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May 2008 online articles
Volume 89, Number 5

Heavy-Metal Hero
Matthew Libatique, ASC brings Iron Man to the big screen

Post Focus

DVD Playback
Reviews of current and upcoming DVD releases:

ASC Close-Up
Brief interviews with ASC members about their careers and inspirations. This month: Antonio Calvache

Featured in the May Print Edition:

  • Speed Racer
  • Deception
  • AMPAS Sci Tech Awards
  • The Fall
  • Anamorph
  • Fugitive Pieces
  • The Godfather Restoration
 
DVD PLAYBACK:
Featured Titles
Midnight Express (1978)
Cin: Michael Seresin, BSC
Dir: Alan Parker
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
Cin: Peter Biziou, BSC
Dir: Terry Jones
El Cid (1961)
Cin: Robert Krasker, BSC
Dir: Mann

JUNE ’08 HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
  • Sex and the City: The Movie
  • Arri's 90th Anniversary

Departments:

  • Short Takes: 100 Days Music Video
  • Production Slate: Mongol
  • Post Focus: Imax Film Wild Ocean
  • Filmmaker’s Forum: John Bailey, ASC

JULY ’08 HIGHLIGHTS:

  • The Dark Knight
  • Hancock
  • Get Smart
  • 30 Rock

Departments:

  • Short Takes: On a Tuesday
  • Production Slate: WALL-E and Before the Rains
  • Post Focus: The 2008 Vegas NAB Show
  • Global Village: Torn from the Flag
  • ASC Close-Up: Bill Taylor, ASC