We already know that director Tim Burton has taken his filmmaking process back to basics for making Beetlejuice 2, and now we’ve gotten some more inside from cinematographer Haris Zambarloukos.
Previously Burton had stated: “I tried to strip everything and go back to the basics of working with good people and actors and puppets. It was kind of like going back to why I liked making movies.”
Now Haris Zambarloukos has told Collider:
Yes, we certainly are shooting things in-camera and for real. That’s part of the charm. I mean, he’s a great filmmaker in that respect. He’s both a visionary and a very classical filmmaker at the same time. We did a lot of that on Haunting in Venice as well. What you see in the film is very much in-camera. So, yes, I think I enjoyed that aspect of the filmmaking of these last two films I’ve made. I think I’ve enjoyed immensely that reliance on practical techniques. I think you get a very, very different kind of performance out of actors when things are done in-camera, and I think you get a very different audience reaction out of in-camera effects. Those things, for example, are far more important than whether something is digital or analog. It’s the authenticity of the experience, I think, that is often kind of the most impactful aspect in filmmaking.
I personally think this can only be a good thing, and will make it feel all the more authentically Beetlejuice – which is really what we all want at the end of the day. That’s the whole purpose of these films – nostalgia, right?
Returning to his role as the ‘ghost with the most’ will be Michael Keaton, along with Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz, Catherine O’Hara as Delia Deetz, Jenna Ortega as Lydia’s daughter, Justin Theroux (The Leftovers), and Monica Bellucci (Irreversible, Spectre, The Apartment). I’m also really excited that Willem Dafoe features as ‘a ghoulish law enforcement officer in the Netherworld’.
Beetlejuice 2 will hit cinemas on September 6, 2024 – that’s under a year to wait! Are you excited?
Source: GeekTyrant
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