Cinematographer and director Andrew Rossi told us about filming "Ivory Tower," his U.S. Documentary entry at 2014 Sundance. "Ivory Tower" calls into question the worth of higher education in a time where education is becoming increasingly more expensive. Rossi previously shot "Page One: Inside the New York Times," "Le Cirque: A Table In Heaven" and his first film "Eat This New York." Which camera and lens did you use? I used a Canon C-300; a Canon 5D Mark II with L Series 24-105mm, 24-70mm and with Zeiss 50mm and Zeiss 28mm as well. What was the most difficult shot of your movie, and how did you pull it off? Shooting at the school Deep Springs, in the desert of Death Valley in California was most challenging. My fellow cinematographer Andrew Coffman and I were trying to get locked offed beauty shots, accurately exposed for the hot desert sun,...
- 1/21/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Release Date: Nov. 22, 2011
Price: DVD $24.95
Studio: First Run Features
Sirio Maccioni gives viewers an inside look at his legendary restaurant in Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven.
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven is a 2007 documentary film about the founder of New York’s legendary restaurant Le Cirque, Sirio Maccioni, and his three sons — Marco, Mauro and Mario — to whom he will one day leave his formidable cultural and culinary legacy.
For the movie, director Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside The New York Times) gained access to the colorful family at the time of a dramatic transition: the closing of Le Cirque in 2004 and its celebrated re-opening two years later, followed by the nerve-wracking wait for New York’s restaurant critics to weigh in on the new incarnation.
Featuring appearances by such noted Le Cirque patrons as New York City Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Rudolph Giuliani and celebrities Joan Collins (TV’s Sins), Tony Bennett,...
Price: DVD $24.95
Studio: First Run Features
Sirio Maccioni gives viewers an inside look at his legendary restaurant in Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven.
Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven is a 2007 documentary film about the founder of New York’s legendary restaurant Le Cirque, Sirio Maccioni, and his three sons — Marco, Mauro and Mario — to whom he will one day leave his formidable cultural and culinary legacy.
For the movie, director Andrew Rossi (Page One: Inside The New York Times) gained access to the colorful family at the time of a dramatic transition: the closing of Le Cirque in 2004 and its celebrated re-opening two years later, followed by the nerve-wracking wait for New York’s restaurant critics to weigh in on the new incarnation.
Featuring appearances by such noted Le Cirque patrons as New York City Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Rudolph Giuliani and celebrities Joan Collins (TV’s Sins), Tony Bennett,...
- 10/19/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
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