Interview with Production Designer Jane Musky (When Harry Met Sally…, Ghost)

August 3, 2016 festreviews Uncategorized

Jane Musky is one of the top Production Designers working in the industry today. She has designed over 40 productions in the last 30 years, working with directors Mike Newell, Ivan Reitman, Andy Tennant, Gus Van Sant, Jerry Zucker, James Foley, and The Coen Brothers, to name a few. She also happens to be married to the President of the United States (well on the TV show Scandel) for the last 28 years too!

It was an honor to interview Jane and talk about her amazing career, and it looks like she’s just getting started.

Matthew Toffolo: You have been the Production Designer on over 30 films in the last 35 years. Is there a film or two that you’re most proud of?

Jane Musky: My favorite films as a Designer are GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS and THE DEVIL’S OWN.

GlenGarry was a once in a lifetime chance to work with…

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Interview with Cinematographer Jeff Cutter (10 Cloverfield Lane)

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Matthew Toffolo's Summary

Chatting with Jeff Cutter about Cinematography and his career could have lasted all day. I generally like to limit the questions to about 10-15 when I do these film interviews because these are very busy people and generally less is more. With Jeff, I literally could have asked him 100s of questions as we were just scratching the surface. This is one of my favorite interviews to date. A must read for anyone working or wanting to work in the industry.

Jeff’s cinematography credits include “Gridiron Gang”, “Catch .44”, “Yellow”, “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, “Playing It Cool”, and “10 Cloverfield Lane”

Matthew Toffolo: “10 Cloverfield Lane” is set to hit the theatres this week. Can you give us a sneak peak as to what to expect? How was your experience working on the film?

Jeff Cutter: Expect a taut, tense psychological thriller with 1 or 2 big surprises. I…

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Interview with Cinematographer Adam Stone (Midnight Special, Take Shelter)

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Matthew Toffolo's Summary

In his brief career, Adam Stone has already established himself as one of the top DPs in the industry today. It was an honor to sit down with him to talk about his craft and the exciting films he has coming out in 2016. This weekend his film “Midnight Special” is being released to rave reviews.

Matthew Toffolo: You have worked with director Jeff Nichols on many films. Where did you first meet? Why does your working relationship work so well?

Adam Stone: Jeff and I worked on a total of 5 films (Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special, and Loving). We met in film school at the UNC School of the Arts in the late nineties. I shot 2nd unit for a few of David Green’s early films (George Washington and All The Real Girls) and I guess Jeff liked what he saw. He asked me to come…

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RSVP Feedback Toronto Film Fest (SPECIAL EVENT: Best of Horror/Thriller Shorts) Thursday Aug. 18th. 7pm. Free or PWYL

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WILDsound Festival

SPECIAL EVENT: Thursday August 18th. 7pm. Carlton Cinemas. Best of Horror/Thriller Short Films from all over the world.

http://www.wildsound.ca/horrortorontofilmfestival.html

RSVP your FEEDBACK Toronto Film Festival seats. FREE or make a donation to the festival. Anyone can come for FREE as we love to have you. See full details of every film being played. Discover the best of NEW short films from around the world:

http://www.wildsound.ca/horrortorontofilmfestival.html

We have a terrific lineup of films for our special 2016 event.. Amazing short films from UK, USA, Spain, France, and Canada.

This could be our best festival yet! You’re going to love the films.

Giving you films from all corners of the world in different genres and formats.

NOTE: You can also RSVP our August 25th event too. Best of Family/Animation short films.
http://www.wildsound.ca/torontofilmfestivals.html

Due to the popularity of the festival, we will now be doing 2 events a month. So if you can’t…

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Happy Birthday: Tony Bennett

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Tony Bennett

Born: August 3, 1926 in Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Susan Crow (21 June 2007 – present)
Sandra Grant (29 December 1971 – 1984) (divorced) (2 children)
Patricia Beech (12 February 1952 – 1971) (divorced) (2 children)

QUOTES:

I only met Bing Crosby once. He called me the best singer he’d ever heard.

It’s an interesting thing. When Coretta Scott King passed away recently they had a memorial where they refreshed people’s minds about Martin Luther King, and the idea of non-violence. And now in America you’re suddenly seeing war movies again on TV–they never showed war movies until recently–and how great it is to be patriotic. It’s wrong. The day and age we live in now, it’s all full of fear and frightening feelings. It’s the opposite of [Franklin D. Roosevelt] saying, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. Now we’re saying, “Look out, this is going to happen”. We’re being told, “Get frightened”. This business of machoism is ridiculous. I’m not interested in that. I search for truth and beauty in what I do.

[about his military service during World War II] It gave me a social conscience. And the war itself made me a pacifist; I just know that every gun in the world should melt somehow and as soon as possible. But that looks impossible now.

Happy Birthday: Martha Stewart

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Martha Stewart

Born: August 3, 1941 in Nutley, New Jersey, USA

Married to: Andrew Stewart (1 July 1961 – 1990) (divorced) (1 child)

She was inducted into the 2011 New Jersey Hall of Fame for her services and contributions to Enterprise.

Convicted of four felony charges on 5 March 2004: conspiracy to obstruct justice, make false statements, and commit perjury; false statements (2 counts); obstruction of justice. Result of investigation into her sale of ImClone stock. [March 2004]

Happy Birthday: Tom Brady

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Tom Brady

Born: August 3, 1977 in San Mateo, California, USA

Married to:
Gisele Bündchen (26 February 2009 – present) (2 children)

Selected by the New England Patriots in the 6th round of the 2000 NFL draft (199th overall selection). He was slotted as the Patriots’ third-string backup QB, but was elevated to second-string when the Patriots reassigned Michael Bishop to NFL Europe.

With the New England Patriots’ record-breaking 18th consecutive regular season win and record 21st consecutive overall win including playoffs, Tom Brady’s record as Patriots starting quarterback as of October 2004 stood at 40-12 for the regular season, 3-0 in pre-Super Bowl playoffs (his appearance in the January 2002 AFC Title game was cut short in the second quarter to injury and Drew Bledsoe finished the game, a 24-17 Pats win), and 2-0 in the Super Bowl.