Its written filmed in VistaVision, which is eight perforation, long format and amazing quality.
I just think people who really want to make films with celluloid, should be able to do it.
Its staying, its not disappearing at all.
Darius Khondji at QumraJohn Phillips/Getty Images for Doha Film Institute)
It was going to disappear, and then it came back, he said.
I dont want to say that its all about film now and people should never shoot on digital.
It would be good if other great filmmakers could shoot on film too.
We destroy everything, he said.
Film is quite special.
When I was shooting Josh Safdies film, some in digital, and most of it on film.
He said, Film has something very special.
It has a special magic quality on skin.
It has a special presence that digital doesnt have.
Digital is always so perfect.
When we shoot a digital scene, we always venture to make it a bit less perfect.
We use old lenses, we add grain, we use lenses that have a fall off all around.
I just shot a commercial in 3D and I really dont like it all.
Bong and I wanted to do the film in 1.85:1 and that was the format.
We didnt want to give it to Imax for it to have a special release in the Imax format.
I am not a big fan of putting things on Imax for sensationalism…
It was really great to experiment on this.
I was doing shooting tests all the time and everything was on film.
He recalled the originality of Cunningham and the Frozen shoot in the Cuddeback Lake in the Mojave Desert.
There was a crazy rain that happened at the end of the shoot.
All the big vehicles, trucks got stuck in the mud.
It was a crazy story.
I think deserts can engender crazy things.
You dont mess with the desert.
Both of the directors were starting and had created a world that had to be shot on stage.
Mickey 17really has an aura.
People whove seen the film love it but the general audience hasnt seen it.
I just wish more people would see it.
