Premium Member Greg Gross Posted August 26, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted August 26, 2004 Is there anyone on forum who knows what cameras Mr. Cassavetes used? I often see a picture of him with a hand held camera(compact?, shoulder supported camera?). Camera body appears to have a black speckled finish and has a turret (rotatable)with three or four lenses probably fixed on it (selectable). Camera body appears to be round. I have a deep interest in the work of Mr. Casavetes and was curious about the camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Wendell_Greene Posted August 26, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted August 26, 2004 He used an Eclair NPR for the filming of "Faces" . Later he used Arri cameras, for the filming of "A Woman Under The Influence" it was either an Arri 35-2C or a 3C, if I remember the photo from Ray Carney's book correctly. Cassavetes also shot a few union films one where he shot with a Mitchell. They shot with Panavision cameras for "Gloria" Interesting fact is that Caleb Deschanel started out as the DP on AWUTHI and after he left, Frederick Elmes ASC finished up. Elmes went on to shoot "Opening Night" and "The Killing of A Chinese Bookie" for Cassavetes. Both films will be part of the upcoming 5 disc Criterion DVD set of Cassavetes films released next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Greg Gross Posted August 27, 2004 Author Premium Member Share Posted August 27, 2004 Thank you Mr.Greene for your reply concerning the cameras John Cassavetes used. I often go on the John Cassavetes web site at www.cassavetes.com and read about his films and his editing. I definitely want to aquire the Criterion films when they are ready. I understand that Mr. Cassavetes's wife does not want "Shadows" to be viewed and has threatened Criterion with legal action if the film is shown or produced on dvd for sale. I respect her position, and she probably has some personal reason for protecting the film from being shown. Shadows of course has been considered by many to be his finest film. I only wish to see it because I love his work and creativity. I did see "The Notebook" this year(directed by John's son) and I thought it was a wonderful story. It just kept moving along frame by frame with every action,detail telling the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngmarRosengaard Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 In The Notebook, the old woman is Cassavetes' wife, Gina Rowlands. It is true that she did not want the film released with the alternate footage included, but she had no problem with the theatrical version, because, right or wrong, John made the call on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Wells Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 It's a very early version of Shadows that she doesn't want shown. -Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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