Anyone got any idea what's going on with this movie? Are they on a long hiatus? Have they wrapped? What's the dealio?

Heather and Paul on working with Ricky Jay...

Did this get posted yet?

They neglected the most interesting nugget about it though- that he was going to remake the ending of Rolling Thunder being completely loyal to the script

"Quentin Tarantino Scraps The Movie Critic as His Final Film "

https://variety.com/

QuoteOutside of the increase in directors and performers like Olivia Wilde and Spike Lee jumping on the network to talk movies, the directors are a daily presence in meetings on network programming. Mankiewicz said that, in one instance, it was Anderson himself who asked that TCM restore the "what's up next" spoken menus, read by long-time "voice" of TCM, Robin Bittman. "Paul Thomas Anderson said, 'You guys used to have the menus in-between the movies where they tell you what was coming up. Can we bring that back?"

Anderson's reps did not respond to TheWrap's request for comment.

https://www.thewrap.com/tcm-classic-movies-film-tour-warner-bros-backlot/

He'll be on TCM on Saturday night to talk about Bugsy Malone and The Bad News Bears.

Revolution

"It is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks."

"A Declaration of Independence", in Malcolm X Speaks (New York : Grove Press, 1990), 21.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnalogCommunity/comments/1c2ikgf/war_photography_with_a_film_camera_in_civil_war/?rdt=51541

On the topic of war photography and format.

QuoteIf I remember correctly, we only see her use a single lens (a 50mm on the F2), so I imagine the aperture and shutter varied but within normal ranges. Dunst's character, using a Sony α7, uses a variety of lenses, from an intense zoom lens to a Leica Summilux (might have been Summicron, the close up shot was quick and near the start of the film). Most of the film she's using that Leica, which I believe was a 50mm, so the two characters capture similar shots (which fits the nature of their relationship in the film).

As for real war photographers, there is documentation out there. Some film stocks were developed specifically for military use, as were some cameras, but with journalism Leica rangefinders were the norm for a lot of midcentury conflicts, moving into more Canon/Nikon during Vietnam.

QuoteWhat speeds, what settings? Well, you'd want good depth of field and a high shutter speed. So faster the better. Looking at James Nachtwey, for example, I suspect he pushed his black and white. In 2002-3, I used to regularly buy Fuji Press 800 film, which was made for photojournalists. I shot weddings with T-Max 3200. Weddings aren't war, but there were some similar considerations.