#jim denault

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River of Grass, Kelly Reichardt (1994)

[augustheir]

And the new year arrived. The new millennium. Just another day in a lifetime of similar days. But each one of them crowded with possibility. The possibility of disaster. And the possibility of perfection.

The Book of Life (1998) dir. Hal Hartley, cinematography by Jim Denault

[byneddiedingo]

The Book of Life (Hal Hartley, 1998)

Cast: Martin Donovan, PJ Harvey, Dave Simonds, Thomas Jay Ryan, Miho Nikaido, D.J. Mendel, Katreen Hardt, James Urbaniak. Screenplay: Hal Hartley. Cinematography: Jim Denault. Art direction: Andy Biscontini. Film editing: Steve Hamilton. 

The Girl From Monday (Hal Hartley, 2005)

Cast: Bill Sage, Sabrina Lloyd, Tatiana Abracos, Leo Fitzpatrick, D.J. Mendel, James Urbaniak, Juliana Francis, Gary Wllmes, Edie Falco. Screenplay: Hal Hartley. Cinematography: Sarah Cawley. Production design: Inbal Weinberg. Film editing: Steve Hamilton. Music: Hal Hartley. 

As the millennium approached -- remember the Y2K jitters? -- two producers from the French company Haut et Court teamed with a European TV network and asked filmmakers from around the world to make hourlong movies that would reflect their visions of the imminent future. Hal Hartley, fresh off the success of Henry Fool (1997), was the American director chosen, and The Book of Life was his response. It's a fable about the Second Coming: Jesus (Martin Donovan) arrives in New York City, tasked by God to fulfill the prophecies about the end of the world recounted in the book of Revelation. He is accompanied by Mary Magdalene (PJ Harvey). Jesus likes New York and its people so much that after retrieving the Book of Life (an Apple Powerbook) from a storage locker (No. 666) and breaking the fifth of the seven seals he calls the whole thing off. Apocalypse? Nah. His decision is hotly protested by attorneys from the firm of Armageddon, Armageddon, and Jehoshaphat. God, Jesus observes, is all about the Law, so lawyers are his favorites. Jesus is somewhat aided by Satan (Thomas Jay Ryan) who wants the world to continue so he has somewhere to meddle. The film's brevity is its chief virtue: Too much more and the wit would have cloyed -- as it sometimes does -- into whimsy. The humanistic outlook of the film seems to have stuck with Hartley into his next movie, The Girl From Monday, a venture into science fiction that doesn't quite work. In the future, the United States has become a conglomerate, and people are traded on the stock exchange. (The more sex they have, for example, the higher their value.) Bill Sage plays Jack, an advertising executive who is secretly a member of the resistance to this new order, but he's so disillusioned that he drives to the seashore where he plans to kill himself. Instead, he just passes out after taking pills, and awakes to see a woman (Tatiana Abracos) emerge from the sea. She's an alien from a planet where people are part of an incorporate whole, and when he asks her name she says "No Body." Jack takes her home with him and teaches her how to perform simple physical tasks like drinking and eating. He also learns that she's there to bring back with her a fellow being from her planet (known on Earth as Monday after its discoverer) who came to Earth years ago. The problem with The Girl From Monday is that the satire on consumerism doesn't mesh well with the sci-fi premise. The film is a muddle of ideas, many of which are half-baked. Hartley's inspiration is said to have been Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville (1965), but Godard's movie has a coherence and dry wit The Girl From Monday lacks.   

[ulkaralakbarova]

A victim of his own anger, the Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father, the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with a captivating singer, Apollonia. But another musician, Morris, looks to steal the Kid’s spotlight — and his girl. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: The Kid: Prince Apollonia: Apollonia Kotero Morris: Morris Day Jerome: Jerome Benton Mother: Olga Karlatos Father: Clarence Williams III Billy: Billy Sparks Wendy: Wendy Melvoin Lisa: Lisa Coleman Bobby: Bobby Z Matt: Dr. Fink Mark: Brown Mark Jill: Jill Jones Susan: Susan Moonsie Brenda: Brenda Bennett Beautiful Babe: Sandra Claire Gershman Stage Hand: Alan Leeds “Jellybean” Johnson – The Time: Garry Johnson Jesse Johnson – The Time: Jesse Johnson Mark Cardenas – The Time: Marc Cardenas Jerry Hubbard – The Time: Gerald E. Hubbard Jr. Paul Peterson – The Time: Paul Peterson Taste M.C.: Israel Gordon …: Joel Thingvall Film Crew: Producer: Robert Cavallo First Assistant Director: Anthony Brand Director of Photography: Donald E. Thorin Supervising Sound Editor: Richard C. Franklin Additional Editor: Sonny Baskin Production Design: Ward Preston Set Decoration: Anne D. McCulley Stunt Coordinator: Al Jones Songs: Prince Executive In Charge Of Post Production: Anthony DiMarco Original Music Composer: Michel Colombier Production Manager: Mike Frankovich Jr. Writer: William Blinn Writer: Albert Magnoli Costume Design: Marie France Stunts: Ron Oliney Best Boy Electric: Peter Davidian Key Grip: Daniel R. Jordan Dolly Grip: Donald Schmitz Color Timer: Aubrey Head Makeup Supervisor: Richard Arrington Additional Editor: Mitchell Sinoway Assistant Sound Editor: Noah Blough Sound Editor: James Beshears Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Jim Cook Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Robert L. Harman Sound Editor: David Kern First Assistant Director: Britt Lomond Assistant Camera: Chris Squires Electrician: Jeffrey W. Petersen Script Supervisor: Kerry Lyn McKissick Additional Editor: Warren Chadwick Sound Editor: Marshall Winn Boom Operator: Douglas J. Schulman Sound Mixer: Bruce Bisenz Music Editor: Jim Harrison Producer: Steven Fargnoli Producer: Joseph Ruffalo Editor: Ken Robinson Casting: David Graham Best Boy Grip: Bill Fleming Sound Editor: Mike Dobie Stunt Double: Brad Orrison Key Makeup Artist: Lee Romanoff Additional Editor: Allan Schultz Lighting Artist: LeRoy Bennett Electrician: Edward R. Nedin Lighting Technician: Robert W. Peterson Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Neil Brody Props: Keane Bonath Construction Coordinator: Robert Scaife Camera Operator: Craig Denault Leadman: Howard McCormick Production Accountant: Jonathan Wolf Assistant Camera: Jack Lee Gary Casting: Peter Golden Location Manager: Kirk Hokanson Second Assistant Director: Don Wilkerson Makeup Artist: Susan Wenzel Stunts: Kathleen O’Haco Lighting Technician: Dean Hassen Lighting Technician: John Huddleston Lighting Technician: Dave Hetschiesch Production Coordinator: Maxine Davis Production Secretary: Jennifer Walton Property Master: Jim Johnson Props: Clare M.S. Fishman Costumer: Jimmell Mardome Costumer: Sonja Berlovitz Key Makeup Artist: Jayson Jeffreys Hairstylist: Earl Jones Hairstylist: Susan Caldwell Hairstylist: Todd Prost Electrician: Dennis A. Frank Electrician: Matt Rice Electrician: Bob Guthier Grip: Steve van Osdale Grip: Gerald Hoy Grip: Neal Dalen Grip: Craig Kinchel Grip: Joe Rice Unit Publicist: Bonnie Metzger Still Photographer: Robert Reiff Production Secretary: Geri Rosenberg Production Secretary: Barbara Sobocinski Production Secretary: Dona Lien Movie Reviews:

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Recount (2008) was photographed by Jim Denault. Jim was born in New York and has 76 cinematography credits from 1992 to 30 episodes of Law and Order: Organized Crime (2020-23). His entry among my best 1001 is Game Change. He also directed seven episodes of Yellowstone.

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River of Grass (1994) dir. Kelly Reichardt

[sesiondemadrugada]

Boys Don’t Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999).

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No One's Easy to Love by Sharon Van Etten from the album Remind Me Tomorrow - Directed by Katherine Dieckmann

[half-a-tiger]

SHARON VAN ETTEN - “Jupiter 4” off her new album “Remind Me Tomorrow” out Jan 18th on Jagjaguwar Records.

Director: Katherine Dieckmann

Director of Photography: Jim Denault

Editor: Madeleine Gavin

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Boy’s don’t cry, 1999

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DP: Jim Denault / Boys Don’t Cry (1999) 1.85 : 1 - 35mm [Kodak]

[facesofcinema]

María, llena eres de gracia (2004)

[csykora]

@mypantsflewoff Okay, I have: red machine, the Russian 5, road to Olympus, Tarasov's hockey techniques, tretiaks autobiography, breakaway (pinchevsky), from behind the red line, the greatest game (denault), hockey showdown (sinden), and cold war (macskimming). I'm definitely looking for English or translated resources (sadly I don't speak/read Russian), or even resources that are image heavy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you!!!

Okay, thanks for clarifying. On first thought, you could try:

The Fastest Game in the World: Hockey and the Globalization of Sports, by Bruce Berglund (Berglund has previously studied Czech history, so he's more knowledgable than many American sports writers on intra-Soviet politics. Buy his book babes, I'm trying to get him to like me)

Larionov, by Igor Larionov, Jim Taylor, and Leonid Reizer

The Russian Cold: Histories of Ice, Frost, and Snow edited by Julia Herzberg, Andreas Renner, Ingrid Schierle includes translated passages by Leonid Reizer, who was very involved and wrote extensively but unfortunately I can't find a full English translation of his books for you

The Art of Goaltending, by Vladislav Tretiak

Coming Down the Mountain: Rethinking the 1972 Summit Series, edited by Brian Kennedy (includes a chapter by Iri Cermak, I also like her book The Cinema of Hockey: Four Decades of the Game on Screen)

Red Gold: Peak Performance Techniques of the Russian and East German Olympic Victors by Grigori Raiport (sports psychologist for the Soviet teams, mostly talking about the late '80s. Also super out of print. Try the internet archive or look for a pdf)

The Big Red Machine: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Olympic Champions by Yuri Brokhin

Hockey: A Global History, by Stephen Hardy and Andrew C. Holman

Home Game, Ken Dryden, (the chapter “No Final Victories”)

1972 The Summit Series: Canada vs. USSR, Stats, Lies and Videotape, The Untold Story of Hockey’s Series of the Century by Richard J Bendell, Paul Patskou, Robert MacAskill

Epic Confrontation: Canada vs. Russian On Ice: The Greatest Sports Drama of All-Time, by Greg Franke

Not a book, but I mostly use a lot of newspaper and magazine articles, and back issues of Maclean's magazine, the New Yorker, and of course the Hockey News and Sports Illustrated, are great for contemporary coverage

How else are you gonna see this stuff

Examples include pieces like Mark Mulvoy's "Boris and his boys prepare for a few friendlies", which includes a nice summary of the structure of the soviet league at the time.

Keep an eye out for articles or interviews with Brendan Shanahan, president of the Slava Fetisov fan club. Wayne and Walter Gretzky's books also discuss Anton Gretzky, their experience of the times and of traveling to the Soviet Union as Ukrainians, and biographical details about Tretiak and Larionov in particular

(UKE: the Untold Story of Hockey Legends, directed by Volodymyr Mula, is a documentary on Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Canadian hockey that you might also enjoy. There are also a number of documentaries on '72 specifically.)

The journal Sport History Review of the Human Kinetics Journal, and the Journal of Sport History, would really be your friends for hockey history: some articles to try as starting points include

Russian Sport and the Challenges of Its Recent Historiography by Ekaterina Emeliantseva

The Central Army Sports Club (TsSKA): Forging a Military Tradition in Soviet Ice Hockey by Robert F. Baumann

Maple Leaf, Hammer, and Sickle: International Ice Hockey during the Cold War by Markku Jokisipilä

The IIHF also has some interesting historical articles, like When Soviet hockey looked to Great Britian by Andy Pott. The english language KHL site will also sometimes have articles on similar historical topics.

There are also some great theses, including

The Rebirth of Dinamo Riga: From the Glorious Soviet Past to the Kontinental Hockey League by Konstantin Fuks at the University of Turku and

Collective Hockey Against the Grit and Grind: Ice Hockey as a Reflection of Cold War Differences by Sarai Dai University of South Carolina (free pdf online)

Broader details of the Soviet sports program:

Sport in Soviet Society: Development of Sport and Physical Education in Russia and the USSR, as well as many other titles, by James/Jim Riordan. Note that Russian historians question the accuracy of his autobiography, but his other works are generally accepted.

The Olympic Games, the Soviet Sports Bureaucracy, and the Cold War: Red Sport, Red Tape by Jenifer Parks

The Olympics and the Cold War, 1948-1968: Sport as Battleground in the U.S.-Soviet Rivalry by Erin Elizabeth Redihan (Somehow multiple authors have used this title. I believe there's also an article in Human Kinetics by Hunt)

Cold War Games: Propaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. Foreign Policy (Sport and Society) by Toby C Rider (more on American actions)

Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics: with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists by Paul Taylor (I include this because it gives biographical details on some key figures in hockey, like Coach Moiseyev)

I realize accessing academic journals can be harder depending where people are: if anyone wants a specific text, let me know and I'll try to find you a copy.

[byneddiedingo]

Catalina Sandino Moreno in Maria Full of Grace (Joshua Marston, 2004)

Cast: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Virginia Cristina Ariza, Yenny Paola Vega, Rodrigo Sánchez Borhorquez, Charles Albert Patiño, Wilson Guerrero. Screenplay: Joshua Marston. Cinematography: Jim Denault. Production design: Debby DeVilla, Mónica Marulanda. Film editing: Anne McCabe, Lee Percy. Music: Leonardo Heilblum, Jacobo Liberman.

Maria Full of Grace features a then-unknown Colombian actress, Catalina Sandino Moreno, in the first feature film by writer and director Joshua Marston. It tells the story of a pregnant Colombian teenager, Maria (Sandino Moreno), who agrees to become a "drug mule," being flown to New York after swallowing small boluses of drugs encased in plastic; the drug-runners retrieve the packets after she excretes them. It's one of those behind-the-headlines stories that can easily turn melodramatic or preachy, and it's to Marston's and Sandino Moreno's credit that it never does. Her creation of the resourceful, rebellious, determined Maria, who keeps her head when things go seriously wrong, earned Sandino Moreno a nomination for the best actress Oscar in her film debut. 

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FREEDOM WRITERS Directed by Richard LaGravenese. Cinematography by Jim Denault.