MUMBAI: Martin Scorsese has decided to abandon film and shoot his forthcoming films digitally, according to his long-time editor Thelma Schoonmaker.
Scorsese, who won an Oscar this year for his first 3D film Hugo, has lost the battle with traditional ways of filming motion pictures,says a report.
“It would appear that we‘ve lost the battle. I think Marty just feels it‘s unfortunately over, and there‘s been no bigger champion of film than him. It‘s a very bittersweet thing to be watching films with him now that are on film.
We‘re cherishing every moment of it. The number of prints that are now being made for release has just gone down, and it would appear that the theatres have converted so quickly to digital,” the report said.
Scorsese will begin his digital revolution by shooting his next project The Wolf of Wall Street that stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Jean Dujardin and Jonah Hill in 2D. The film is expected to roll in mid-August.
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Martin Scorsese embraces digital shooting technique
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Scorsese will make all films in 3D in future
MUMBAI: So deep is filmmaker Martin Scorsese in love with 3D format that he has decided to make all his upcoming movies in the same format.
The 69-year old filmmaker was speaking at the 2012 CinemaCon in Las Vegas to discuss his experience of making 3D movies along with director Ang Lee.
Scorsese said that he loves the new format so much that if he could go back in time, he would have filmed all his films including Raging Bull and Taxi Driver in the format. “I would have practically done all my films in 3D,” the filmmaker opined.
The director said that 3D could make audience feel a stronger connection to the story and the actors in the film.
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Di Caprio in Martin Scorsese’s next
MUMBAI: Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in Martin Scorsese‘s The Wolf of Wall Street, that is based on the memoir by Jordan Belfort.
The film will tell the tale of a hard-partying drug-fuelled stock broker who was indicted in 1998 for security fraud and money laundering and consequently served a 22 month prison stretch.
DiCaprio and Scorsese have been trying to get the project off the ground since 2007, but now a firm timeline has been set, with the movie shooting in New York in the summer. Scorsese will produce the project as well as direct, with a script by Terence Winter.
Earlier, the 36-year-old actor has worked with the acclaimed director in four films.The pair have previously worked together on Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed and Shutter Island.
DiCaprio recently completed filming Baz Lurhman‘s The Great Gatsby alongside Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire. -
The Artist sweeps BAFTA Awards
MUMBAI: Silent movie has won seven awards including Best Picture at the British Academy Film Awards. The film thus edged out the espionage thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
While The Artist was named best film, Jean Dujardin took the male acting award and its filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius won the best director award the original screenplay award.
Meryl Streep was named best actress for her depiction of Margaret Thatcher, Britain‘s first female prime minister in The Iron Lady. The film also won a well-deserved award in the hair and makeup category.
Martin Scorsese‘s Parisian fantasy Hugo lapped up awards in the sound and production design category.
John le Carre adaptation Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, that had as many as 11 nominations compared to 12 for The Artist, won just two prizes, one for the British film and the other for adapted screenplay.
The BAFTA award is considered to be a strong indicator of likely success at the Academy Awards to be held on 26 February.
The trophies give more momentum to The Artist, which has already won three Golden Globes, and has 10 Oscar nominations.
Dujardin, who plays a silent screen icon eclipsed by the talkies, said the appeal of The Artist lay in its accessibility.
“It‘s a simple story,” he said. “It‘s a love story. It‘s universal. And there‘s a cute dog” — Jack Russell terrier Uggie, who almost steals the film from his two-legged co-stars.
The supporting actor award went to Christopher Plummer for his role in Beginners, while Octavia Spencer was named best supporting actress for her role as a fiery maid in Deep South drama The Help.
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NYFF screens unfinished version of Scorsese’ Hugo
MUMBAI: The New York Film Festival (NYFF) recently screened an unfinished version of Martin Scorsese‘s Hugo.
The film screened as a mystery booking at NYFF, which announced last week that it would be showing a new work-in-progress by a master director. By the weekend, all interested parties had essentially figured out that the movie would be “Hugo.”
The film tells the story of a young boy who lives in a 1930s Paris train station and whose life intersects with that of the pioneering French director Georges Melies.
Hugo is based on Brian Selznick‘s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret and according to viewers, it is less of a children‘s film than Scorsese‘s cinematic history lesson, and his valentine to the early days of cinema.
Before the screening, Scorsese told the audience that his film still needed color correction, some visual effects and additional work on music and sound.