One of the best cinematographers in the world isRoger Deakins. If you look over hisamazing resume, you’ll see he’s shot so many memorable films, you’d be hard pressed to have not seen at least a few of them. Some of the standouts includeSicario,The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,No Country for Old Men,The Big Lebowski,The Shawshank Redemption,Prisoners,Skyfall,Fargo,Unbroken, andTrue Grit. With Deakins having shot the Coen brothers’Hail, Caesar!I recently sat down with him for an extended video interview.
During the interview Deakins talked about recapturing Hollywood’s Golden Age, the evolution of his relationship with the Coen Brothers, the future of digital photography, the prospect of shooting a movie on a phone, the hardest part of his job, advice for aspiring cinematographers,Blade Runner 2(which shoots this summer), and so much more.
Hail, Caesar!, which is now in theaters,Josh Brolinstars as Eddie Mannix, an old-time Hollywood fixer who has a reputation for keeping actors’ scandals out of the press. But when Baird Whitlock (George Clooney) is kidnapped and held for ransom by a group calling themselves “The Future”, Mannix is tasked with collecting the $100,000 demand and rescuing the star. It’s a classic Coen Brothers set-up and it gives them their first opportunity to delve into the madness of Hollywood sinceBarton Fink.Hail, Caesar!also starsChanning Tatum,Scarlett Johansson,Tilda Swinton,Frances McDormand,Ralph Fiennes,Jonah Hill, andAlden Ehrenreich. For more on the filmread Matt’s review.
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