Cinematographer Lol Crawley finds the monumental visual language to capture an artform that is essentially static.
The American Dream is subverted in The Brutalist which starts with a shot of the Statue of Liberty upside down. It marks the arrival by boat of the film’s fictional protagonist, László Tóth, a Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor, emigrating to begin a new life only to find the trauma of war amplified in the land of the free.
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Behind the scenes: The Lost Bus
Editor William Goldenberg and Director Paul Greengrass elaborate on the plot of The Lost Bus, a white-knuckle ride disaster movie with a burning environmental message.
Behind the scenes: Bulk
For Ben Wheatley’s experimental, low-budget ‘midnight movie’, DoP Nick Gillespie incorporated a mix of formats, DIY effects, and back projection techniques to evoke classic cinema.
Behind the scenes: Nobody 2
Cinematographer Callan Green breaks down the colourful visual aesthetic of the action-comedy sequel Nobody 2.
Behind the scenes – Bookish: “We murder very well”
It seems unlikely that Mark Gatiss would ever get angry but mention ‘cosy crime’ and the Sherlock creator exhibits mild exasperation.
Behind the scenes – F1: The Movie
F1: The Movie gives the sensation of racing at 200mph from a driver’s eye view thanks to two sets of new cameras custom-engineered for the film.
