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Emmanuel Lubezki | Dystopias and Doggicams Emmanuel Lubezki

Dystopias and Doggicams
The dirty, grainy dystopia of Children Of Men � part Blade Runner, part Eastenders � sees Lubezki at the top of his game. It's a soul-crushing world of perpetual dusk and ever-present rain that the Mexican captures spectacularly, even before you get to the seven-and-a-half minute roadside ambush, one of the most immersive sequences this side of Pandora. To film it, Lubezki and his crew sat on the roof of a car using a Doggicam to zoom in and out of the vehicle.

Pictured: Children Of Men (2006)

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Your Comments
1 No Matthew Libatique?!?
Posted on Wednesday December 22, 2010, 07:55 by twangling_jack
I think Matthew Libatique is one of the top ten currently working cinematographers. His stuff is amazing. Black Swan is sure to get him a nom at the Oscars. Read More

2 RE:
Posted on Wednesday September 22, 2010, 07:16 by grucl
How could you forget Michael Ballhaus?   They even named a cameramove after him: the Ballhaus cirlce (a multiple 360 degree pan around the actors). Read More

3 RE: I'm glad Empire is defending Barry Ackroyd
Posted on Saturday September 18, 2010, 14:43 by lauriedunsire
L: pagey6005 No mention of The Prestige tho, I think he shot it beautifully! sp; Well, when they mention '6 movies and counting' in regard to the Nolan/Pfister partnership they are obviously including The Prestige in that, and the picture they use for the Pfister piece is from The Prestige also.   I agree with you incidentally, a very well shot film and the man is a genius. Read More

4 RE: I'm glad Empire is defending Barry Ackroyd
Posted on Saturday September 18, 2010, 08:42 by pagey6005
I'm glad empire led with Wally Pfister, the mans a genius in my eyes!   No mention of The Prestige tho, I think he shot it beautifully! Read More

5 RE: Also...
Posted on Friday September 17, 2010, 17:58 by Manfrendshensindshen
Wasn't Se7en lensed by Darius Kondji? As my earlier post seems to have evaporated I'd like to add a few of the great British DPs to the list: Geoffrey Unsworth, Jack Cardiff, Freddie Young, John Alcott, Gil Taylor, Ossie Morris, to mention the first names that come to mind in this context. Being German I really have to wonder why the UK has produced such an astonishing number of world-class cinematographers, when other European countries can count themselves lucky if one cameraman per decade manages to embark on a successful international career. L: reinhardt76 Ridley Scotts favourite DOP John Mathieson, whos grimy look on Se7en raised it above usual by-the-numbers thrillers, also on epics like Kingdom of Heaven which not even the life-sucking presence of Orlando Bloom could spoil Read More

6 RE:
Posted on Friday September 17, 2010, 16:49 by celestialnavigation
totally agree,Conrad L Hall made beautiful images in everything he did.also love Bruce Surtees work on alot of older Clint Eastwood films L: debsbzdc Have to say...Conrad L Hall... genius. Sadly missed. Read More

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