DOP Lachlan Milne, ASC, ACS, NZCS on his favourite shot in noir thriller Lady in the Lake
Y ou might have missed this it to your must-watch list ASAP. Starring Natalie Portman in electrifying form, the show plunges us into the disappearance of a young girl in sixties Baltimore, beginning a chain of events that puts two women on a fatal collision course. Beyond its gripping central mystery, the series is a real feast for the eyes; drenched in rich period detail and dripping with noir elegance. A standout moment appears early on – a stunning long-take sequence in the pilot episode, Did You Know Seahorses Are Fish? stylish thriller when it dropped on Apple TV+ last summer, but our recommendation is to add WORDS NICOLA FOLEY IMAGES APPLE TV+
Running from 30:39 to 40:40, it marks our first introduction to the Pharaoh nightclub – the domain of mob boss Shell Gordon – where lead protagonist Cleo Johnson cooks the books while her husband Slappy performs his close-to- the-bone comedy routines. Cinematographer Lachlan Milne, ASC, ACS, NZCS highlights this as a favourite from the whole series: “We were really interested in keeping the scene as much like a real-time event as possible, where the place feels packed, the air is thick and we get a sense of the decadence and free-spirited nature of the time,” he explains. To achieve this immersive feel, the club was meticulously constructed
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