‘The Brutalist’ Cinematographer Lol Crawley on Shooting 3.5 Hour Film on 35 mm: “What You See Is What We Shot”
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Lexy Perez
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Veteran cinematographer Lol Crawley gives an inside look at how he captured the epic, 3.5-hour runtime of the brutalist drama 'The Brutalist' on 35mm film for under $10 million.
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- Cinematographer Lol Crawley and director Brady Corbet's pragmatic approach allowed them to shoot the film's 360-degree, single-take dinner party scene, where Felicity Jones' character dramatically accuses Guy Pearce's character of being a rapist.
- Crawley faced challenges like capturing a pivotal hillside scene with only natural light in the 40 minutes before sunset, as well as dealing with unexpected fog that transformed the marble quarry location into a dreamlike setting.
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Lol Crawley, Brady Corbet, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Attila Pfeffer, Andrew Wyeth, Edward Hopper, A24, The Brutalist