All the President’s Men (D.O.P. Gordon Willis 1976) w/ Bryan Loomis & Hannah Loomis
Felicia is joined by Bryan Loomis and Hannah Loomis to discuss Gordon Willis’ visual take on the Watergate scandal in Alan J. Pakula’s All the President’s Men (1976).
We chat about how the camera mirrors the mundanity of office life, and how inconsequential these two reporters were until they broke this story. We also discuss how the natural lighting of a setting has an effect on the energy of the film.
This is our Gordon Willis opener, and I think it’s a great example of why he was a master at truly understanding the material he was shooting, and using the camera to highlight the script and performances.
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Sources:
‘All the President’s Men’: Bob Woodward explains key scenes - Washington Post
https://hollywoodsuite.ca/all-the-presidents-men/
OUTRO SONG:
Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major by Vivaldi
FILMS MENTIONED:
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman 1976
Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa 1950)
Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater 1995)
Before Sunset (Richard Linklater 2004)
Manhattan (Woody Allen 1979)
Spotlight (Tom McCarthy 2015)
13 Going on 30 (Gary Winick 2004)
The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont 1994)
The Color Purple (Steven Spielberg 1986)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer 1928)
Klute (Alan J. Pakula 1971)
Rififi (Jules Dassin 1956)
Le cercle rouge (Jean-Pierre Melville 1970)
Le deuxième souffle (Jean-Pierre Melville 1966)
Straight Time (Ulu Grosbard 1978)
Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer 2018)
Dick (Andrew Fleming 1999)
The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola 1972)
Manhattan (Woody Allen 1979)
The Parallax View (Alan J. Pakula 1974)
The Money Pit (Richard Benjamin 1986)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (H. C. Potter 1948)
Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese 1980)
Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese 1976)
Space Jam (Joe Pytka 1996)
Stardust Memories (Woody Allen 1980)
Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger 1959)
The Pelican Brief (Alan J. Pakula 1993)
Seven Days in May (John Frankenheimer 1964)
All The King’s Men (Robert Rossen 1949)
The Best Man (Franklin J. Schaffner 1964)
Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder 1950)
She Said (Maria Schrader 2022)
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