Written by by Richard Rutkowski, ASCThis project takes a well-known Film Noir staple and brings it into unexpected places amid audacious style choices. An enigmatic Los Angeles private detective is hired to search for a beautiful missing woman and discovers that secrets surrounding her disappearance mirror his own interior conflicts and discoveries. Classic. The writing, direction, and Colin Farrell's performance acknowledge the influence and famously dark tones of these stories. However, our approach was not solely to emulate older films visually but to experiment and riff off such well-known plots and characters. Fundamentals of the style were established in the first filming block by the Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles and his wonderful longtime DP Cesar Charlone. They run multiple cameras in multiple formats, capturing scenes from myriad angles, and admittedly find the final result once in their edit. They collaborate closely, and the results are unique to their established aesthetic vocabulary. By the second block, when director Adam Arkin and I started into our material, a sense of style had emerged, and we devised how to best dovetail our work into it. But foremost, a sense of adventure had taken hold! Cinematographer Close Up: Richard Rutkowski, ASC on Sugar www.youtube.com In classic noir fashion, the camera closely follows our protagonist and title character, Sugar. Like the narrative attachment to Jake in Chinatown or Elliot Gould in The Long Goodbye, we discover the world of the Siegel family and their missing granddaughter Olivia, and a host of other disturbing secrets by...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 7 June, 2024