CATEGORY: ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
INTERVIEW WITH: ROBERT ELSWIT
FILM: "THERE WILL BE BLOOD"
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Q. Do we have questions for Mr. Elswit?
A. I hope not. Okay. Does that mean I can leave?
Q. Jacky, hit below the line.
A. Okay.
Q. What was the easiest part about doing this movie?
A. About what?
Q. The easiest part. No. What was you credited Jack Fisk and David
A. I credited the art department; Jack Fisk, production designer; David Frank, the art director; the costumer; everybody else. It was a very collaboratively made movie. As a period film, the film was made with all the sets having to be built on location. Production designers were the key, and Jack Fisk is brilliant, and he did an extraordinary job.
Q. I've one question.
A. Uh huh.
Q. The oil. Was that oil black ink? What were you filming with?
A. It was industrial material used by McDonald's to thicken their milkshakes, and I'm not kidding. That's actually true.
Q. Congratulations.
A. Thank you.
Q. Last month we saw you win the ASC, now this. How does this feel now having the second win under your belt?
A. It feels great. It's a wacky awards are silly in that sense that all the other people nominated are so extraordinary. Roger Deakins has seven nominations and no Academy Awards. He joins a long list. Owen Roizman has five nominations. Gordon Willis with I think three, no Academy Awards. It's, you know, in our little world, it's it's just luck. Thank you.
Q. Thank you very much and congratulations.
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