There’s an inherent visual tension in the look of Barry Jenkin’s “Moonlight.” Set in the harsh realities of Liberty City, an impoverished section of Miami where Jenkins and co-writer Tarell McCraney grew up, the sun-drenched neighborhood is filled with bright pastel colors and lush, tropical green trees and grass.
“Tarell calls Miami a ‘beautiful nightmare’ and I think what we’ve done is paint this nightmare in beautiful tones,” Jenkins told IndieWire in a recent podcast. “We wanted to embrace the tension of that beauty, juxtaposed with the very dark things that are happening to the characters in the story.”
Read More: Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast: ‘Moonlight’ Director Barry Jenkins Reveals the Unconventional Way He Cast His Three Leads (Episode 10)
Right from the start, Jenkins and cinematographer James Laxton discussed wanting to move away from a documentary, or realist look, that has come to be expected of American indies tackling social issues like “Moonlight.
“Tarell calls Miami a ‘beautiful nightmare’ and I think what we’ve done is paint this nightmare in beautiful tones,” Jenkins told IndieWire in a recent podcast. “We wanted to embrace the tension of that beauty, juxtaposed with the very dark things that are happening to the characters in the story.”
Read More: Filmmaker Toolkit Podcast: ‘Moonlight’ Director Barry Jenkins Reveals the Unconventional Way He Cast His Three Leads (Episode 10)
Right from the start, Jenkins and cinematographer James Laxton discussed wanting to move away from a documentary, or realist look, that has come to be expected of American indies tackling social issues like “Moonlight.
- 10/26/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
As a part of company-wide layoffs over the past week, Hollywood entertainment-services player Deluxe has let go of as many as 18 employees in its Efilm division, including Efilm co-founder Bill Feightner. Deluxe brands include postproduction and VFX facilities such as Efilm, Company 3, Encore and Method. "Less than 5 percent" of the company's workforce has been affected, a Deluxe executive tells The Hollywood Reporter. He characterized the layoff as a "normal-course right-sizing of the business." As word of the layoffs spread, some have speculated that the cuts are meant to position Deluxe —which is
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- 8/15/2012
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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