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Cannes 2013: Rousselot receives ExcelLens from Angenieux
After a hiatus, I am starting thefilmbook blog again, in a bi-weekly format. As before, I will continue to write freely about the art and technology of filmmaking, but I will do so more frequently:...
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Cannes 2013: The Gay Palme d’Or
A look back at an important theme of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. zeitgeist The Cannes Film Festival is arguably the most important international festival. It offers a wide-angle snapshot of world...
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Cannes 2014 – Women Filmmakers
This post gathers my impressions of a theme I took away from the 2014 Cannes International Film Festival. +++ I have been attending the Cannes Film Festival for many years, it offers a wonderful...
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Cannes 2014 – Freeform Filmmaking
This post continues my impressions of the 2014 Cannes International Film Festival. +++ The Cannes Film Festival offers a unique view of the current state of world cinema. In 2014 I was struck by the...
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Zsigmond Zooms
Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, HSC, received the Pierre Angenieux ExcelLens in Cinematography Award during the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. I spoke to my friend Vilmos about the event, and about zooms and...
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Cinematographers at Cannes 2015
The 2015 Cannes Film Festival has just begun. Although there is a lot of publicity about the films and directors at Cannes, much less is said about the cinematographers. As a start, this post lists...
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Cannes 2015 – Dheepan & Son of Saul
This post focuses on two films that struck me at the Cannes Film Festival: Dheepan, which won the Palme d’or, and Son of Saul, which won the runner-up award, the Grand Prix. The jury led by the Coen...
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Cannes 2015: Women Warriors & Sexual Emancipators
This post presents some of the themes that struck me in Cannes. This year I was struck by the emergence of strong women characters, notably women warriors and sexual emancipators. Charlize Theron as...
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Video of Roger Deakins Tribute in Cannes
Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC, received the Angénieux ExcelLens prize for cinematography during the Cannes Film Festival last month. This post looks back at the ExcelLens ceremony, and features video of some...
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