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    ‘Gladiator II’ DP John Mathieson Says Ridley Scott’s Course of Has Turn out to be ‘Lazy’ and ‘Impatient’

    David GroveBy David GroveDecember 1, 20243 Mins Read
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    ‘Gladiator II’ DP John Mathieson Says Ridley Scott’s Course of Has Turn out to be ‘Lazy’ and ‘Impatient’
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    It seems Ridley Scott could also be on the, uh, outs together with his longtime DP John Mathieson. The 2 collaborated on six movies, together with “Gladiator,” “Matchstick Males,” “Kingdom of Heaven,” and most lately “Gladiator II,” however in a current interview on “The DocFix Documentary Storytelling Podcast,” Mathieson voiced his considerations over the director’s use of a number of cameras and CGI and the way his course of neglects the nuances of cinematography.

    “It’s actually lazy,” stated Mathieson. “It’s the CG [computer graphic] components now of tidying-up, leaving issues in shot, cameras in shot, microphones in shot, bits of set hanging down, shadows from booms. And so they simply stated [on Gladiator II], ‘Nicely, clear it up.’”

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    Scott now favors utilizing a number of cameras, a reality Mathieson places on Scott being “fairly impatient” and caring extra about efficiency than look.

    “It’s not superb for cinematography,” he stated, including later, “Have a look at his older movies and getting depth into issues was very a lot a part of lighting. You’ll be able to’t do this with quite a lot of cameras, however he simply needs to get all of it executed.”

    Talking to IndieWire’s Jim Hemphill lately concerning the course of on “Gladiator II,” Mathieson stated, “Ridley doesn’t care that it’s not precisely just like the final shot. He does care that it seems to be nice.”

    Utilizing extra cameras, in Mathieson’s opinion, has not improved Scott’s work, however simply emphasize how shortly he needs to show issues round. This was not at all times the case with Scott, however Mathieson doesn’t count on him to return to doing issues the previous manner.

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    “It’s a bit rush, rush, rush. That’s modified in him,” stated Mathieson on “The Doc Repair.” “However that’s the way in which he needs to do it and I don’t prefer it and I don’t suppose many individuals do, however folks love his movies and he’s Ridley Scott and might do what he needs.”

    The late Harris Savides additionally appeared to not take pleasure in working this fashion with Scott after they collaborated on the 2007 movie “American Gangster.” In an interview earlier this yr in American Cinematographer, Scott stated of the expertise, “I did a factor [with multiple cameras] on ‘American Gangster’ with one other cameraman [Harris Savides, ASC], who was superb. I received on effectively with him, and he truthfully did a terrific job on the movie. However I began to introduce three cameras, 4 cameras, [and] he didn’t like that. I heard him speaking to the gaffer, saying, ‘I can’t address all of those cameras, what do you suppose?’ And the gaffer stated, ‘Truly, I sort of take pleasure in it.’”

    At 87 years previous, Scott actually has earned the correct to do “what he needs” and intends to as he at present has eight tasks in improvement, together with a re-team with Paul Mescal for “The Canine Stars,” his long-gestating Bee Gees biopic, a WWII epic about The Battle of Britain, “Gladiator III,” and an adaptation of the comedian e book “Queen and Nation.”

    “Gladiator II” is at present in theaters from Paramount Footage.



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