American Cinematographer - May 1990 - 56

Photos

It's

Light and Airy for

by Lorey Sebastian

CvCLZy People

by David Heuring & Bob Fisher
Crazy People begins when a
burned out advertising executive
(Dudley Moore) gets derailed
riding the fast track. He is

Cathy (Daryl Hannah), one of the
resident "crazies," immediately

Kemper, ASC, on board as direc¬
tor of photography. "I had about
a week of
prep time," Kemper
said. "Tony (Bill) was working
day and night, so we had no time

become involved in both a friend¬

to talk. I looked at the

while

stashed in a sanitarium for men¬
tal fine tuning. The ad man and

ship and romance. At the same
time, a kinship evolves between
Moore and

an

ensemble of other

sets, read
the script, and designed a look
which suited the story during the
first week of shooting."

some

Kemper had his regular
gaffer, Earl Gilbert, who has

If you are starting to
suspect this isn't a sequel to Bed¬
lam or even to One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest, you're on the right
track. Crazy People deals with
mental institutions from more of

made 24 movies with him, and

patients which leads to
zany

a

54

weeks into production, concur¬
rent with Tony Bill taking over as
director. Bill brought Victor

results.

yuppie perspective.

key grip, Galen Schultz, who has
done almost as many. Most of the
production took place in a private
girls' school in Chatham, Va. in
an
elegant old building sur¬
rounded by lush grounds.

The picture got off to a
rocky start. Moore replaced the

about

original leading man about three

Kemper resisted that approach.

American

May 1990

Cinematographer

a

Initially there was talk
documentary look, but

He offered a less oppressive look
with sharp, crystal-clear images

virtually devoid of grain. Produc¬
tion designer John Lloyd selected
tasteful furniture and richly col¬
ored and textured fabrics for the
interiors of the sanitarium. He
also painted all of the walls light

beige. That created a light and
airy environment.
Except for occasional use
of an LC filter for toning down
contrast in bright sun-lit exteri¬
ors, Kemper shot the film without
diffusion.
"That was a first for me,"
he said, "but Tony didn't want
the audience to lose sight of the
Produced

by Robert Weiss
by Tony Bill

Directed

Director of

Victor

photography,
Kemper, ASC



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