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The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
" This was one of the most fun times I've ever had on set,
especially with Wes Anderson on the underwater speaker
giving direction to the actors [from left: Owen Wilson,
Bill Murray and Willem Dafoe]. You could hear Wes saying
the lines and laughing! We shot this at Cinecittà on the
Fellini Stage, and this whole undersea forest was built
in a portable tank brought in from the U.K. "
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
" We shot this at Sony Pictures Studios' Saucer Tank,
which no longer exists. We've got two 1Ks backlighting
Haley Joel [Osment], and the safety diver at right has
Haley's regulator. Determining how much light to use
underwater depends greatly on the conditions of the
water, but we also look at it artistically. This isn't
documentary, and underwater is a realm not many
people have seen, so you have some dramatic license.
When you're doing night-for-night work with a blacked-in
pool, you need some turbidity [cloudiness] in the water
so you don't see the blacks behind the subject. You can
backlight the talent and the turbidity adds shards,
bringing the light to life. "
" Underwater operating is about
buoyancy and balance. "
underwater in a blue gown, she's performing to camera with no air, and
it's just beautiful. (See photo on page 45.)
" Chris Nolan is a take-no-prisoners guy - if it goes wrong, you've
THE LIFE AQUATIC PHOTO BY MARIAN ZURICH.
A.I. PHOTO BY CHIP MATHESON.
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gotta wear it - but he has a sense of humor, too. On Inception [AC July
'10], we were filming all the actors in a van underwater, and I blew a shot.
We did four or five takes where I was crawling through the van, pulling
focus, framing as I go, going back-and-forth to all the actors, and then
we popped up and Chris said, 'That's great, now get a shot that stays
on Ellen [now Elliot] Page.' We went back down to do it, and when I got
there, I accidentally cracked the camera left, heading for another actor. I
popped up again, and before anyone else could speak, I said, 'Permission
to redeem myself, sir!' and Chris said, 'Granted! You were distracted by
the background. Let's go again!'
Romano adds, " I'm so lucky to work with all of these people at the top
of their game. "

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