Hungarian cinematographer Marcell Rév is a long-time collaborator of “Malcolm & Marie” writer-director Sam Levinson. The pair first worked together on Levinson’s feature debut “Assassination Nation” and continued into the hit HBO series “Euphoria.” For their latest, most intimate feat, a two-hander starring Zendaya and John David Washington as a couple confronting their turbulent relationships over the course of one night, Rév and Levinson had to scale down.
Conceived during the pandemic, the production used a limited crew, all of whom had already been part of the “Euphoria” team. Gorgeously crafted in 35mm black-and-white, the film takes place in a single location and was shot in chronological order. In order to create a dynamic visual language with minimal elements, the D.P. was deeply involved in selecting the home, an modern, glass walled structure in Carmel, Calif., designed by architect Jonathan Feldman and known as the Caterpillar House.
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Conceived during the pandemic, the production used a limited crew, all of whom had already been part of the “Euphoria” team. Gorgeously crafted in 35mm black-and-white, the film takes place in a single location and was shot in chronological order. In order to create a dynamic visual language with minimal elements, the D.P. was deeply involved in selecting the home, an modern, glass walled structure in Carmel, Calif., designed by architect Jonathan Feldman and known as the Caterpillar House.
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- 2/11/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
By its very nature, “Malcolm & Marie” — a dialogue-driven story about the relationship between two characters that takes place in one location over the course of a single night — had the potential to feel like a stage play. But what writer and director Sam Levinson was reaching for was something quite different: a visually dynamic film that told its story through the camera and use of space, as much as it did through his words and the two actors’ performances.
When Levinson was on IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, he discussed how finding the visual language and style of his new Netflix movie was a process of trial and error.
“It’s funny, we initially started with ten shooting days, [cinematographer] Marcel [Rev] and I had this very specific formal plan of how we’re going to shoot this thing,” said Levinson. “I always loved [director Otto] Preminger’s blocking and movement, specifically ‘Bunny Lake Is Missing,...
When Levinson was on IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, he discussed how finding the visual language and style of his new Netflix movie was a process of trial and error.
“It’s funny, we initially started with ten shooting days, [cinematographer] Marcel [Rev] and I had this very specific formal plan of how we’re going to shoot this thing,” said Levinson. “I always loved [director Otto] Preminger’s blocking and movement, specifically ‘Bunny Lake Is Missing,...
- 2/10/2021
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Though Sam Levinson’s “Malcolm & Marie” only has two cast members — John David Washington and Zendaya — there is a third character in Netflix’s romantic drama about a filmmaker and his girlfriend and muse. The third participant in the drama is the gorgeous and isolated window-filled house located in Carmel where Malcolm and Marie spend the night after Malcolm’s film premiere bickering, confessing, making love only to start fighting again.
Levinson said the film has an “element that feels a little unsettling that anything could happen,” he explained during a recent Film Independent zoom interview which also featured Zendaya, Washington and cinematographer Marcell Rev moderated by Film Independent president Josh Welsh. “It’s like two snakes in a jar and we’re not going to take the lid off,” he added. “There’s no place to go. I think that’s brought out in the location which is designed by Jonathan Feldman.
Levinson said the film has an “element that feels a little unsettling that anything could happen,” he explained during a recent Film Independent zoom interview which also featured Zendaya, Washington and cinematographer Marcell Rev moderated by Film Independent president Josh Welsh. “It’s like two snakes in a jar and we’re not going to take the lid off,” he added. “There’s no place to go. I think that’s brought out in the location which is designed by Jonathan Feldman.
- 1/31/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
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