Monday, February 09, 2004

David Mullen Appreciated The DP I interviewed last August, David Mullen, is mentioned in Elvis Mitchell's New York Times Survey of Cinematography in 2003: The art of providing an appropriately compelling look for little money seemed to be the order of the day among the independents in 2003. The Polish brothers' grim magic-realism tale, "Northfork," was another case in point. It has a weathered, distressed appearance, but its cinematographer, M. David Mullen, also gave the picture a dense clarity, a visual counterpart to the mystical bent of the narrative. The wizardly Mr. Mullen has attended to all of the Polish brothers' movies, conjuring a specific visual style for each. The nearly pointillist vibrancy of their on-the-road karaoke story, "Jackpot," grew out of his masterly command of the digital video camera and his willingness to use it for its own strengths. Still trying to get the damn thing published. Was just turned down by the Believer, but I have some other places to try before I give up. Go David!

posted 3:32 AM

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