Roger Deakins and Matthew Heineman On Depicting the Drug War in Film
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- čas přidán 18. 02. 2016
- Roger Deakins is the legendary cinematographer behind such films as No Country For Old Men, Fargo and Shawshank Redemption. This year, he received his 13th Oscar nomination for Sicario, a dark thriller set in the world of Mexican drug cartels.
Fellow 2016 Oscar nominee Matthew Heineman, director of the acclaimed documentary Cartel Land, which chronicles the complexity of the ongoing drug war in Mexico, meets Deakins to discuss the overlapping themes of their respective films.
Archival footage of Cartel Land and Sicario courtesy of A+E Networks, Lions Gate Films, and The Orchard
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Receiving compliments from Roger Deakins on your doco. I think I would explode with pride.
Wow it was nice to see such an intellectual discussion of two people who really know what their talking about
Yes. It was beautiful!
+Mr. Red Bird *They're
dictionaryofwords You got me
+Mr. Red Bird Yes, agreed! Maybe we can convince them to run for President and Vice-President (USA). They seem to offer more intelligent discourse than some of the leading candidates we have now.
My father was a DP in Hollywood. He worked extensively with Roger Deakins' contemporary now-Robert Richardson during Mr. Richardson's early career. One thing my father always struggled with was the politics/inter-personal relationships in film (which can be highly cut throat and competitive), one of which involves managing relationships/directing actors and assistants. Good to see Roger Deakins not acting abusively towards his fellow filmmakers, mentoring and supporting other DPs and ensuring that the future of the film industry fosters an inter-personally supportive professional culture for generations to come rather than an aggressive, winner-take-all culture! I am GRATEFUL for Roger Deakins' example.
Reading between the lines, I take it Robert Richardson is a prick?
Those times when VICE gets it right.
Just let the two professionals spill awesomeness.
Roger Deakins is so humble... damn,such a great human being
Vice still not keen on grading your Log footage I see ?
+Tomy quite possibly edited on premiere on a mac pro and straight to upload, i've not heard of vice hiring online suites or colorists
+schemedemon with all the money they make by under(not?)paying their writers I think they could afford one
+Tomy they cut all kinds of corners, starting with staff. even if they had a davinci suite they'd still need to pay a colorist, or hire someone who knows their way around SpeedGrade, and so not falling into the category of 'young, ambitious, enthusiastic and cheap'
+schemedemon it ain't that difficult, you just have to buy a lut package and drag it to your footage in davinci, as easy as it can get.
but I like this soft look
Sicario was beyond a "cartel" related movie. Benecio took that film to another place.
+CAHK83 Cartel land was a documentary.
+kushdaddy144 Sharpen up your reading skills pal.
Alejandro is my favorite character of all-time, and quite possibly one of the greatest characters of all-time.
This was great to see. I'm so glad you got these two together and filmed it. Thanks Vice peeps.
Roger Deakins is the god. Prisoners, No Country, Sicario are some of the most powerfully realized image sequences ever achieved. And I love how he forms relationships with and stays loyal to brilliant directors like the Coen Brothers and Villeneuve!
Now I gotta go watch Cartel Land lol
+wowgabewow Same haha
It's pretty amazing
+wowgabewow Netflix...
+Streets of Vancouver Why such a condescending response? He didn't say that he doesn't know where to find the movie, he was just saying that this video peaked his interest (as it did mine).
*****
Condescending? It's just a way to find the documentary... wow, you really are quite the misanthrope, eh?
Great interview. Now I need to watch Cartel Land. Looks amazing
A good video from Vice. Haven't had this in quite a while.
it's so awesome seeing Roger asking questions :)
It's strange how Roger Deakins has been nominated for an Oscar 13 times and STILL hasn't won yet. Oscars are mostly won from luck.
lubezki is pretty good too~
Really great interesting conversation. I really enjoyed this! The comparison of the two films made me want to make sure I see them both. I can already see some parallels in the way they both are able to convey raw emotion in their films.
Easily the best documentary I've ever seen, glad to see a master like Deakins felt so highly about it too. Heineman's doc is as tense or even more tense than Scario and it was all shot run-and-gun, just insane.
He seems such a quietly jolly fellow. He's easy going and never far from a little chuckle when he speaks. An easy individual to like if you happened to meet him in person I imagine.
Awesome video VICE, thanks!
vice on the come up
nice work vice! u make my morning :) wish it lasted longer
this was just delightful. Great watch
Dammmmn... mighty fine piece, VICE!
Best conversation ever
Both epic movies, both gloriously shot. Perfect combination for a little Q&A
Fantastic and productive conversation. Thanks for sharing :)
I just found out that Roger Deakins has never won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography...WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!
i’m from the future. He has two now!!
..and a Knighthood…
What a great interview of two film makers. Now, I want to find the documentaries that Deakins worked on. Including "Cartel" by Matthew Heineman.
15hr version please
wow. two amazing artists.
What a fantastic discussion.
muchas gracias, thanks para este entrevista, well done kudos
Incredible work, trabajo increible...
Cheers
Senor Pescador
I got some stories also, 70's taking seeds and shotgun shells to Michoacan, jaaaa among other stories like CR-Nica border, 80-91 too many to name wait for our movie
great to see you
I worked sets wilmywood, first one Firestarter, 2 other Steven King ones, Cyborg, etc was fun times, we will our movie 'El Ostionero' en 95% El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico, maybe a little Belize, jaaaaa not too much Belize scary tube off Caye Caulker in the 80's...
All respect and gratitude for Mr. Deakins and his work on Sicario. For me however, Cartel Land is as raw and real as it gets. Plus it's shot just like a movie more than a documentary style feel. Matthew did amazing with that project.
I reckon Heineman and Deakins should collaborate at some point. I enjoyed this Vice short because I love Roger Deakins and I like his work with Coen Brothers and Denis Villeneuve.
they have so much respect for each-other.
HUGE fan of Roger Deakins. Very excited he's doing Blade Runner 2
+Rob Nickerson thanks for info
+Rob Nickerson I'm not worried about the visuals but the plot.
+StarCrusher Well if both are good that would fuckin rock right? Ryan Gosling is the lead and he's awesome and Harrison ford is suppose to be in the "third act" which is the final one. I swear they better not make Deckerd a replicant lol
+StarCrusher Denis Villanueve is a awesome director tho I trust him he just did Sicario with Deakins and that movie was fantastic
Rob Nickerson
I'm just not sure where the movie can even go. I'm afraid it will ruin some of the ambiguity of the ending. Blade Runner explored a lot of interesting philosophical topics so a sequel seems unnecessary but I'm hoping to be surprised.
It's like Roger talking to his very talented filmmaker son that he's very proud of!
This was excellent
He really geeked the fuck out at 3:55!
Then again who wouldn't, because it's Roger Deakins ffs!
Props on holding your shit together for that whole interview Matt.
Unbelievably, Roger Deakins has never won Best Cinematography at the Oscars despite 13 nominations. This is just one of many reasons as to why the Oscars are total garbage anyway. Deakins' work is masterful in its precision. Probably the best low-light photographer around, and if you didn't already notice that in Sicario, just check out Prisoners. Mindbogglingly under appreciated.
A video about a great cinematographer and no color grading!
So like two people just having a conversation with absolutely no fuss?
@@palpafilms I wrote this comment five years ago. I think I’m able to articulate it better now:
This video was shot with something called logarithmic encoding aka Log. This is done to fit as much color and light information into a digital file as possible. It is not meant to be viewed in Log. You’re supposed to use something called a gamma transform to give it normal color and contrast. That is what I was getting at. This video looks very flat because it is in Log. And five years ago I was under the impression that you need to manually color grade Log footage to look normal. That’s something I now know is only done on lower end projects, in professional workflows it is very rare to work on Log directly, without using a gamma transform.
@@VariTimo appreciate the reply, everyday is a school day!
@@palpafilms You’re welcome!
Cartel Land deserves the Oscar for best Doc.
Omg so this is where the podcast picture came from...0:48
VICE why no color grade?
Imagine a shitty color grade in a short documentary about one of the greatest cinematographer hollywood has and a documentarian/cinematographer who is not too bad himself :D
I like it better like that :D
well then record in rec 709
why would you put color grade in this vídeo there is no need at all ! the natural light is jut perfect color grading are for amateurs !
StereoChimps it has nothing to do with natural light. Log recording is flat for the purpose of creating your own gamma curve. Film naturally has an s curve response when printed, so you have to be given latitude in digital to have the options you would have when picking different film stocks. Log is decidedly unnatural looking. Not much in reality looks that flat, it's purely an intermediary tool.
I was thinking the same, but as I watched, I realized that their films just stood out a lot more. I feel they probably could have done a little bit more contrast, but it really makes the footage from these two stand out.
That dog picture is one used in his poscast .
So.Good.
just WoW
Vibin this
I can't understand what Deakins says at the end. Who was shooting documentaries in his 90s? 14:50
+lunardistance Haskell Wexler
thank you brother
This title is not very accurate at all. I mean, it was a great video, but they talked almost NOTHING about depicting the Drug War in Film. They just talked about their films, which happened to both depict the drug war. But I was expecting them to talk about the taboos and cliches and stuff like that, and why it's a tricky subject to talk about, Not just them flattering each other for 15 minutes.
Pretty sure Deakins thought "Well those highlights on the fence in the back of this interview Setup are going to be blown Out and give a continuity problem.." Vice cinematographer learned a lesson there haha
Why do they cut us in in the middle of the sentences
Roger, you jinxed Haskell.
Cartel land was so good
This is so good. As a cinematographer, the lack of color in their skin is very distracting. It could be Sony Cine. Finish strong.
wonder what deakins thinks of act of killing
Imagine being Roger Deakins TV.. would need to be on your A game
"you know" seems a bit overused in this conversation.
anyone notice the freemason ring at 8:59?
+TheHyperDonutsVideos illuminati confirmed
+TheHyperDonutsVideos I saw when I watched it cpl weeks ago yep
intesting considering they say the police are the real gang, might have some truth behind it.
Yes! Didn't. Notice it the first time, most likely because I was busy reading the text during the first view of the movie.
The hat on the camera LMAO 6:58
same
Are they gonna work together? If not, they should!
Deakins ungraded - the irony of it hurts my soul
The question Deakins asks on a Carteland follow-up. Is the answer typical of docuists? Paraphrase - no point, it would be the same.
I feel bad for any cameraman who has to set up a shot in front of Roger Deakins...
why? just because he is who he is doesn't mean you have to stop doing your thing. remain humble and learn if you make mistakes. I rather get corrected by Mr. Deakins. Hell, I might even make one mistake on purpose just to start a conversation with him. don't be a rabbit caught in the headlights.
The fucking 🐐 Deakins!
I'll change everybody's bum lives who work for vice.
+King Conor enjoy your bum life while it lasts LOL. tick tock, tick tock tick tock...
What?
Color grade much?
Put subtitles in Spanish!!!
Sicario 1 was good the second one was pure crap
333:1 shooting ratio...
deaks is feeling intimidated
Nogla your Black ops 3 zombies is still there
3
Second!!!!!
last!
I enjoyed the content in this video, and very much enjoyed each of the films these two created this year, but I don't understand why the skin tones are so disgusting in this video.
Slap a luma curve on this...
Shit (sorry for bad English)
come on we wanna see the skinny guy that does drugs to be on drugs
Hide behind the camera 🤌🤌🤌
the Dr just died recently
Thought it said Richard Dawkins
Saw Deakins
disliked, commented and left
*tips fedora
Roger Deakins > Emmanuel Lubezki
Their equals . Both at the top for sure
two white guys oscar nominated?! what a SURPRISE! :/
+TheDutchVegaShow Two brilliant filmmakers get oscar nominations!? What a surprise!
It's cause were superior.
Everyone took the bait
+TheDutchVegaShow
you are so right
BLACK GUNS MATTER