443 articles today

‘The Brutalist’ Cinematographer Lol Crawley on Shooting 3.5 Hour Film on 35 mm: “What You See Is What We Shot”

The Hollywood Reporter
Story by Lexy Perez
from The Hollywood Reporter
Image from The Hollywood Reporter
scrn logline
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.
beat sheet
  • 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.
call sheet
Lol Crawley, Brady Corbet, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Attila Pfeffer, Andrew Wyeth, Edward Hopper, A24, The Brutalist
Read the source