It was Scotts Alien that terrified the DP and became a career inspiration.
Here, let them explain.
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First, this from the podcaster,Nigel Levy, himself a filmmaker.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 18: John Mathieson attends the Los Angeles premiere of Paramount Pictures' “Gladiator II” at TCL Chinese Theatre on November 18, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/WireImage)
He said that his podcast focuses on filmmakers who make documentaries, which both he and Mathieson have done.
All this happened over almost two hours.
Then I had to cut it down to around 30.
I mainly focused on discussing film techniques as this was the most interesting to my listeners and me.
What I want to give people is practical support and advice.
During that editing process, of course, things were condensed and this is where the problems arose.
Said Mathieson: The piece was about me.
I was talking about the downside of the digital age.
We have to do more.
And I said, you ask any DP that they dont really like doing that.
Because the digital stuff doesnt cost anything, but so you shoot a lot.
And I saying that is that, and I said, this was the quote.
I said, theindustry, its really lazy.
And he edits the piece down to 30 minutes…I could hear the blip of the sound.
I said, well, that wasnt said against that.
That was probably said maybe 20 minutes later.
However, this is what has risen to the surface.
And Im deeply regretful of that.
I said, oh God, well, that wasnt very good.
But I didnt really feel…we had offended him in any way.
And here we are.
The two pieces implies we were talking about him at the same time, which we werent.
I was talking about the industry at large.
Then it fell to Mathieson to call the filmmaker.
He said youve got to be careful.
I said, I Know.
Im really story you got dropped into this, its very embarrassing and very hurtful.
Scotts birthday is tomorrow, and lets hope the clarification puts this in the rearview.
