Why did veteran cinematographer Robert Richardson, a three-time Oscar winner, agree to work on “A Private War,” the first narrative feature directed by documentarian Matthew Heineman?
It had a lot to do with Heineman’s courage and sense of purpose, says the Dp. Heineman was nominated for an Oscar himself for his documentary feature “Cartel Land,” about the Mexican-American border drug wars. “City of Ghosts,” which took on the crisis in Syria, was also well received. “A Private War,” out Nov. 2, is based on the life of the late reporter Marie Colvin, who died in 2012 in Syria while covering the siege of Homs.
Prior to reading the script for “A Private War,” Richardson — who has lensed films ranging from “JFK” to “Inglourious Basterds” to “The Hateful Eight” — watched Heineman’s “Ghosts,” which at the time had not been publicly released.
“It had a profound emotional impact on me,” he says.
It had a lot to do with Heineman’s courage and sense of purpose, says the Dp. Heineman was nominated for an Oscar himself for his documentary feature “Cartel Land,” about the Mexican-American border drug wars. “City of Ghosts,” which took on the crisis in Syria, was also well received. “A Private War,” out Nov. 2, is based on the life of the late reporter Marie Colvin, who died in 2012 in Syria while covering the siege of Homs.
Prior to reading the script for “A Private War,” Richardson — who has lensed films ranging from “JFK” to “Inglourious Basterds” to “The Hateful Eight” — watched Heineman’s “Ghosts,” which at the time had not been publicly released.
“It had a profound emotional impact on me,” he says.
- 11/9/2018
- by Valentina I. Valentini
- Variety Film + TV
Since her 2004 debut album Get Away From Me, musician Nellie McKay has proved herself to be astonishingly versatile. The London-born, New York-raised songstress can change genres during the running time of a single tune. "Sari" features her rapping to a Bach-like accompaniment, and "I Want to Get Married" sounds romantic and even a bit creepy because the subject of the tune is losing one's own identity in a relationship. The gentle piano chords hide some pretty disturbing lyrics. She also offered a sincere appreciation for the artistry of Doris Day in her Normal as Blueberry Pie album, and her Home Sweet Mobile Home album is something we in Kansas can relate to. It's not that McKay is merely flitting with styles or even media; she's astonishingly good at whatever musical instrument she touches or even which medium she chooses. She won a Theatre World Award for playing Polly Peachum in...
- 4/20/2012
- by Dan Lybarger
- Moviefone
Hitting movie theaters this weekend:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules – Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Robert Capron
Sucker Punch – Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm
Movie of the Week
Sucker Punch
The Stars: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm
The Plot: A young girl (Browning) is institutionalized by her wicked stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the facility.
The Buzz: It’s certainly a great time to be a fifteen-year-old boy, isn’t it? It’s a shame I’m twenty years past my prime – Sucker Punch would have been 100% pure Pavlovian arousal for me back then. The batch of battling bombshells cartwheeling in all their gorgeously rendered video-game glory, coupled with the film’s flawless focus on, and impenetrable belief in, the great escape that can...
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules – Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Robert Capron
Sucker Punch – Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm
Movie of the Week
Sucker Punch
The Stars: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm
The Plot: A young girl (Browning) is institutionalized by her wicked stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the facility.
The Buzz: It’s certainly a great time to be a fifteen-year-old boy, isn’t it? It’s a shame I’m twenty years past my prime – Sucker Punch would have been 100% pure Pavlovian arousal for me back then. The batch of battling bombshells cartwheeling in all their gorgeously rendered video-game glory, coupled with the film’s flawless focus on, and impenetrable belief in, the great escape that can...
- 3/23/2011
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
New York, May 6 – ‘In Silence: Maternal Mortality in India,’ a video about the life and death of an Indian mother, has won a Webby People’s Voice Award, Human Rights Watch said.
The story of Kiran Yadav, a 25-year-old who bled to death while delivering her third child, was produced by Human Rights Watch with Magnum photojournalist Susan Meiselas.
‘We’re delighted to have won a Webby and we’re dedicating the award to Kiran Yadav and to expectant mothers around the world who face needless, sometimes fatal, risks in.
The story of Kiran Yadav, a 25-year-old who bled to death while delivering her third child, was produced by Human Rights Watch with Magnum photojournalist Susan Meiselas.
‘We’re delighted to have won a Webby and we’re dedicating the award to Kiran Yadav and to expectant mothers around the world who face needless, sometimes fatal, risks in.
- 5/6/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
“Why is it so hard to make a film about yourself?” asks Richard Rogers in Alexander Olch’s The Windmill Movie. He shortly thereafter unwittingly answers his own question via another question: “Is there anything to say?” Opening today at Film Forum in New York, Windmill is a kind of personal documentary by proxy. After his teacher/mentor/collaborator Rogers died of cancer, Olch was invited by Rogers’ widow, world-renowned photographer Susan Meiselas, to comb through the Harvard professor/documentarian’s vast archives of film and video, shot towards a hypothetical autobiographical movie that Rogers was never able to put together. For Rogers, self-examination lead to a kind of tunnel-vision, embodied by an oft-seen image in Windmill ...
- 6/17/2009
- by Karina Longworth
- Spout
He hated his family and loved women. Those are the two bits of information that stick in my mind after watching "The Windmill Movie," a warm portrait of the fascinating Richard P. Rogers, an experimental filmmaker.
For decades, Rogers had worked on a filmed autobiography, but he was never able to finish it.
When he died of cancer in 2001, his widow, photographer Susan Meiselas, asked one of his former students, Alexander Olch, to go through 200 hours of her husband's film and video, going...
For decades, Rogers had worked on a filmed autobiography, but he was never able to finish it.
When he died of cancer in 2001, his widow, photographer Susan Meiselas, asked one of his former students, Alexander Olch, to go through 200 hours of her husband's film and video, going...
- 6/17/2009
- by By V.A. MUSETTO
- NYPost.com
Since you've already read Scott Macauley's fascinating interview with The Windmill Movie's Alex Olch in the Spring issue, you will definitely not want to miss the hilarious, genuine and provocative documentary-within-a-documentary premiering at Film Forum on Wednesday. Special Q & A's with Olch, Bob Balaban, Wallace Shawn & Susan Meiselas will follow several of the screenings. It's worth it simply for the knock-out technicolor shots of high-society bottoms on the 1980's Montauk beach, let alone the Big Ideas and Small Moments that comprise Olch's quest to honor his teacher's memory. The Film Society of Lincoln Center, in anticipation of the film's release, is also showing a retrospective on Rogers' life this week: Remembering...
- 6/15/2009
- by Alicia Van Couvering
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Director Roger Spottiswoode.
Neglected Gems of the 1980’s: Roger Spottiswoode Remembers Under Fire
by Jon Zelazny
Editor's Note: The following article appeared on EightMillionStories.com in 2008.
The name may not ring a bell, but Roger Spottiswoode has been directing feature films for nearly thirty years, including popular hits like Turner and Hooch (1989), Air America (1990), and the James Bond adventure Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), as well as outstanding made-for-cable dramas like And the Band Played On (1993), Hiroshima (1995), and Noriega (2000).
2008 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of his remarkable third feature Under Fire, which starred Nick Nolte and Gene Hackman as journalists covering the 1979 revolution in Nicaragua.
It’s generally a given that every Hollywood movie endures a long, tortuous road to find financing, but not Under Fire. It had a long, hard road as well… but only after the film had been completed. Roger Spottiswoode and I spoke by phone:
You began your career as an editor,...
Neglected Gems of the 1980’s: Roger Spottiswoode Remembers Under Fire
by Jon Zelazny
Editor's Note: The following article appeared on EightMillionStories.com in 2008.
The name may not ring a bell, but Roger Spottiswoode has been directing feature films for nearly thirty years, including popular hits like Turner and Hooch (1989), Air America (1990), and the James Bond adventure Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), as well as outstanding made-for-cable dramas like And the Band Played On (1993), Hiroshima (1995), and Noriega (2000).
2008 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of his remarkable third feature Under Fire, which starred Nick Nolte and Gene Hackman as journalists covering the 1979 revolution in Nicaragua.
It’s generally a given that every Hollywood movie endures a long, tortuous road to find financing, but not Under Fire. It had a long, hard road as well… but only after the film had been completed. Roger Spottiswoode and I spoke by phone:
You began your career as an editor,...
- 4/12/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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