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chance meeting with one of Hollywood’s finest living cinematographers. “We were looking for DOPs at the time and I went to a screening of Bitter Harvest ,” explains Greenop. “I recognised the DOP as Douglas Milsome ( Full Metal Jacket , Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves ) – he worked on Stanley Kubrick’s films. I wanted to just walk over and sniff him or rub some Kubrick off him. I’d had a few glasses of wine by this point and I told him he was a hero of mine. I asked if I could give him my script so he could give me some notes on it, because any feedback would be amazing.” The next thing he knew, Greenop had unwittingly – and via Storey – secured Milsome’s services. “The next morning, he called me asking when I was looking to shoot the film,” says Greenop. “I told him August or September and he said, ‘Debbie wants me out of the house so I’ll do it, as long as you have a glass of wine with me at every dinner.’” AN OFFER THEY COULDN’T REFUSE Having scrabbled together the funds to finance the shoot, there was another major hurdle to clear. When filming began, Storey approached Greenop and Hassan after a visit from some locals. “One morning, Camilla approached me and Tamer and told us the Mafia
film. Whenever I’m doing things like this, I always think about my passions. I’m a massive oenophile, so it got me thinking about what I could do with the vineyard and wine that wasn’t vampire-esque. Red wine has these eerie, old-school, theological connotations.” When you’re working with a tight budget, it’s ambitious to expect big names to join the party. However, Greenop had a
“Camilla approached me and said the Mafia had shown up asking for €200k for us to shoot in this village”
AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT A chance encounter with Doug Milsome resulted in him working as director of photography
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