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Photos by Dale Robinette, courtesy of Paramount Pictures.
and lies low, Adele and Henry learn from
TV reports that he was imprisoned for
murder. An unexpected bond forms
between Frank and both Adele and
Henry, leading them to ponder the
dream of a free life together.
Speaking to AC at the 2013
Toronto International Film Festival,
where Labor Day had its world premiere,
Steelberg recalled Reitman's initial
remarks about the project. "Jason said,
'This is a beautiful story, and the movie
has to be beautiful in a way we've never
done. Take everything you've learned up
to now and everything you've ever
wanted to try, and go crazy. It's a clean
slate. Approach it fresh and interpret it."
In a separate interview at Toronto,
Reitman noted, "Eric and I had to learn
a whole new cinematic language for this
movie, and we worked harder on it than
we have on anything else. Despite the
fact that the story takes place over five
days, it has 300 scenes. Kate has 50
costume changes. It has many flashbacks
that move backward and forward 20
years in either direction, and we had to
identify the era and location and set the
mood for all sorts of romantic and dark
and painful things that happen. It's difficult, shot after shot, to tell a new story
and convey so much information. It is a
time-consuming style of shooting that
makes every sunrise and sunset matter."
Aiding the process was the familiarity Steelberg and Reitman share. They
met in high school through a mutual
friend, and by that time they were both
making their own short films. When
Reitman enrolled at the University of
Southern California, he enlisted
Steelberg as a first assistant cameraman
on an ambitious short shot on a
Panavision 16mm camera, and then
called him back to handle some inserts.
A partnership was born.
Steelberg taught himself film
history, starting with his parents'
Betamax collection. Particularly impressive in his formative years were the films
Allen Daviau, ASC shot for Steven
Spielberg (E.T., The Color Purple and
Empire of the Sun) and the work of Caleb
Deschanel, ASC on The Black Stallion
Opposite: An escaped convict, Frank (Josh Brolin), invades the lives of Adele (Kate Winslet) and
her son, Henry (Gattlin Griffith), in Labor Day. This page, top: Frank initially holds the pair
hostage in their house. Middle: As the story progresses, Frank and Adele warm to each other.
Bottom: Cinematographer Eric Steelberg, ASC measures the light on Winslet.
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