Interview With "The French Dispatch" Cinematographer, Robert Yeoman

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Wes Anderson's "The French Dispatch" was meant to premiere at last year's Cannes Film Festival but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It finally premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival, then made its way to the Telluride and New York Film Festivals before coming to theaters, and is now available to watch at home on digital and Blu Ray. The film is a visual feast which isn't surprising considering cinematographer Robert Yeoman has been Anderson's secret weapon in his filmography going back to "Bottle Rocket" in 1996. Yeoman was previously nominated for an Oscar for his previous collaboration with Anderson on "The Grand Budapest Hotel," and their latest offering might even be better! Yeoman was kind enough to take time out of shooting their upcoming film "Asteroid City" to talk about his work on the film, working in black-and-white, his friendship with Anderson, and much more! We hope you enjoy this look into one of the most visually splendid-looking films of the year. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Will Mavity's interview with the cinematographer for the French Dispatch, Robert Yeaman.
0:08.6	It began as a holiday.
0:10.8	Eager to escape a bright future on the Great Plains, Arthur Howitzer Jr. transformed the series of travelogue columns into the French Dispatch, a factual weekly report on the subjects of world politics,
0:25.1	the arts high and low,
0:27.1	and diverse stories of human interest.
0:29.3	You don't think it's almost too seedy this time?
0:31.5	No, I don't.
0:32.1	Decent people.
0:33.0	It's supposed to be charming.
0:34.5	He assembled a team of the best expatriate journalists of his time.
0:38.4	Berenson, Sazarek, Kremence, Roebuck Wright. These were his people. Just try to make it
0:45.6	sound like you wrote it that way on purpose. We take as the subject of tonight's lecture, Mr. Moses
0:51.8	Rosenthal, certainly the loudestest artistic voice of his rowdy generation.
0:57.0	Simone Naked Cell Block J Hobby Room. I want to buy it.
1:00.0	It's not for sale?
1:02.0	Yes, it is.
1:03.0	No, it is.
1:04.0	No it is.
1:05.0	Yes, it is.
1:06.0	No it is.
1:07.0	In short, the picture was a sensation.
1:16.2	The kids did this.
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