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“This was a tough picture for a first-time director, incredibly difficult,” continues Toll. “When you’re working in a clearly defined genre, the answers to many questions tend to become selfexplanatory once you fall into that genre. But because of the multifaceted nature of this story, it wasn’t obvious where the punctuation should be for each department: How beautiful is ‘beautiful’? How real is ‘real’? Those are not obvious questions, and the answers do come out of the writer/director’s point of view.” “I was besieged,” Nolfi recalls. “When you write a script, there are a lot of instances when you suggest something, and then many other people make decisions about how to use that suggestion, or whether to use it at all. But when you direct, you have to have a point of view on every decision; if you don’t, then it just drifts. That was the most overwhelming aspect of the shoot: making hundreds of decisions a day. The overall feel or tone of a film is irrevocably shaped by all those decisions you have to make ‘on the day,’ typically under fairly intense time pressure.” What helped to unify the visual plan was Nolfi’s concept that the Adjustment Bureau, the organization of men following David and, in fact, controlling everyone’s destiny, has mankind’s best interests at heart. “One of the earliest ideas I had was to use incredibly beautiful images to convey what the world would be like if the Adjustment Bureau controlled everything,” says Nolfi. “The world within the Bureau is perfect-looking, but even the real world outside is a little more beautiful because of the Bureau’s influence. That was one of the first things I talked about with John: how to create a reality that’s recognizable but slightly more beautiful than what you’re used to seeing.” “The goal,” says Toll, “was an idealized version of modern New York that wasn’t so cosmetically beautiful that it looked totally romanticized. We wanted to feel reality, but we didn’t want to create a gritty, grungy movie. It was a
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Top: In a moment that changes both of their lives, David encounters Elise (Emily Blunt) in a hotel men’s room. Middle: Harry races down Broadway after failing to stop David from boarding a bus, where he meets Elise again. Bottom: Richardson interrogates David after he accidentally glimpses the Adjustment Bureau at work in his office.
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Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes: Nowhere Near Here
Production Slate: Image Interchange Framework • The Imperialists Are Still Alive!
Master Plans
Weekly Wonders
Lessons Well Learned
Photographing Movie History
Filmmakers’ Forum: Lisa Wiegand
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
In Memoriam: Gene Polito, ASC
ASC Membership Roster
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Crescenzo Notarile
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American Cinematographer - March 2011 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - March 2011 - President’s Desk
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American Cinematographer - March 2011 - Short Takes: Nowhere Near Here
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