearsal and I don't tell the actors where to go. Sometimes it sucks, sometimes it's good and then I react to that. I do coverage depending on the [character's] perspective, what they look at and where they go. If she starts walking and then she stops and he looks at her, or she looks at him - I cut from her perspective and use her looks to tell me where to cut there. [...] to shoot with no rehearsal."
"when I saw the Pacific Ocean over there, it was f***ing angry and violent. I've never seen waves like that and the sunset was so incredible. I thought, this has to be a character. And the sound – it would be the sound of the series. I thought, let's find houses where these women will have a connection to the ocean. The ocean is the mother of humanity. It's so powerful, strong and mysterious and such a good symbol."
(source: DNA article, written by Rucha Sharma. Photo credit: Michael Watier)
JMV... "the way we shoot – handheld with available light, not blocking the light, not reflecting it – it creates a space. There's a feeling of reality; we're doing fiction but it becomes about capturing. I'll shoot the first rehearsal and I don't tell the actors where to go. Sometimes it sucks, sometimes it's good and then I react to that. I do coverage depending on the [character's] perspective, what they look at and where they go. If she starts walking and then she stops and he looks at her, or she looks at him - I cut from her perspective and use her looks to tell me where to cut there. [...] to shoot with no rehearsal."
"when I saw the Pacific Ocean over there, it was f***ing angry and violent. I've never seen waves like that and the sunset was so incredible. I thought, this has to be a character. And the sound – it would be the sound of the series. I thought, let's find houses where these women will have a connection to the ocean. The ocean is the mother of humanity. It's so powerful, strong and mysterious and such a good symbol."
(source: DNA article, written by Rucha Sharma. Photo credit: Michael Watier)
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Six Feet Under
Created by Alan Ball
Performances by Frances Conroy, Michael C. Hall, Peter Krause, Lauren Ambrose, Rachel Griffiths, Mathew St. Patrick, Freddy Rodríguez... / Written by Alan Ball, Nancy Oliver, Rick Cleveland, Kate Robin, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Scott Buck, Jill Soloway, Craig Wright, Laurence Andries, Christian Taylor, Christian Williams, Johnny Otto.
Our death is our wedding with eternity - Rumi
Performances by Frances Conroy, Michael C. Hall, Peter Krause, Lauren Ambrose, Rachel Griffiths, Mathew St. Patrick, Freddy Rodríguez... / Written by Alan Ball, Nancy Oliver, Rick Cleveland, Kate Robin, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Scott Buck, Jill Soloway, Craig Wright, Laurence Andries, Christian Taylor, Christian Williams, Johnny Otto.
Our death is our wedding with eternity - Rumi