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...camps, Minghella's was more like a summer camp. Friends and family would flit in and out, as the director discussed shots with his cast, asking their opinion, taking it on board. Everyone knew everyone's name. They all hung out together, ate together, laughed together. And when the camera was rolling, Minghella would shoot take after take after take, savoring the act of filmmaking, not wanting it to end. Because the process was always the best part...
...aging moviegoer might cite King's Row, wherein cheerful Ronald Reagan lost his legs to a sadistic doctor. Me, I'd probably pick something like Boys Don't Cry, for which Hillary Swank won her first Oscar playing out a transgender tragedy on the flat and (as the camera saw them) fallow plains of Nebraska...
...said. “The shot in the caféwith all the people walking by is one ofthe most beautiful scenes I have everfilmed, and I didn’t even know it was goingto be so beautiful until later becauseof the nature of the digital camera I wasusing.”The technique lends itself well to thelinear structure of the narrative, toldfrom the perspective of Chico. Furtadocites the tradition of American literature—from Mark Twain to Kurt Vonnegut—as his inspiration for telling hisnarratives from the perspective of youngmales.All of the actors...
...rich. In a way you want to keep a levelof abstraction.”Though Cooper has bounced backand forth between the worlds of independentand studio filmmaking, he does notconsciously try to differentiate betweenthe two. “If you’ve got the right people behindthe camera and the right people infront of the camera, that’s where my headis, and it doesn’t make any difference,”Cooper said.Despite the casting of several A-listactors, Sachs said that the making of“Married Life” did not feel...
...environmentalists over developers. The film dramatizes the battle over Barton Springs and develops characters who drive the plot forward. The local charismatic developer who turns his back on the community, the environmental lawyer, and the requisite ill-groomed aging hippie all get their moment in front of the camera. The familiar villains are all there, from Wal-Mart and George W. Bush. “The Unforeseen” is one of the most masterfully crafted documentaries of recent years. With Hollywood powerhouse Robert Redford on board as an executive producer, the film has the budget to make environmental activism...