• Watch Documentary 'Cinematographer Style,' A Great Exploration Of Film Technique

    Here's a feature-length documentary on the art of cinematography -- one of many such films, but this particular one does feature the participation of dozens of cinematographers. Actually, more than "dozens" -- Jon Fauer's Cinematographer Style features interviews with over one hundred shooters. They include, but are hardly limited to Roger Deakins, László Kovács, Vittorio Storaro, Gordon…

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  • Clint Mansell Re-Teams With Darren Aronofsky To Score 'Noah'

    You might consider it a given that Clint Mansell would score Noah for Darren Aronofsky, as the two have a long-established working partnership that is beginning to resemble the creative marriage between Joel and Ethan Coen and Carter Burwell. In fact, "marriage" is exactly the word Aronofsky uses to describe his work with both Mansell…

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  • Darren Aronofsky's Cinematographer Matthew Libatique Says 'Noah' Will Shoot This Summer, Spills Villain Details

    Seeing as this comes not directly from Darren Aronofsky, but from Hollywood Elsewhere's Jeffrey Wells, who in turn heard it from Aronofsky's frequent cinematographer Matthew Libatique, it's probably safest to take the following news with a grain of salt. If true, though, it could mean we're one step closer to finally seeing a project that's…

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  • Darren Aronofsky Will Direct A Video For Lou Reed And Metallica

    Metallica has worked with some pretty impressive people in the film and art world. Just as quick examples, photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn has been instrumental in creating the band's visual image for more than a decade, and the band's first music video, for the song 'One,' was co-directed by Bill Pope, now better known…

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  • Matthew Libatique Will Shoot 'Wolverine 2' For Darren Aronofsky

    Take this post as a confirmation of something many of us have hoped, but we know now that cinematographer Matthew Libatique will shoot Wolverine 2 for director Darren Aronofsky. The two have worked together on all of the director's features except for The Wrestler. That change-up was deliberate -- Darren Aronofsky hired Maryse Alberti in…

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