The Irishman Cinematography Featurette by Rodrigo Prieto

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  • Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
  • We welcome cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto to Cooke Optics TV. A veteran of the cinematography world, he has collaborated with Martin Scorsese on three feature films that include 'The Wolf of Wall Street’, ‘Silence’ and ‘The Irishman’. In this video, he deconstructs some of the photographic decisions they made in ‘The Irishman’ and how he first met Scorsese. Interviewed at Camerimage 2019.
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  • @Wolfe-zl4ld
    @Wolfe-zl4ld 4 роки тому +142

    I still can't get this movie out of my head

    • @johnhetherington8830
      @johnhetherington8830 4 роки тому +2

      that's because it's empty

    • @knurdyob
      @knurdyob 4 роки тому +5

      @@johnhetherington8830 the movie or his head?

    • @jaygio
      @jaygio 4 роки тому +2

      @@knurdyob yours must be empty too to not get what he was talking about....

    • @darkseid856
      @darkseid856 4 роки тому

      @Lenny Murphy mind your own business please.

  • @theTruthLifeNWay
    @theTruthLifeNWay 4 роки тому +87

    Saw this in a Recliner Cinema, couldn't stop smiling like a 5 year old at Christmas
    this movie is a Masterpiece
    and it went straight into my top 10 of all time
    fuck the acting is simply stunning
    and De Niro is off the scale
    11/10

    • @tnfloose9023
      @tnfloose9023 4 роки тому +2

      What he said

    • @kapkone
      @kapkone 4 роки тому +2

      This is my current goal

    • @liamnaughton9505
      @liamnaughton9505 4 роки тому +3

      De Nero was a disaster, terrible performance.

    • @tnfloose9023
      @tnfloose9023 4 роки тому

      @@liamnaughton9505 Troll

    • @agi2160
      @agi2160 4 роки тому

      @@liamnaughton9505 Who the fuck is De Nero? Dumb troll.

  • @jockoadams3377
    @jockoadams3377 4 роки тому +34

    From Goodfellas, Casino, thru Wolf of Wall Street and this Irishman... Scorsese takes the time to introduce characters and the world they live in. To let the audience experience a bit of that world for an extended time, without being tedious or boring. The payoff is that when the story reaches its conclusion it feels more genuinely cathartic.

    • @pjetrs
      @pjetrs 4 роки тому +2

      well put! What he does so good is he shows life as it is for these people. For example with the Wolf. The money, power, drugs, sex, whatever. As a viewer you know its wrong and he is a crook, but you're along for the ride and its fun and exciting. And then when his world crashes down, you're going with him.

    • @jockoadams3377
      @jockoadams3377 4 роки тому

      @@pjetrs Exactly. There's a genuine empathy and a pathos with these morally ambiguous protagonists because we've lived a little with them.

  • @konstantinalfi743
    @konstantinalfi743 4 роки тому +73

    It would be great to see light setups from this movie with Rodrigo's commentaries

  • @Carfalog
    @Carfalog 4 роки тому +90

    15 minutes is too long to wait
    10 minutes doesn’t account for traffic
    How about 11:17?

    • @redshirts4757
      @redshirts4757 4 роки тому +1

      Bay is Bae
      I am accounting for traffic

    • @SuperWhofan1
      @SuperWhofan1 4 роки тому +3

      No I think 15 is right

    • @lordofgiovanni
      @lordofgiovanni 4 роки тому +1

      Bay is Bae beautiful, not quite right in the middle but close enough

  • @afroahmed3989
    @afroahmed3989 4 роки тому +30

    Joe Pesci was like , are we done Marty?! , ok see ya then , no press conferences hardly any interviews, just in and out , this guy is a true legend

  • @fungifago
    @fungifago 4 роки тому +40

    He deserves the Oscar for his work on this

    • @adamgordon6435
      @adamgordon6435 4 роки тому +1

      There's a good chance this film will clean up in lots of categories.

    • @FreakieFan
      @FreakieFan 4 роки тому +1

      @@adamgordon6435
      1917 will win.
      It's a one-take War movie that's already gotten a lot of rave reviews

    • @theTruthLifeNWay
      @theTruthLifeNWay 4 роки тому

      @@FreakieFan it's shot to look like that, but it ain't one take, movie took 60 days to shoot fs

    • @FreakieFan
      @FreakieFan 4 роки тому +1

      @@theTruthLifeNWay
      Irrelevant to the fact that it is still going to win Best Cinematography

    • @Johnathanlovesashley4L
      @Johnathanlovesashley4L 4 роки тому

      Movie was terrible

  • @guillermocastellanos1967
    @guillermocastellanos1967 4 роки тому +19

    This is so good, as usual, you guys have the best content for people interested in cinematography, thanks for the great job!!!

  • @daakyeheneababio6534
    @daakyeheneababio6534 4 роки тому +9

    Marty is a LEGEND ✊🏼

  • @valentemartinez8935
    @valentemartinez8935 4 роки тому +8

    I love this movie, it actually made me cry from joy 3 different times. When I think about this movie, I tear up because I don't feel like I will ever get to relive that experience with the current state of Cinema. Thank God for A24, so I try to support movies in their theatrical release, because that is what I want to see in Cinema's.
    Coppolla describes The Godfather as a family photo album when he see's the movie, his family members were apart of the production of that movie. His daughter Sophia Coppolla is Michael Corleone's God Child in the Baptism scene. That is what this movie feels like, an intimate family photo album of all the different people that Scorsese has had the opportunity to work with in his movies and other productions that he is responsible for. From the actors to behind the scenes, so many names that you can catch in several of Scorsese picture credits rolls.
    The Irishman quite possible may have topped The Godfather for me as my favorite film of all time, I never thought to myself in my life that I would ever say that. God bless Scorsese.

    • @jacekeeton9020
      @jacekeeton9020 4 роки тому

      Valente Martinez wow,,, as i watching this Vid... and listening,,, of course i was playing the first 2 godfather movies through my head... and it was for the beauty of the photography,,, the settings, lighting,,, etc,,etc..besides acting abilities.. I am reading the current book... I doubt if i will get to see this movie in a theater... but i will see this movie at some point,,, no doubt in my mind... i am a amateur photographer,,, so i love natural outdoor lighting,,and the "golden hour " of soft light for my landscapes... sorry for the sidestep rambles,, lol... Looking soooo forward to catching all the magic,,, that i am going to guess this movie is going to bring to the senses,, on many fronts.. hell yeahhhhh. :)

    • @liamnaughton9505
      @liamnaughton9505 4 роки тому +2

      Big disappointment after all the hype, De Nero was so poor.

    • @horrorstateofmind2724
      @horrorstateofmind2724 4 роки тому

      @@liamnaughton9505 your tripping..lol he was good

    • @horrorstateofmind2724
      @horrorstateofmind2724 4 роки тому

      I almost cried when Hoffa was killed and when Frank teared up when He's told it has to be done..smh

  • @AlbertoFolres
    @AlbertoFolres 4 роки тому +4

    Muchas felicidades Rodrigo, otro gran trabajo que te echas!!!

  • @earthlevel4569
    @earthlevel4569 4 роки тому +2

    awesome interview

  • @ApostolosNikolaidis1
    @ApostolosNikolaidis1 4 роки тому +1

    Great content, thanks for producing it.

  • @dimbose9229
    @dimbose9229 2 роки тому

    Such a masterpiece.

  • @zapillofilms
    @zapillofilms 4 роки тому

    This channel is pure gold

  • @jakeenan
    @jakeenan 4 роки тому

    Saw it in the cinema and watched it again last night on Netflix. Incredible film. Compelling until the fade-out at the end. Great score. So many incredible two-hander scenes too. Amazing acting by De Niro, Pacino & Pesci. Scorsese has to win the Oscar for this- but if he couldn't win for Raging Bull & Goodfellas I doubt they'll come through for him with this labor of love. I think Pesci could get an Oscar too. He stole the show for me.

  • @horrorstateofmind2724
    @horrorstateofmind2724 4 роки тому +1

    God I hope it gets a physical release i want it for my collection

  • @dharmaitri8506
    @dharmaitri8506 4 роки тому

    He's such a great cinematographer. Love his work!

  • @elbembas
    @elbembas 4 роки тому +7

    Rodrigo todo un crack como cinematógrafo. Merece un Oscar sin duda, a parte está con madre su playera de Silence.

  • @mattthomas1053
    @mattthomas1053 4 роки тому +18

    I want to hear more about the 9 camera coverage rig!

    • @ProfessaJ
      @ProfessaJ 4 роки тому

      that's what i was thinking- where's that masterclass? probably need a vfx supervisor on that convo

  • @theatifaks
    @theatifaks 4 роки тому

    Brilliant movie. Just a masterpiece.

  • @travbickle6772
    @travbickle6772 4 роки тому

    Rodrigo Prieto love his work since his works with Alejandro G. Iñárritu, glad he started collaborating with Scorsese and making beautiful pictures!

  • @donaldaribam
    @donaldaribam 4 роки тому +2

    [4:13] Ageing of actors in film has been done before and it can’t get more convincing than Richard Linklater’s Boyhood because it was real. You forget.

  • @ThePlaceForThings
    @ThePlaceForThings 4 роки тому +2

    loved everything about this 🧠

  • @manzanasmexicanas5729
    @manzanasmexicanas5729 2 роки тому

    Woooooooooooooow ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @AllThingsFilm1
    @AllThingsFilm1 4 роки тому +1

    What Konstantin Alfi said. I would love to see a lighting breakdown of "The Irishman". Imagine the lessons it would teach us aspiring film makers.

  • @saeedyarahmadi9913
    @saeedyarahmadi9913 4 роки тому

    Thank you sir for your exelenr work i enjoy that.

  • @enzorocha2977
    @enzorocha2977 4 роки тому +2

    4:04 For me, the first effective, convincing "aging" FX was _The Curious Case of Benjamin Button_ The beauty of this film is it wasn't about that, although time is a big element in the movie. A bravura work of art.

    • @RazorsRide
      @RazorsRide 4 роки тому

      Thank you, I was surprised he didn't mention it

  • @Jampp01
    @Jampp01 4 роки тому

    Best movie of the year! 💯👏

  • @Jefsamaroon
    @Jefsamaroon 4 роки тому

    Great movie 👏👏👏

  • @janicetiti3492
    @janicetiti3492 4 роки тому +5

    The oscar goes to martin scorsese in the irishman

  • @RazvanCosti
    @RazvanCosti 4 роки тому

    Damn, just trying to wrap my head around the sheer technical complexity of shooting this movie!!

  • @rulo198999
    @rulo198999 4 роки тому +3

    I have no doubt: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Irishman. Two great directors have been influenced by “historical exactitude” proposed in Roma by Alfonso Cuarón.

    • @espeditoalves9525
      @espeditoalves9525 4 роки тому

      I totally agree

    • @summertyme5748
      @summertyme5748 4 роки тому

      Oh . he!! no. Tarantino is Scorsese's flash with no soul - for those who don't notice.

    • @rulo198999
      @rulo198999 4 роки тому

      Summer Tyme I’m just talking about technical details. Not about the soul (which is discrecional). Just cinema details. Tarantino even canvases exactly the can of dog food, the beer cans of the time. How people used to but cinema tickets and how movie stars hanged out. The same with Scorsese, the roads, the hotels, the ad following Kennedy’s assasination on TV, the cereal on the buffet. Come on!

    • @stonewallbaron09
      @stonewallbaron09 4 роки тому

      Rauldiazh Tarantino was doing exactly that a very long time before Roma. What the hell are you talking about?

  • @vtmiller63
    @vtmiller63 4 роки тому +5

    The de-aging techniques in The Irishman were undeniably impressive...but not quite to the level of Boyhood.

    • @GDBOYFilms
      @GDBOYFilms 4 роки тому +1

      lol, real life is still better than cgi idk why

  • @ThunderDan4808
    @ThunderDan4808 4 роки тому

    Cool video thanks.

  • @darkMalaghost
    @darkMalaghost 4 роки тому

    Wow.

  • @Zehahahaa
    @Zehahahaa 4 роки тому

    Amazing Mexican Cinematographer!

  • @cerebroscopio6659
    @cerebroscopio6659 4 роки тому +3

    Since Amores Perros to The Irishman, Rodrigo Prieto is a Chingon and talented mexican.

  • @notrealy180217
    @notrealy180217 4 роки тому

    7.8/10 movie 9.8/10 ending

  • @SF_Curious
    @SF_Curious 4 роки тому +1

    Viva México 🇲🇽

  • @amritheshgodspeed5169
    @amritheshgodspeed5169 4 роки тому +2

    He gets to call Mr.Scorsese ...Marty !!!!

  • @markrein8451
    @markrein8451 4 роки тому

    I’m quite a fan of Martin Scorsese, but in the one scene when Jimmy Hoffa is talking to Frank Sheeran on the phone. Why wasn’t the light on the phone lit on Hoffa’s end ? It’s a very intricate scene

  • @CineRanter
    @CineRanter 4 роки тому +4

    Noice.

  • @PaoloReaper
    @PaoloReaper 4 роки тому +8

    Something I felt weird about this film (which I loved), it's that it looks kind of... Too HD? Like everything seems so sharp and crisp it's weird. I don't know how to describe it, just that the movie looks super high-quality and saturated, which is just a little off-putting at first.

    • @visight7729
      @visight7729 4 роки тому +1

      That what i was thinking! It's crispy like old film and the sound also very centered. And i love it

    • @BopaBola
      @BopaBola 4 роки тому +1

      He based each eras look n color pallete on how photography in that time was in its popularity. It gets more dried out and less saturated as time goes on.

  • @brunonunez9332
    @brunonunez9332 4 роки тому

    2:48 Marty's knees are in better shape than mine and I'm 21. Ain't that a bitch?

  • @rogerkincaid931
    @rogerkincaid931 4 роки тому +1

    It's a tough competition between Prieto, Richardson, and van Hoytema.

    • @visualsforyou7120
      @visualsforyou7120 4 роки тому

      I think Deakins has this one. Consider Blaschke too.

    • @SuperWhofan1
      @SuperWhofan1 4 роки тому

      Prieto was a perfect choice for Silence especially. He has an organic quality to his photography.

  • @steveporter3161
    @steveporter3161 4 роки тому +1

    It's such a shame the de-aging doesn't work, hopefully it can be re-done in 5, or 10 years when it will be seamless

  • @FlintGoose
    @FlintGoose 4 роки тому +3

    For me it's the first Scorsese Movie, with a bad Cinematography. It feels like Mr. Prieto tried to copy the style of Ballhaus and didn't made it.
    I am missing the Grain and the colors of Good Fellas , Casino or Departed.

  • @luigi85olmedo
    @luigi85olmedo 4 роки тому

    Prieto looks like David O. Russell

  • @Cinemallennials
    @Cinemallennials 4 роки тому

    If you’d like to see a review of The Irishman, click here: ua-cam.com/video/WHXxVmeGQUc/v-deo.html

  • @agoogle6454
    @agoogle6454 4 роки тому +1

    As much as I love this guy, wish scorcese stayed with Richardson!

    • @deathbyslipknot
      @deathbyslipknot 4 роки тому

      Richardson was shooting Once Upon a Time In Hollywood while the Irishman was being made.

    • @SuperWhofan1
      @SuperWhofan1 4 роки тому +2

      I love Richardson too but I thought Rodrigo is better suited for this style of film. It felt more natural without the diffusers and big color contrasts that Richardson typically used on Casino.

    • @lmavila77
      @lmavila77 4 роки тому

      I was disappointed about je photography in general. Too plain. Looked like me shooting with my phone. It had a digital characteristic and the lightening and panning was too simple. It fell amateur and low budget sometimes

    • @jamesfitzgerald6636
      @jamesfitzgerald6636 4 роки тому

      The guy did a great job on the Irishman as for Richardson whom I’ve worked with lots of great Cinematographers out there! It’s a lot easier nowadays!

    • @agoogle6454
      @agoogle6454 4 роки тому

      james fitzgerald not hating on the guy I really like his work, especially 21 grams but Richardson is my favourite after Roger Diekins but Richardsons work on casino especially was terrific. It's a shame now he's partnered with Tarantino rather than scorcese

  • @devvvinray
    @devvvinray 4 роки тому

    I thought the movie was incredible. Unfortunately, the theater I saw it at projected it as 2.35:1 and everything from the top of people's heads, newspapers headlines and the bottoms of tires were all cropped. Ive never felt so sick watching a film in my life.

    • @linusfotograf
      @linusfotograf 4 роки тому

      Devin Kina What? You sat through the whole movie and didn’t complain?

  • @Sadness57
    @Sadness57 4 роки тому

    I think the film moved too slow. And the actors are elderly. And it shows in how they move. Which is to say. They barely move at all. And when they do, it’s very slow

  • @gf2915
    @gf2915 4 роки тому +4

    I must be the only one who didn't really enjoy The Irishman. I understand that Scorsese wanted to make a subdued film, one lacking in the visual trickery and mastery of his famous works (indeed imo he hasn't been at the top of his craft since Kundun), but here the direction felt flat - like an anoymous episode of Broadwalk Empire. I couldn't get past the digital effects - they stifled De Niro's movements too much and fundamentally altered his performance. There's a strong performance there from De Niro, but it's literally struggling to get out of the mannequin like appearance of his de-aged face. He excelled in the final third of the film. Pesci was excellent, and it was great to see those two on screen again. I never rated Steve Zallian as a writer - he wrote Scorsese's worst film, Gangs of New York, and here the script, though intelligent, seems too unfocused and sprawling, there's no main narrative thrust or focus...a movie like Casino developed each character's arcs to more dramatic effect, and Raging Bull better portrayed the sense of regret and the passing of time.

    • @pjetrs
      @pjetrs 4 роки тому +3

      though I don't agree with you, I get your points and I like that you could give your opinion here without anyone insulting you for it as it seems normal on social media nowadays.

    • @gf2915
      @gf2915 4 роки тому +2

      @@pjetrs you're so right..i don't post on social media much at all..i remember once i did on the guardian website, i think that post was also about films, and the childish, hate filled comments i got was ridiculous...it's nice here to have a civilized chat about our love of films, in this case Scorsese's, without name calling and silliness...

    • @A0A4ful
      @A0A4ful 4 роки тому +1

      A rarity these days, Dan G.
      Just grown ups expressing their individual opinions, without any intent to start a wildfire.

  • @CristianCalhoun
    @CristianCalhoun 4 роки тому

    I watched this movie on a big screen and I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE (!) THAT YOU'D INTENDED TO MAKE THEM LOOK YOUNGER! AND YOU KNOW, WHY? BECAUSE THEY STILL MOVE LIKE THEY ARE FROM THE SAME AGE! BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SAME AGE! Good morning! It was a terrible idea, and no, it didn't work AT ALL. Waste of energy.

  • @summertyme5748
    @summertyme5748 4 роки тому +3

    The film is very good, but not great. I call it *Old* fellas.
    What is missing? Any sense of real danger for Frank. He spent his entire life killing. His family was never in danger? His daughter. Sure it cost him the love of his family - who I guess somehow knew but.....
    Not saying anything is wrong with the film, but I both don't like Frank as a character and I was never interested in him.
    It's more about watching the editing cinematography and acting. Bravura filmmaking to less then full effect. Unlike Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and Taxi Driver - which you can *never* forget, or stop thinking about once having seen them.

    • @Timeforceletsgo
      @Timeforceletsgo 4 роки тому +1

      Well, the point of the movie is not for Frank to be in danger, but the feeling of loss he gets from detaching from his family and having to kill someone he really believed in. I feel like it conflicts with peoples emotions a bit, on one side you could care less about Frank and the actions he has done to lead him down this lonely road. On the other side you can feel for him and some of the choices he was forced to make because of the life he signed up for.

  • @tatedominguez
    @tatedominguez 4 роки тому

    Get more technical please

  • @gaffersteve
    @gaffersteve 4 роки тому

    What kind of a cretin of an editor puts drum beats over someone talking in a factual way in a film like this . I mean this is made and for people with an interest in cinematography , it’s not needed it distracts you can’t concentrate on what’s being said , and your industry people making this ffs

  • @saikatchattopadhyay8263
    @saikatchattopadhyay8263 4 роки тому +1

    It didn't even conveyed a fraction of information i expected.

  • @MrRickytuk
    @MrRickytuk 4 роки тому +1

    They should have cast younger actors to play the younger versions. Watching an 80-year-old Robert Denero stomp that guy who shoved his daughter was comical. It's a compelling story but the awful miss casting of the young versions of the characters constantly broke the experience for me.

  • @TheSYPHERIA
    @TheSYPHERIA 4 роки тому +1

    This movie was SURPRISINGLY not that great, it wasn't good at all during first viewing, and got a little better on second viewing. BUT SINCE WHEN HAS THAT BEEN THE STANDARD FOR MARTIN SCORSESE. Not well paced at all, it's not easy to tell what time period you're in and the best part was Pacino's but Jack Nicholson played a much better Hoffa. BUT Pacino was very good in it.

  • @enigmawstudios4130
    @enigmawstudios4130 4 роки тому

    Marvel movies did a great job of de-aging it's actors... Those non cinematic marvel... Movies

  • @Cl0ckcl0ck
    @Cl0ckcl0ck 4 роки тому

    They all looked and moved like old men throughout the movie. I thought it was a boring vanity project of actors way past their prime. And why would you have German soldiers dig a grave if the order was to get back quickly? It would be faster to just drop them off down the line. That grave digging bit is also not in the book.

  • @humbertprimavera9716
    @humbertprimavera9716 4 роки тому

    I was really disappointed . Even with all that great talents in movie , the movie was slow and did not live up to it's highly advertised campaign .

  • @Midwinter2
    @Midwinter2 4 роки тому +1

    This movie is a mess. Actors in their 70s trying to play young men - it looks bizarre. The de-aging does not work at all. What the hell were they thinking?

  • @TheGeoDaddy
    @TheGeoDaddy 4 роки тому

    “Ray Donovan” did this ALL better (and that went on too long... too!)
    On Paper it looked so good... but these are guys are ALL played out... Bobby D is a parody of himself twenty times over... Al Pacino got stuck in believing incoherence is acting... and even Pesci is trying to play against his “Goodfellows” iconic character without coming up something new...and Martin Scorsese has done this movie a dozen time over (competing with De Niro?)
    At one time Bobby D and Al Pacino were AMERICAN ACTING in the vein of James Dean - maybe it’s lucky that Jimmy died young - ‘cause these guys are not competing with Rocky and Nick Cage for the ENOUGH ALREADY Award.

  • @zafmo9829
    @zafmo9829 4 роки тому

    it was boring. movie went downhill soon as hoffa character came in.

  • @liamnaughton9505
    @liamnaughton9505 4 роки тому +1

    De Nero was a disaster, pathetic performance, any talent he did have is well washed away.

    • @el34glo59
      @el34glo59 4 роки тому +1

      Are you fucking insane? He was off the charts good. He nailed the role.

    • @el34glo59
      @el34glo59 4 роки тому

      Trump Supporter by any chance?