Ridley Scott’s longtime cinematographer says the 87-year-old filmmaker has turn into “lazy” and sacrifices high quality for the sake of expediency.
In an interview with DocFix (by way of World of Reel), John Mathieson mentioned his expertise engaged on Gladiator II. The 2 beforehand labored collectively on movies like Matchstick Males and Kingdom of Heaven, and in comparison with these productions, Mathieson mentioned he discovered Scott’s work on Gladiator II to be “actually lazy” and “quiet impatient.”
Mathieson particularly took challenge with Scott’s use of a multi-camera setup, as an alternative of counting on only one lens, which he mentioned resulted in much less consideration to element. “It’s the CG [computer graphic] parts now of tidying-up, leaving issues in shot, cameras in shot, microphones in shot, bits of set hanging down, shadows from booms,” Mathieson defined. “And so they simply mentioned [on Gladiator II], ‘Nicely, clear it up.’”
“[Scott] is sort of impatient so he likes to get as a lot as he can directly,” Mathieson added. “It’s not excellent for cinematography.”
“Have a look at his older movies and getting depth into issues was very a lot a part of lighting,” he continued. “You possibly can’t try this with a whole lot of cameras however he simply desires to get all of it finished… Having a lot of cameras I don’t assume has made the movies any higher… It’s a bit rush, rush, rush. That’s modified in him. However that’s the way in which he desires to do it and I don’t prefer it and I don’t assume many individuals do, however folks love his movies and he’s Ridley Scott and might do what he desires.”
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