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A Saint and a Sinner
An ailing Manolo experiences a vision from his youth while lying on his hospital deathbed.

we shot a big battle scene,” he continues. “It became a ghost town two decades ago, when the nearby lake flooded half the villa. Half the town comprises water avenues and submerged rooftops, and the other half is dead trees, barren soil and abandoned

our heroes.” Beristain knew that many long, moving shots might not make the final cut intact, and “Roland and I felt we should not be saddened or discouraged by this fact,” he says. “We believed that by creating these dynamic, choreographed moves with the Scorpio head, Technocrane, jib arm and Steadicam, we were giving the film a different look, and that even the cuts would be made special by that movement. The cuts are not simple, narrative-based cuts, but rather based on the whole poetry. Ideally the cuts and the movement work in harmony to become something very special, an integral part of the mise-en-scène. ruins. The soggy soil made it impossible “I think it’s important for films to for us to bring in any heavy equipment, have that [fully integrated] quality,” he so cranes and dollies were out of the says. “People don’t talk about that any question. The Segway would just glide longer, and I think it’s a vital part of the over anything, and Matty achieved cinematic language. Roland underphenomenal shots, like moving forward stands this, so I trusted him. In that with enemy infantry as they charged respect, There Be Dragons was a fasci-

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American Cinematographer - May 2011
Contents
Editor’s Note
President’s Desk
Short Takes
Production Slate
Living Out Loud
A Saint and a Sinner
First Dance
Decoding Digital Imagers: Part 1
A Hollywood Affair
Post Focus
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
In Memoriam
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up
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American Cinematographer - May 2011 - Editor’s Note
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American Cinematographer - May 2011 - President’s Desk
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