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The Cinematographer

posted 12 years ago by JackBluegrass
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Mamet's hilarious satire on your "typical DP":

dainty, fastidious, speaks with a French/German/Italian/ or Spanish accent, and - when no-one's around - breaks the window because "..the camera has to go through and we can't do it with the window intact...", despite director Macy's earlier assurance that "we'll figure something out" on how to go "through".

Also, wasn't the DP the only filmmaker chauffered (maybe in a taxi) to the set?

[–] Jeremy_X 11 years ago

totally agree, the Ballhaus/Storare vibe was so there with him.

[–] Martin_Sloan 9 years ago

Storaro, right? He even looks and dresses like him.

Martin Scorsese IS the best

[–] verycoolnin 9 years ago

I'm surprised the towns people didn't make a bigger stink of the window being broken. It was the only thing in town worth any money as mentioned earlier in the film.