A look at the camera setup on Oliver Stone's Vladimir Putin Interviews, with DP Anthony Dod Mantle

[Andrew Reid]

Anthony Dod Mantle is a well known cinematographer, responsible for pioneering work with digital right from the get-go in the late 1990's.

He is the guy behind some of Danny Boyle and Lars Von Trier's best work.

So why is he shooting with a 5D Mark II in 2017?

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[BTM_Pix]

Maybe they wanted to stay nimble in case Vlad rode in on a bear?

[tupp]

I would be scared shooting that interview.  If you accidentally busted a take, you might find yourself sipping polonium tea.

[Andrew Reid]

Vladimir did joke about having Stone bumped off at one point near the end.

[shijan]

Andrew, this is shitty bloody political propaganda. Wish you came to all places destroyed by this "patriotic man who loves his country" and his gangsters-totalitarian machine.

I will never post in this forum again after this. Bye.

[Ivanhurba]

46 minutes ago, shijan said:

Andrew, this is shitty bloody political propaganda. Wish you came to all places destroyed by this "patriotic man who loves his country" and his gangsters-totalitarian machine.

I will never post in this forum again after this. Bye.

 

This is a camera forum. If you're biased and are not able to read a full sentence and the irony you're missing half of the context. Because, of course, this forum is not ironic in any way.

48 minutes ago, shijan said:

In part, it is Putin spun propaganda and you feel drawn in by his intelligence, cultured upbringing and even some of his rational arguments. <irony>He’s a patriotic man who loves his country.</irony>

But would I trust him?

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I know the situation in your country, I have friends there who had to flee or be forced to join the army and die for nothing, and you have to realise too that there's a game of power between two oligarchies that don't care about the people, just money and gas. That's no reason to be rude. I thought you would better comment on the use of an old Canon relic, an unuseful 1 inch sensor camera with a horrid lens and a proper camera that doesn't mix with anything dslr . The only thing I can consider is the balls and trust Mantle had to have to mix this cameras and be sure he'd get a good result and Stone's confidence in his DOP. Cheers to them. They probably were thinking about battery life too, you know, in case...
 

 

[jonpais]

priceless!

[ND64]

I don't know how Oliver Stone manages to smile in front of characters who are known for killing their opponents the nasty ways we only see in NC-17 movies. 

[Andrew Reid]

I guess the same way Michael Flynn smiles in meeting Putin for some 'election help'!

[Batou Bato]

 

it could be a 5D mark III, no ? How you can make the différence between a 5D mark II and a mark III  with looking at these pictures only? @Andrew Reid   

You knew very well that the close-ups does not pose big broblem of moire and aliasing

For a filming in FHD with a C300 and an XC10 the choice of a 5D mark III as a B camera It seems obvious to me 

And I think a "soft" image is more flattering for the face of putin

[Andrew Reid]

Erm because the 5D Mark III doesn't have moire. Also I didn't look at those pictures only, I watched the entire series of 4 hour long episodes and it pops up quite a bit.

[tupp]

4 hours ago, Batou Bato said:

And I think a "soft" image is more flattering for the face of putin

Be careful!  Vlad can find you!

[Andrew Reid]

10 hours ago, shijan said:

Andrew, this is shitty bloody political propaganda. Wish you came to all places destroyed by this "patriotic man who loves his country" and his gangsters-totalitarian machine.

I will never post in this forum again after this. Bye.

Sorry if the description of Putin offends you. I don't actually like or trust what goes on and being "patriotic" does not for one second, for me, make a good person. He's patriotic in the sense that he is a soviet and considers the fall of the soviet union a disaster, saying in the documentary that "millions of Russians suddenly found themselves abroad". If you watch Stone's YouTube interview he describes Putin as patriotic to his cause, and that's just a true statement.

As for his charisma there's no denying he's a wily old fox, but that doesn't make him a good guy either.

And if Putin is involved in giving us Trump, which is strongly hinted at in episode 4 of the interviews by the body language, it's a big disgrace.

[Batou Bato]

23 minutes ago, tupp said:

Be careful!  Vlad can find you!

I hope he has a sense of humor :D It's more professional than personal 

27 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:

Erm because the 5D Mark III doesn't have moire. Also I didn't look at those pictures only, I watched the entire series of 4 hour long episodes and it pops up quite a bit.

 

It is true that the image looks more like the mark II because of the moire 

[Thomas Hill]

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." -- Samuel Johnson

"Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!" -- Albert Einstein

Saying that someone is patriotic is not necessarily a compliment.

[Andrew Reid]

Exactly.

[BTM_Pix]

58 minutes ago, Thomas Hill said:

 

Saying that someone is patriotic is not necessarily a compliment.

This man is a complete and utter patriot.

[tomekk]

Where are mods?

[ND64]

2 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

 

And if Putin is involved in giving us Trump, which is strongly hinted at in episode 4 of the interviews by the body language, it's a big disgrace.

They can't change election result even in their puppet state Iran, let alone America. Russian power is overrated. 

[fuzzynormal]

8 hours ago, Andrew Reid said:

I guess the same way Michael Flynn smiles in meeting Putin for some 'election help'!

Ha.  Think you might know more about American politics than the voters that live here.