C. Nolan's Interstellar

[terry78]

I think JGL has made his bones in the biz by now that he deserves to headline a summer blockbuster.

 

[Gianakin_]

Pearce, Eckhart and Rebecca Hall. Do it, Nolan. Do it. Do it.

 

[craigdbfan]

I think JGL has made his bones in the biz by now that he deserves to headline a summer blockbuster.

I think so too.

 

[Mr.M]

Isn't this film slated for November now?

 

[James.B]

According to Wally in an interview for empire back in 2010 he wasn't even Nolan's 1st choice for dp on Memento, it was Peter Deming (Oz great and powerful,Mulholland Drive) but he'd still made a commitment to shoot Scream 3. "He is still banging his head against the wall" says Wally. So maybe now Nolan might ask Peter back for Interstellar.

 

[Tequilla]

I think that's the difference in terms of look from Collateral and Miami Vice than Public Enemies. I think the Public Enemies was dealing which more low light locations and it probably tripped Mann and his DP up.

Public Enemies looks like that because Mann used a 360 shutter...so , more or less 1/24s for 24 frames. That's the reason the movie has that look. The sensor was always exposed to light.

People need to stop saying the movie looks like that because its digital. No. Vice has a lot of digital , and it doesn't look anything like that.

And it didnt trip Mann. The movie is flat-out gorgeous from every aspect of photography. I recognize its different , that's just because people are used to almost 100 years of cinema done in a very particular look .

 

[Gianakin_]

Well, it certainly looks like crap to me. Miami Vice looks more beautiful, but you could still tell it's digital. Public Enemies was that times 100. Collateral looked great, though.

 

[Tequilla]

Well, it certainly looks like crap to me. Miami Vice looks more beautiful, but you could still tell it's digital. Public Enemies was that times 100. Collateral looked great, though.

Yeah , you have every right to think it looks like crap , and not be fond of the style. But at least know why it looks different.

My point was...Mann and everyone involved knew exactly what they are doing.

Everyone has different tastes. But even when we disagree , it annoys me a little when peole dont acknowledge the abilities of the people involved. Very few directors could be compared to Mann , when it comes to visual. Those compositions are flat out gorgeous. There's an incredible level of detail when it comes to him. So when someone goes to a board (not here) and read some *****e (again...not here) saying "oh mann doesnt have any idea how to work with digital" just shows 2 things. First a level of disrespect for someone who has accomplished so much , secondly it shows a complete lack of knowledge , passing by a mere incompetent .

 

[Tequilla]

According to Wally in an interview for empire back in 2010 he wasn't even Nolan's 1st choice for dp on Memento, it was Peter Deming (Oz great and powerful,Mulholland Drive) but he'd still made a commitment to shoot Scream 3. "He is still banging his head against the wall" says Wally. So maybe now Nolan might ask Peter back for Interstellar.

I didnt know that. His work on Mulholland Dr. is simply one of the best...ever. But that usually comes working with David Lynch.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I think JGL has made his bones in the biz by now that he deserves to headline a summer blockbuster.

Yeah I'm really hoping he has the chance to headline a Nolan flick for once.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Everyone has different tastes. But even when we disagree , it annoys me a little when peole dont acknowledge the abilities of the people involved. Very few directors could be compared to Mann , when it comes to visual. Those compositions are flat out gorgeous. There's an incredible level of detail when it comes to him. So when someone goes to a board (not here) and read some *****e (again...not here) saying "oh mann doesnt have any idea how to work with digital" just shows 2 things. First a level of disrespect for someone who has accomplished so much , secondly it shows a complete lack of knowledge , passing by a mere incompetent .

Yes, in terms of American filmmakers, Michael Mann is one of the two most gifted visual stylists around, the other being Terrence Malick.

 

[redhawk23]

Public Enemies looks like that because Mann used a 360 shutter...so , more or less 1/24s for 24 frames. That's the reason the movie has that look. The sensor was always exposed to light.

People need to stop saying the movie looks like that because its digital. No. Vice has a lot of digital , and it doesn't look anything like that.

And it didnt trip Mann. The movie is flat-out gorgeous from every aspect of photography. I recognize its different , that's just because people are used to almost 100 years of cinema done in a very particular look .

It sticks out because it literally looks like it was filmed with a home camcorder at times, as if they let the special features guy shoot the movie. It stands as a clear example of how to mess up filming with digital. He did good work with Collateral, but Public Enemies is on a lot of people's lists for worst shot studio they've seen in recent years (not that such lists are fully formed).

For me personally, it was also the first time my local theaters showed a movie with digital projection, which in retrospect they also messed up.

Altogether, not a good introduction to digital cinema.

 

[Schlosser85]

JGL has already had significant supporting roles in Inception and The Dark Knight Rises, so I'd like to see him headline a Nolan movie too.

Really curious who the lead is gonna for Interstellar.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

I was browsing the commnader Bond forums and there is a topic that asks who should the director for Bond 24 be and one poster wrote that anyone but Lee Tamahori (director of Die another Day) or Nolan should suffice, prompting me to spit out my orange juice following a failed attempt to stifle immediate laughter. The vitriol towards Nolan is so over the top, almost cartoonish.

 

[mclay18]

It sticks out because it literally looks like it was filmed with a home camcorder at times, as if they let the special features guy shoot the movie. It stands as a clear example of how to mess up filming with digital. He did good work with Collateral, but Public Enemies is on a lot of people's lists for worst shot studio they've seen in recent years (not that such lists are fully formed).

I think when Public Enemies was announced to start production, it said that it would be shot on 35mm. But then Dante Spinotti said that Mann convinced him to shoot it digitally on the Sony CineAlta instead before shooting.

Spinotti usually does GREAT work, but PE wasn't one of them.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I was browsing the commnader Bond forums and there is a topic that asks who should the director for Bond 24 be and one poster wrote that anyone but Lee Tamahori (director of Die another Day) or Nolan should suffice, prompting me to spit out my orange juice following a failed attempt to stifle immediate laughter. The vitriol towards Nolan is so over the top, almost cartoonish.

I don't think it's all hate, some people just don't think he should direct every film like a lot of Nolan fanboys suggest.

I love Nolan as a director but I don't want him to direct every franchise picture. I don't want him bogged down in another franchise, I want him to make more Inception type flicks. I'm stoked that he didn't take the easy genre way out and is doing Interstellar.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

I think putting him on the same level as the guy who got busted for dressing up as a woman and giving a police officer oral in LA is over the top.

 

[Schlosser85]

Lee Tamahori's personal brush with the law has nothing to do with his directing abilities.

 

[Tequilla]

Yes, in terms of American filmmakers, Michael Mann is one of the two most gifted visual stylists around, the other being Terrence Malick.

I wouldn't be so restrictive , although he's certainly in a class apart than most american director's.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Lee Tamahori's personal brush with the law has nothing to do with his directing abilities.

True, but Lee's personal life is consistently ridiculed in conjunction with being credited as the guy who almost killed Bond in those forums. The poster who wrote "anyone but Lee Tamahori and Nolan" understood full well how low he sank Nolan, at least in the context of that forum and Lee's reputation in it.

 

[Tequilla]

I think when Public Enemies was announced to start production, it said that it would be shot on 35mm. But then Dante Spinotti said that Mann convinced him to shoot it digitally on the Sony CineAlta instead before shooting.

Mann liked the hiper-realism they achieved in the tests , that's why they changed. But yes , it was supposed to be on film.

 

[747]

What's been both critically and financially succesful for long enough always gets it's fair share of vitriol.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

^Thats true and obviously that dude who put LT in the same sentence as Nolan was engaging in hyperbole as I feel LT is a horrible director whom has never made a worth while film.

Still, I don't think Nolan is right for every franchise. That is a legit opinion to have and that doesn't mean I hate him or that I'm engaging in some sort of backlash. That said, if he followed certain coventions he'd be fine for James Bond. Hated when people suggested him for Star Wars though, he was not right for a project like that.

 

[Octoberist]

Lee Tamahori's personal brush with the law has nothing to do with his directing abilities.

He's an uneven director For every Devil's Double you'll get a xXX 2 and Next.

 

[Fenrir]

Yes, in terms of American filmmakers, Michael Mann is one of the two most gifted visual stylists around, the other being Terrence Malick.

Nice to see some much deserved appreciation for Mann. Sometimes he gets a lot of unnecessary hate around these parts. Sure, he was way off the mark with Miami Vice and Public Enemies compared to his previous work, but that doesn't change the fact that I absolutely adore Heat, The Insider and Collateral. When it comes to contemporary crime drama, it's hard to beat the standard and authenticity of Mann's best films.