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The Good German

[2006, Movie]

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The Good German, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney

Foreign intrigue, a mysterious woman, shadows darker than the night — Stephen Soderbergh's adaptation of the acclaimed WWII-era novel by Joseph Kanon is a film-geek experiment in retro aesthetics, a black-and-white valentine to the briskly paced, no-nonsense films of Hollywood's studio era. Not only did director/cinematographer Soderbergh shoot Kanon's story of intrigue in war-shattered Berlin on studio sets and use the fixed focal-length lenses, old-fashioned process shots, ... read more

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The Christmas Story House, and Soderbergh's Mystery Cinematographer | Ask FlickChick | 12/8/2006
Send your movie questions to FlickChick.Question: I saw a preview of the Steven Soderbergh movie The Good German and noticed that the black-and-white photography was by his regular cinematographer, Peter Andrews. What I'm wondering is why Andrews never works with anyone else? — JoanieFlickChick: Peter Andrews never works with anyone other than Steven Soderbergh because Peter Andrews is Steven Soderbergh. Although there are a number of cinematographers who later became directors — including Jan de Bont, Barry Sonnenfeld, Mario Bava, Ernest Dickerson, Dean Semler, Nicolas Roeg, Andrew Davis and Ronald Neame — very few mainstream directors shoot their own films, in large part because directing a big, complicated and expensive feature is more than enough work without adding in another full-time job. The only other one I can think of who is working in Hollywood today is Peter Hyams, and given how awful his recent films have been, you could make a very persuasive argument... read more

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Year: 2006
Rated R

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George Clooney: Jake Geismer
Cate Blanchett: Lena Brandt
Tobey Maguire: Tully
Beau Bridges: Colonel Muller
Tony Curran: Danny
Leland Orser: Bernie

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