#henry singer

[haverwood]

The Betrayed Girls Henry Singer UK, 2017

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happy art fight day! once i get off work its over for all of yall

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mickey’s now public domain big day for rubberhose artists

[haverwood]

9/11: The Falling Man Henry Singer UK, 2006

[willpughdop]

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS WITH GOOD DIRECTORS

It’s been a stop-start Summer in many ways. I took a lot of time off after China (see below) and a couple of big projects delayed and fell through. This left me with time to pick up the odd day here & there, which is usually something I avoid; like most DP’s I like to work on single films where one’s input is more meaningful. However when an excellent director you’ve not worked with before is in need of help on their latest project, then it’s always worth getting involved. 

First up was Laura Fairrie (The Battle For Barking) over at Passion, who needed help on her feature doc about the rise of anti-semitism in Europe. The shoot was in Paris and Laura had already been filming for a year. Her excellent film opens up a can of worms on a huge subject. Next I was called by REEF for a one day shoot in New York filling in for DP Pat Smith. I took it because it was being directed by Ursula MacFarlane (Charlie Hebdo: Three Days That Shook Paris) and offered me the opportunity to film legendary Puerto Rican choreographer Julio Monge rehearsing with kids from East Harlem for a BBC anniversary film on West Side Story. It was a fiercely hot but fantastic experience filming with amazing dancers & musicians at Alvin Ailey Studios and the playground in East Harlem where the opening scene of the original movie was filmed. Then it was time for something altogether darker, joining Henry Singer (9/11: The Falling Man) and his directing partner Rob Miller on their latest feature doc about the systematic rape and abuse of young women in Rochdale by Pakistani gangs. Obviously this is an extremely sensitive subject; indeed one of our interviewees dropped out the night before. Our other contributor gave a long, courageous and harrowing account of her terrible experiences. Anonimity was key and we had to find ways of filming the interview whilst protecting her identity, which is always difficult. Finally I have just had the pleasure of working with Canadian filmmaker & cinematographer John Walker (Quebec My Country Mon Pays) who is beginning work on a new feature doc based on the book, ‘Assholes: A Theory’, by Harvard philosophy PHD Arron James. The production was in London to film an interview with John Cleese, which was great fun. I have just read the book and thoroughly recommend it. (It was enough to provoke Steven Soderbergh into quitting Hollywood!).

[queen-of-germs]

In His Toyota Celica he does go! Out to Alphena we all know To a gal named Ashley that he dates. She thinks he is really great. Baseball and football were his games Ace was always his nickn name With hazel eyes and hair of brown Around Seneca Rocks he can be found! On December 13th he turns 21 So if you see him, you might say HAPPY BIRTHDAY ACE! Have a wonderful day. Love, Mom

Henry Singer, "[In His Toyota Celica Does He Go!]"

[saintjohn]

The Falling Man

I think it’s crucial to look at the image. I remember going to see the president of NBC news to see if he would be a potential contributor in the film. I was in the UK on 9/11, where I live, and I watched the BBC coverage. On the BBC you did see people falling before the towers came down. American networks didn’t show this. And I was curious to ask the NBC executive why not?

Henry Singer, via Design Observer.

[dailydoublefeature]

Falling

The Falling Man (2006):  This documentary about the iconic and controversial 9/11 photograph of a man falling from the World Trade Center is a morbid, but fascinating, film that forces you to contemplate the horrifying final moments of those people trapped in the towers.

The Bridge (2006):  To continue with the morbid and controversial, this documentary production put camera operators on the Golden Gate Bridge every day for a year and captured a number of people jumping to their deaths (the crew was instructed to intervene when they suspected a jumper and saved at least 6 people during the year.)  Murky ethics aside, the film is a moving examination of suicide.