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THE FUJI PHOTO FILM UK MAGAZINE • SUMMER 2002
EXPOSURE EXPOSURE
arlier this year Merchant Ivory Closer to home but with serious interna- Productions became only the second tional ambitions are three new British pro- ever film team to be awarded the pres- ductions which have been filmed in various tigious BAFTA Fellowship. The remark- corners of the UK. To Cornwall, doubling for able triumvirate of James Ivory, Ismail Ireland, for CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE about the
Merchant and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has now agonising dilemma facing a young Catholic
been in continuous operation for forty years ever since their 1963 debut, The Householder. Our Cover Story follows the fortunes of LE DIVORCE, MIP’s latest film – their 46th or 47th, depending which chart you check – shooting in Paris with an all-star cast including Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts and Glenn Close.
The trio of cinematographers featured in our Behind The Camera series spans more than 80 years of filmmaking. ERIC CROSS BSC, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, recalls his remarkable career which began as a stillsman for Alfred Hitchcock in the hey- day of still silent films at Elstree. Later he worked as a DP on British classics like The Kidnappers, Private’s Progress, The One That Got Away and Tiger Bay.
PAUL ENGLEFIELD, more than half Cross’s great age, has had a busy career principally in shorts and documentaries. His latest, arguably most challenging, credit is a BBC adaptation of JM Coetzee’s The Lives Of Animals, co-starring Eileen Atkins and Paul Rhys. The youngest of the three, Nicosia-born HARIS ZAMBARLOUKOS, a graduate of St Martin’s School of Art and the American Film Institute, has completed two features, most recently a grisly London under- world thriller, Mr In-Between, with Andrew Howard and David Calder, which is picking up festival awards all over the world.
priest. Glasgow is the setting for the comedy, AMERICAN COUSINS, in which an old-fashioned café becomes the focal point for two sets of gangsters. And the American connection con- tinues in deepest Surrey which has been craftily given a US makeover for the dark thriller, DON’T LOOK BACK!
Number 1 Stephen Street is an address doubtless familiar to many in the TV industry. One of the largest facilities and playout opera- tions in Europe, LPC has undergone some major changes in the last six months. We dis- cuss them with MD Maurizio Cimelli. A new- comer this year, CONTENT RESTORATION SERVICES, part of the Liberty Livewire group, demon- strates skills ranging from archivist and film grading to high definition telecine. A recent highlight is restoration work on the Ealing Studios’ comedy gem, The Ladykillers.
All this plus the story behind the making of the MIND-sponsored short Butterfly, a COMMERCIAL BREAK feature on Smirnoff Ice, a report from busy BARRANDOV STUDIOS in the Czech Republic, and the battle for this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards in America featuring top British television productions like Shackleton, The Gathering Storm and Dinotopia which were all originated on Fuji. ■
ERIC MOULD
DIVISIONAL MANAGER FUJIFILM MOTION PICTURE & PROFESSIONAL VIDEO TAPE www.fujifilm.co.uk/motion
JOHN ROBINSON
MICHELLE GREEN
JACKIE SPADACCINI
ROGER SAPSFORD