Roger Deakins on Blade Runner 2049, The Goldfinch and The Assassination of Jesse James

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Roger Deakins on Blade Runner 2049, The Goldfinch and The Assassination of Jesse James

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Roger Deakins on Blade Runner 2049, The Goldfinch and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
There is nothing I can say about Roger Deakins that hasn’t been said before. As one of the best cinematographers that has ever worked in the film industry, Deakins has over and over again delivered brilliant work that has inspired millions of filmmakers around the world. When you look at his resume, it’s impossible not be impressed. While I could go on and on about his entire filmography, here’s just a few things Deakins shot that you might have seen: Blade Runner 2049, Skyfall, Prisoners, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Sicario, No Country for Old Men, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Shawshank Redemption, and The Big Lebowski.
There is a reason the Coen Brothers, Sam Mendes, Denis Villeneuve, Frank Darabont, Andrew Dominik, and so many other amazing filmmakers want to work with him.
With director John Crowley’s The Goldfinch world premiering at this year’s Toronto International Film festival before opening in theaters this weekend, I recently sat down with Deakins for an extended interview at the Collider lounge at the Nordstrom Supper Suite at TIFF. If you haven’t seen the trailers, The Goldfinch is an adaptation of Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. The film stars Ansel Elgort as a boy whose life was upended when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art when he was 13 years old. The Goldfinch also stars Nicole Kidman, Oakes Fegley, Aneurin Barnard, Finn Wolfhard, Sarah Paulson, Luke Wilson, and Jeffrey Wright.
During our wide-ranging conversation, Roger Deakins shared some great stories about making Blade Runner 2049, why he likes working on character-driven pieces, why he doesn’t shoot coverage, how often he sets up a shot and then realizes it’s just not working, why he wanted to work on The Goldfinch, what it was like filming the bombing sequence, why he’s looking forward to seeing The Lighthouse, why he wants Criterion to release the longer cut of The Assassination of Jesse James, working with Sam Mendes on 1917, what technology is coming that will help the moviemaking process, his thoughts on drones being used in movies, and so much more.
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@Boowl29 4 жыл бұрын

Lol, imagine interviewing God and beginning with a ‘message from our sponsors’.

@joseduran9232 4 жыл бұрын

I feel sorry for the interviewer because he's a fan but was so nervous.

@stupididiot6993 4 жыл бұрын

And so unprepared. His questions were very basic

@Brandon-vy6uw 4 жыл бұрын

This jackass is always like this

@thewatcher8573 4 жыл бұрын

They gave em kind of an awkward chair to sit in as well.

@thewatcher8573 4 жыл бұрын

@Lorem Ipsum lol, kinda does! How embarrassing is it to have to do an interview with a legend on a toilet.

@SueBoo2 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the SNL skit Chris Farley interviews The Beatle. Paul McCartney😄.

@ayghazali 4 жыл бұрын

When he asked him about the MI movies, haha his reaction!

@eganyi743 4 жыл бұрын

Deakins trying his best to give good answers to those try hard film school questions

@RatedRKO269 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this interview. I absolutely adore his work!

@sinematographers3344 4 жыл бұрын

Despite all the critics, we got an interview. RD is a reluctant interviewee. I have never seen an interview with him that unlocks what is perceived as the secret. It's simple for him, it's a "feel" , instinctual thru many years of exp and pursuit. Now practically every movie is a passion project, he is allowed to influence and make aesthetic calls because he is trusted to execute those decisions.

@HermanFalckHow 4 жыл бұрын

It is the weirdest thing watching Weinthraub talk to Roger Deakins. Like I know he's a fan, but he doesn't really understand the technical aspects of why Deakins is so good, and the questions end up sounding very stupid whenever he tries to sound like he knows his stuff. Roger is just the nicest dude, but he's very clearly like "Why are you asking me this?". Like interviewing a DOP isn't the same as interviewing a director, they have a very different language and vocabulary and they're not as comfortable answering questions period, so people like Weinthraub who doesn't know how craft actually works shouldn't interview people who are the masters within that craft. Like you don't need to understand music theory to be a fan of a band, but if you want to interview a DOP and you're going to ask about what his favorite camera is, knowing nothing about what an F-Stop is then probably don't.

@bertiebrown581 4 жыл бұрын

I get that Roger Deakins is an absolute master, & I truly sympathize with the interviewer’s being nervous; however, I found his anxiousness infectious. Maybe next time have a half of a 5 mg diazapam or something.

@mirrer3103 3 жыл бұрын

I hope you mean half of POINT 5, because the alternative would probably put him in a coma. Lol.

@doomboogie315 5 жыл бұрын

This man is a legend!

@VilkanVisions 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for interview, he is great Cinematographer :)

@Xplozhun85 4 жыл бұрын

5:45 Rare sighting of Roger getting a bit miffed.

@nicktosti7487 4 жыл бұрын

Some think that the interviewer is bad, but it's honestly amazing to me to see Deakins pushed on some questions to go into further detail, there is so much content in this interview. I've never heard Deakins say that he likens Blade Runner 2049 to Solaris. Freaking awesome.

@BRWednesday 4 жыл бұрын

Absolute master, I love Deakins' body of work.

@DORORO01 4 жыл бұрын

just want u to know that i am your fans and i watch all the interview you have done with deacons. man, after 3 times , you still feel nervous talking to deacins love it

@Warnerchild 4 жыл бұрын

9 minutes on a 2049 catch up - 👍thanks frosty

@gian-phillipelomena8711 5 жыл бұрын

Wow Frosty really killing it with these questions. Those are the kinds of things you need to ask this man!

@mrseven7248 5 жыл бұрын

Great interview thanks

@MikeKleinsteuber 4 жыл бұрын

One thing I'd have like to have known is how much of his lighting actually remained in the final film after VFX had brought all the elements together in Nuke, or whatever compositing software they used. This isn't to denegrate his work as I think Deakins is an amazing DP but I'm sure the VFX department had a huge influence on the final look.

@fiftyfive1s410 2 жыл бұрын

Deakins was a major figure in VFX. He has animation experience with Rango and How to Train a Dragon and is well-versed with most VFX workflows. Villeneuve mentioned this in the oscar interview thing, stating that deakins was seriously involved in blending the VFX with his cinematography.

@MikeKleinsteuber 2 жыл бұрын

@@fiftyfive1s410 Cool, thanks for the info. I didn't realise he had so much FX involvement

@NertardXD 4 жыл бұрын

If they get another opportunity to interview Deakins they need a guy who can calmly chat to the man. The best thing would be someone who cares but doesn't see Roger as some kind of god.

@holy_cowan 4 жыл бұрын

If you're going to go through the trouble of getting artists on the caliber of Roger Deakins to sit down for an interview, you really need to make sure you have someone who knows how to interview. This was a misuse of his time

@Omnicient. 4 жыл бұрын

The way this was set up doesn't do the interviewer favours; such as holding mics and giving him that small upright chair which decided upon his body language etc; I found the interviewer enthusiastic and Deakins is always very laid back which again made the contrast more than it should be. I enjoy Roger's work but I rarely notice anything that many other DPs haven't already been doing.

@Xplozhun85 4 жыл бұрын

Omniscient His work is sublime but subtle. If you want revolutionary and groundbreaking, that’s Chivo.

@cutwir3317 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t wait to see his next project

@taylerchew 4 жыл бұрын

interviewer asked really good questions. dunno why the complaints... but i give this interview two thumbs up!

@samgraef3028 4 жыл бұрын

Give me a movie Directed by Christopher Nolan, DP’d by Roger Deakins, starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Thanks, I’ll be waiting.

@jamesbell1186 4 жыл бұрын

Give me a movie directed my Denis Villenueve, DP’d by Roger Deakins, starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Thanks I’ll be waiting. Oh wait, we already got it.

@alex0589 4 жыл бұрын

Give me a movie. any movie, i like cinema.

@arkabhaskar212 4 жыл бұрын

Dont forget the 'Original Score by Hans Zimmer'

@LeethLee1 4 жыл бұрын

The legend!!!!!!

@vitterverse 4 жыл бұрын

I wish this gets more views and likes!

@thewatcher8573 4 жыл бұрын

lol, love how he just straight up says he doesn't like the MI movies. It's great tho cause then people know exactly what you don't like and you don't get stuck working on something your not passionate about cause you didn't want to say you didn't like it.

@VideoPine 4 жыл бұрын

Wow deakins got up in the wrong side of bed this day! Hehe.

@JerryAdam 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this interview, but next time, please don't interrupt your interview partners all the time; that's kind of rude (;

@MrBowmanMakes 4 жыл бұрын

please don't start interviews with 'yes/no' questions, it wastes valuable time

@minimalfun 4 жыл бұрын

A true ARTIST, he is the Rembrandt of our time, and his down to earth attitude is priceless. His answers are gold, drone, but why? You gotta ask the question WHY? That is the key question that most Directors and DPs nowadays don't care to ask. And I love what he said about lenses, and using the same lens, its not about lens but the CHARACTER! What a guy.

@alex0589 4 жыл бұрын

Not to pile on even more but geez... A 24 minute interview with Deakins and all they had was this guy awkwardly fanboying and asking basic questions. This is why DPs don't do much press lol

@kelownatechkid 4 жыл бұрын

That is a great interview!!!

@TripleTSingt 4 жыл бұрын

I would work with him. I can't pay anything, but I'd love to work with him.

@rollerdam 4 жыл бұрын

My dude.. you should lose the nardwuar voice..

@SeandeDios 4 жыл бұрын

I love Deakins but this interview is so hard to watch. Maybe have better questions next time? Get tips from Hot Ones.

@lilbigman777 4 жыл бұрын

2:30

@luciusromero448 4 жыл бұрын

This interviewer needs some work. I was embarrassed for Roger.

@vonjuan5549 Жыл бұрын

🫡

@darkknightwithanidea32 4 жыл бұрын

This interviewer needs to GROW UP & stop acting like he’s a virgin on prom night. What an insult to a master when you ask a question like....What will it take to get you on MI films. That’s like asking Picasso, when are you going to do some graffiti on a subway station platform for the MTA in NYC. Go do Marvel interviews.

@MarkMcAllister-ni9sf 4 жыл бұрын

A sperm masquerading as a Human adult was wearing black nail-polish as a substitution for a personality.

@1997residente 4 жыл бұрын

Is it me or Director's cut are becoming a trend nowadays?

@stupididiot6993 4 жыл бұрын

Trend is not the right word for it

@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat 4 жыл бұрын

You know... Roger Deakins is in deed unquestionably great, but he is also wildly overrated in my opinion. Just in as far as he being so singled out as the "alpha omega", when there are many merited working cinematographers right now who in the equally proper circumstances of artistic collaboration affored to Mr. Deakins are just as brilliant in their own unique way as he - and many are certainly even more skilled in their versatile command of diverse formats, equipment, and techniques. Typically the glib hipster tourist has memorized approximately three names of cinemtographers to recite and pretend they are cinephiles; Roger Deakins, Emmunel Lubeszki (call him "Chivo" to be extra cute), and Christopher Doyle. But there are a hundred more current cinematographers just as worth note (some more so): Robert Richardson Vittorio Storaro Caleb Deschanel Robert Elswitt Darius Khondji Dariusz Wolski Janusz Kaminski John Mathieson John Toll Dean Semler John Seale Dante Spinotti Mauro Fiore Jeff Cronenweth Greig Fraser Dion Beebe Bojan Bazelli Rodrigo Pieto Xiaoding Zhao Amir Mokri Slawomir Idziak Eduardo Serra Salvatore Totino Michael Seresin Chris Menges Matthew Libatique Claudio Miranda Bruno Delbonnel Hoyt Van Hoytema Mihai Malaimare Jr. John Schwatzman Donald McAlpine Phil Mehuex Adam Arkapaw Dan Mindel Paul Cameron Rob Hardy Bill Pope Phedon Papamichel Robert Fraisse Peter Suschitsky Frederick Elmes Andrzej Sekula Malik Hassan Sayeed Thomas Kloss Oliver Stapleton Stephen H. Burum Ellen Kuras Linus Sandgren Enrique Chediak Charlotte Bruus Christensen Philippe Rousselot Dan Lausten James Hawkinson Russell Carpenter Oliver Wood Jeffrey L. Kimball Newton Thomas Sigel Anthony Dod Mantle Peter Menzies Jr. Stephen Windon Karl Walter Lindenlaub Ueli Steiger Jo Willems Benoit Debie Gyula Pados Maryse Alberti Javier Aguirresarobe Tak Fugimoto Guillermo Navaro Bradford Young Erik Wilson Hagan Bogdanski Steve Mason Sean Bobbitt Chung-hoon Chung Mandy Walker Andrij Parekh Masanobu Takayanagi Anna Foerster Nicolas Karakatsanis Jonathan Sela Adriano Goldman Adam Stone Mark Patten Lol Crawley Amy Vincent Xavier Gimenez Oscar Faura Ben Smithard Rachel Morrison Lula Carvalho Fabian Wagner Ben Davis Sabastian Blenkov Jacques Jouffret Polly Morgan Yu Cao Densen Baker Thomas Townend Jarin Blaschke Natasha Brier

@stupididiot6993 4 жыл бұрын

octagonproplex chill

@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat 4 жыл бұрын

@@stupididiot6993 Learn.

@supercarolita81 4 жыл бұрын

@@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat Reed Morano. (Now director)

@linusfotograf 4 жыл бұрын

You do realize that no one in their right mind could recite all those names right? You are correct that there are other great cinematographers than RD but why the condescension?

@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat 4 жыл бұрын

@@linusfotograf Deserve is why. And I'm in my wrong mind, therefore I can recite those names easily, especially to tourist who have no business in my town.

@Databoa2610 4 жыл бұрын

Why, why, why Roger have to be interviewed by a guy who have no clue about Cinema. Please, do your homework, go to Cinema School, whatever. Enbaracing. Why a fan to interview Roger and not a professional or a person who knows something about Cinema.

@slaykay47 2 жыл бұрын

"enbaracing"? maybe go to ACTUAL school?