ASC Podcast on The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Owen Roizman, ASC chats about his lighting aesthetic, reveals his technique for flashing film stock and shares anecdotes from the set of the 1974 version of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three with fellow ASC member Rodney Taylor.

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

Victor Kemper, ASC reviews his work on the 1973 film starring Robert Mitchum, and shot entirely on location in Boston and Connecticut, with fellow ASC member Richard Crudo.








Director Ben Wheatley on the scene above:

Along with Who’ll Stop the Rain and Charley Varrick, I first saw The Friends of Eddie Coyle on late-night TV when I was ten or eleven. It would be another twenty-five years before I got ahold of the film again. Watching it recently reminded me why I loved this period of filmmaking. The film is pitch-black, and I don’t think I’m giving too much away when I call it a feel-bad masterpiece.

A proven master of the heist after Robbery and Bullitt, director Peter Yates claimed his crown as a king of the crime film with The Friends of Eddie Coyle. If the first two films in his modernist-crime-film playbook are driven by immediate action and car chases, Coyle is fueled by looming threats and the potential for violence. We've seen the following robbery play out successfully once before, but we know to never push a good thing.

There’s nothing flashy here, just tension. The direction is spare and it’s as cold as concrete. Through the observational style, we forget that, inevitably, the world in which these characters operate is chaotic. Everything seems so reasonable and certain, every word and action measured, but there is always a wild beast waiting to be unleashed, so that all these measures and controls are for nothing.

 The Friends of Eddie Coyle: They Were Expendables by Kent Jones - a film essay for the Criterion Collection.

British Society of Cinematographers - Behind the Camera Series

 I have posted the Roger Deakins and Jack Cardiff ones before, but wanted to post the rest. Fascinating look at the making and cinematography of a wide range of films:

Guy Green BSC - Behind the Camera from BSC on Vimeo.


Gil Taylor - Behind the Camera from BSC on Vimeo.


Freddie Francis - Behind the Camera from BSC on Vimeo.


Douglas Slocombe - Behind the Camera from BSC on Vimeo.


David Watkin - Behind the Camera from BSC on Vimeo.


Billy Williams - Behind the Camera from BSC on Vimeo.


Alex Thomson - Behind the Camera from BSC on Vimeo.

Behind the Camera - Freddie Young from BSC on Vimeo.



Behind the Camera - Roger Pratt from BSC on Vimeo.


Behind the Camera - Chris Challis BSC from BSC on Vimeo.

Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney passed away today.

His bio from the Poetry Foundation.

Digging
By Seamus Heaney


Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.


Under my window, a clean rasping sound
When the spade sinks into gravelly ground:
My father, digging. I look down


Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds
Bends low, comes up twenty years away
Stooping in rhythm through potato drills
Where he was digging.


The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft
Against the inside knee was levered firmly.
He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep
To scatter new potatoes that we picked,
Loving their cool hardness in our hands.


By God, the old man could handle a spade.
Just like his old man.


My grandfather cut more turf in a day
Than any other man on Toner's bog.
Once I carried him milk in a bottle
Corked sloppily ith paper. He straightened up
To drink it, then fell to rihgt away
Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods
Over his shoulder, going down and down
For the good turf. Digging.


The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap
Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge
Through living roots awaken in my head.
But I've no spade to collow men like them.


Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests.
I'll dig with it.

Masters of the Comic Book Art

In Search of Moebius

Movies in 2013

1. Young Adult
2. Jeff, Who Lives At Home
3. Gosford Park
4. The Guard
5. Battle Beyond the Stars
6. Almost Famous
7. Ice Age: Continental Drift
8. G.I. Joe The Movie
9. The Rundown
10. Beasts of the Southern Wild
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
12. Oz, the Great and Powerful
13. The Avengers
14. Captain America: The First Avenger
15. Argo
16. The Hobbit
17. Stick
18. Heat
19. The Goonies
20. The Bay
21. Jurassic Park 3D
22. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
23. Iron Man Three
24. Zero Dark Thirty
25. Django Unchained
26. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
27. White Lightning  
28. Prince of the City  
29. 2012  
30. Dredd  
31. Man of Steel  
32. The American  
33. Pitch Perfect  
34. Monsters University  
35. Black Rain  
36. Gator
37. Centurion  
38. Down Terrace  
39. Kill List 
40.  The Thieves
41. The Puffy Chair 
42. The Do-Deca-Pentathalon 
43. Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 
44. Godzilla Raids Again
45. Godzilla vs The Thing aka Mothra Vs. Godzilla
46. Ted
47. Peter Pan
48. Pacific Rim
49. Ghidorah The Three-Headed Monster
50. Godzilla vs Monster Zero aka Invasion of Astro-Monster
51. Chronicle
52. Moonrise Kingdom
53. The Spanish Prisoner
54. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
55. Gangster Squad
56. Seven Psychopaths
57. The Sweeney
58. Remember the Titans
59. X2
60. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
61. Smurfs 2
62. Killing Them Softly
63. Parker
64. The Lavender Hill Mob
65. Lincoln
66. X-Men
67. 42 
68. Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters
69. Batman: The Movie (1966) 
70. Ali

In Search of Steve Ditko

On the Fringe With Paul Pope

On the Fringe with Paul Pope from Carlos Molina on Vimeo.

Multiplying

The King of Comics: Jack Kirby

Work

Jack Kirby: Storyteller

Batman '66

The monkey gives Batman '66 his highest rating: 5 out of 5.

Orson Welles and Othello

Peter O'Toole and Orson Welles Discuss Hamlet

More Martin Scorsese

Artifice and Truth with Martin Scorsese from Jim Emerson on Vimeo.


NYFF Martin Scorsese from Film Society of Lincoln Center on Vimeo.


Fast Company - Martin Scorsese on Orson Welles from Rooster/NY on Vimeo.

Jack Cardiff - Behind the Camera from the BSC

Jack Cardiff - Behind the Camera from BSC on Vimeo.

More on Roger Deakins

Roger Deakins - Behind the Camera from BSC on Vimeo.


Roger Deakins talks with John de Borman. from BSC on Vimeo.

More Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet on 'RAN' by Akira Kurosawa from calvino on Vimeo.


Bobbie Wygant Interviews Sidney Lumet for "The Morning After" from Erik Clapp Cinema+Photo on Vimeo.



And another short documentary: Sidney Lumet: The Moral Lens.

Vittorio Storaro

Sidney Lumet

John Cassevetes

Massive collection of John Cassavetes documentaries. I am sure most have already appeared on Cinephilia & Beyond, but i happened to go down the rabbit hole this morning.

Enjoy and learn:

On Sidney Lumet - TV Ontario

On John Cassavetes from TV Ontario

Son - Microfiction

The old man comes walking in. Pain and age with him.

The boy sits at his his seat and looks up.

"Son, I am here to kill you..."

"Now, what the hell --"

BAM!

The old man stands there.

"Son, I told you I was here to kill you. I did not come to talk with ya or pontificate my reasons."

The old man walks out.

The Monkey's New Shoes With Wings

Movies in 2013

1. Young Adult
2. Jeff, Who Lives At Home
3. Gosford Park
4. The Guard
5. Battle Beyond the Stars
6. Almost Famous
7. Ice Age: Continental Drift
8. G.I. Joe The Movie
9. The Rundown
10. Beasts of the Southern Wild
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
12. Oz, the Great and Powerful
13. The Avengers
14. Captain America: The First Avenger
15. Argo
16. The Hobbit
17. Stick
18. Heat
19. The Goonies
20. The Bay
21. Jurassic Park 3D
22. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
23. Iron Man Three
24. Zero Dark Thirty
25. Django Unchained
26. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
27. White Lightning  
28. Prince of the City  
29. 2012  
30. Dredd  
31. Man of Steel  
32. The American  
33. Pitch Perfect  
34. Monsters University  
35. Black Rain  
36. Gator
37. Centurion  
38. Down Terrace  
39. Kill List 
40.  The Thieves
41. The Puffy Chair 
42. The Do-Deca-Pentathalon 
43. Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 
44. Godzilla Raids Again
45. Godzilla vs The Thing aka Mothra Vs. Godzilla
46. Ted
47. Peter Pan
48. Pacific Rim
49. Ghidorah The Three-Headed Monster
50. Godzilla vs Monster Zero aka Invasion of Astro-Monster
51. Chronicle
52. Moonrise Kingdom
53. The Spanish Prisoner
54. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
55. Gangster Squad
56. Seven Psychopaths
57. The Sweeney
58. Remember the Titans
59. X2
60. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
61. Smurfs 2
62. Killing Them Softly
63. Parker
64. The Lavender Hill Mob
65. Lincoln
66. X-Men
67. 42 
68. Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters
69. Batman: The movie (1966)

Comics I picked Up Today

The Activity #14 and East of West 3 - 5:

Wonder Woman - DC Nation

Elmore Leonard

Writer/Director Daneil Schecter remembers Elmore Leonard.







Graham Yost of Justified remembers Elmore Leonard.

A Day With Elmore Leonard.

Seitz on Elmore Leonard.

Badass Digest on Elmore Leonard.

Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing:

1. Never open a book with the weather.

2. Avoid prologues.

3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.

4. Never use an adverb to modify "said".. he admonished gravely.

5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.

6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."

7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.

8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters sparingly.

9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.

10. Try to leave out the parts readers skip.

"If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it."

John Cassavetes - The Art Of Feeling

From FilmmakerIQ:

  John Cassavetes: The Art of Feeling from Edwin Adrian Nieves on Vimeo.

TV Ontario Saturday Night At The Movies - James Bond

Roger Deakins

Movies in 2013

1. Young Adult
2. Jeff, Who Lives At Home
3. Gosford Park
4. The Guard
5. Battle Beyond the Stars
6. Almost Famous
7. Ice Age: Continental Drift
8. G.I. Joe The Movie
9. The Rundown
10. Beasts of the Southern Wild
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
12. Oz, the Great and Powerful
13. The Avengers
14. Captain America: The First Avenger
15. Argo
16. The Hobbit
17. Stick
18. Heat
19. The Goonies
20. The Bay
21. Jurassic Park 3D
22. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
23. Iron Man Three
24. Zero Dark Thirty
25. Django Unchained
26. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
27. White Lightning  
28. Prince of the City  
29. 2012  
30. Dredd  
31. Man of Steel  
32. The American  
33. Pitch Perfect  
34. Monsters University  
35. Black Rain  
36. Gator
37. Centurion  
38. Down Terrace  
39. Kill List 
40.  The Thieves
41. The Puffy Chair 
42. The Do-Deca-Pentathalon 
43. Godzilla, King of the Monsters! 
44. Godzilla Raids Again
45. Godzilla vs The Thing aka Mothra Vs. Godzilla
46. Ted
47. Peter Pan
48. Pacific Rim
49. Ghidorah The Three-Headed Monster
50. Godzilla vs Monster Zero aka Invasion of Astro-Monster
51. Chronicle
52. Moonrise Kingdom
53. The Spanish Prisoner
54. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
55. Gangster Squad
56. Seven Psychopaths
57. The Sweeney
58. Remember the Titans
59. X2
60. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
61. Smurfs 2
62. Killing Them Softly
63. Parker
64. The Lavender Hill Mob
65. Lincoln
66. X-Men
67. 42

Walter Murch

Walter Murch: "Three Fathers of Cinema" from Old School Cinema on Vimeo.

Walter Murch: The 'Rule of Six' in Film Editing from Imaginox on Vimeo.

Christopher Doyle Advice & Videos

Found through Mentorless:





More Chris Doyle:

David Fincher on Filmmaking

From Film School Thru Commentaries:






Also thanks to Cinephilia & Beyond.

Unbirthday Cake From Gambino's

French Truck Coffee

The Office

The Boy

Godzilla: Power Cable Holder

Mushrooms By My Car

Foundation 32 - Phil Libin of Evernote

Levi's and New Balance Today

Essential and Sacred

You Can Only Go Up From Here

Cracklins

At Cleaver & Co.:

Our Sperry's

Unemployed Short Film

"Unemployed: A Comedy Short Film" - 48HFP New Orleans 2013 from Bolwat Phenom on Vimeo.

Paul Pope's Battling Boy Trailer

Originally found through The Beat.

Posted by Boing Boing which also has a ten page preview.