For the longest time, cinematographers have referenced paintings and still photography, whether recreating those images or riffing on them to create the moving images in films. It was no different for Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” which captured the beauty of America, and Regina King’s “One Night in Miami,” which was influenced by historical events. Even more impressive is the fact that some of the lensers behind this year’s top films are somewhat new to the circuit.
For his fourth feature film, “Nomadland” cinematographer Joshua James Richards traveled across the Badlands of South Dakota; Empire, Nev.; and western Nebraska, venturing into real-life nomad territory to tell the story of Fern (Frances McDormand), who lives on the road in her van.
The main visual reference, he says, was Andrew Wyeth’s Miss Olson. That painting served as the “texture and palette of the interior of Fern’s van.”
It wasn...
For his fourth feature film, “Nomadland” cinematographer Joshua James Richards traveled across the Badlands of South Dakota; Empire, Nev.; and western Nebraska, venturing into real-life nomad territory to tell the story of Fern (Frances McDormand), who lives on the road in her van.
The main visual reference, he says, was Andrew Wyeth’s Miss Olson. That painting served as the “texture and palette of the interior of Fern’s van.”
It wasn...
- 12/24/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Muhammad Ali graces the cover of this week’s Sports Illustrated, the magazine announced Saturday. It’s the boxer’s 40th time at the front of the magazine. The portrait was shot by Neil Leifer while Ali trained at 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach on October 9, 1970. Ali, who died late Friday in Arizona at age 74 after years of battling Parkinson’s disease, was a frequent Si subject over the years and had been named the magazine’s Sportsman of the Century in 1999. A funeral is expected to be held in the athlete’s hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Also Read: Muhammad Ali Mourned by Hollywood,...
- 6/4/2016
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
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- 9/22/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Neil Leifer’s Portraits of a Lady and Peter Raymont’s A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 27th annual Contemporary Documentaries series on Wednesday, April 29, at 7 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Admission is free. Portraits of a Lady takes a look at the work of 25 artists who participated in a painting session with former Us Supreme Court judge Sandra Day O’Connor in 2006. Following the screening, Leifer and co-producer Walter Bernard will take questions from the audience. A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman examines the life of Ariel Dorfman, the Chilean author who wrote numerous novels, plays, poems and essays in both Spanish and English. All films will screen at the Linwood Dunn Theater at the Academy’s Pickford Center [...]...
- 4/22/2009
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences kicks off Part 2 of its 27th annual "Contemporary Documentaries" screening series with James Longley's "Sari's Mother" and Michael Moore's "Sicko" at 7 p.m. March 25 at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
A showcase for both feature-length and short documentaries drawn from among films considered for the 2007 Academy Awards, the program, for which admission is free, runs through June.
The schedule includes:
March 25: Longley's "Sari's Mother" and Moore's "Sicko"
April 1: Jon Blair's "Ochberg's Orphans" and Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen's "The Rape of Europa"
April 15: Theordore Braun's "Darfur Now" and Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern's "The Devil Came on Horseback"
April 29: Neil Leifer's "Portraits of a Lady" and Peter Raymon'ts "A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman"
May 13: Richard E. Robbins' "Operation Homecoming: Writing the...
A showcase for both feature-length and short documentaries drawn from among films considered for the 2007 Academy Awards, the program, for which admission is free, runs through June.
The schedule includes:
March 25: Longley's "Sari's Mother" and Moore's "Sicko"
April 1: Jon Blair's "Ochberg's Orphans" and Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen's "The Rape of Europa"
April 15: Theordore Braun's "Darfur Now" and Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern's "The Devil Came on Horseback"
April 29: Neil Leifer's "Portraits of a Lady" and Peter Raymon'ts "A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman"
May 13: Richard E. Robbins' "Operation Homecoming: Writing the...
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