Thursday, June 23, 2011

and you thought you were a perfectionist...

In a recent article, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki was asked: Does Malick think about editing when he’s filming ?

"We speak about it almost every time. But most of the ideas about the editing we share on the set don’t make the final cut. We maybe have been shot 600.000 metres (around 370 miles) of film. The first cut was 8 hours long. Terry is working on/preparing a 6 hours long version of the movie. What I’ve seen (of this) is absolutely incredible, it’s wonderful. The longer version will have to/will likely, for the most part, relate to the children part. There were outstanding things, we’ve shot many, many things about Jack’s childhood: his friends, his evolution, his changes, his awareness of the loss of his childhood. I don’t know if I’m supposed to say all of this!" -Emmanuel Lubezki

TREE OF LIFE TRAILER:


You can find out more about the Tree of Life's 6-hour version here:
http://www.icgmagazine.com/wordpress/2011/05/11/sights-unseen/
and
http://www.slashfilm.com/terrence-malick-prepping-sixhour-version-the-tree-life/

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