This is the camera and lenses you use to capture a deeply intimate drama like Women Talking.
Director Sarah Polley’s feature, Women Talking, has been highly praised since its debut at the 2022 Telluride Film Festival. Inspired by real-life events that occurred in a remote Mennonite community where women were repeatedly raped by the men in their community, the film sheds a light on the violence women in these communities face and the struggles they endure to face these issues.
Now, the film is nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars at the 95th Academy Awards. The film’s intimate setting lends itself beautifully to the style of Polley and cinematographer and collaborator Luc Montpellier, CSC.
Although the film was not nominated for Best Cinematography at this year’s Oscars, it is important to look at what made this film’s visual storytelling impactful to its overall narrative power. Panavision sat down with Montpellier to talk about the cameras and lenses used in this Oscar-nominated film and the decision behind those choices.
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
