Michael Clayton

I recently rewatched "Michael Clayton" for this short I'm shooting, which is also a sort of deception, twistsandturns type. I always seem to forget how good  an actor George Clooney is. He's solid, subtle, and always sexy. I don't mean sexy in an overt, trying too hard, working out too much way. I mean reaaal sex appeal that comes from investing in your character and the subtle depths that lie within. It doesn't, of course, hurt that he is an attractive man, but there is more than one way to be attractive, people. He just happens to bring a lot to the table.

He is also a smart man, as he chooses to team up with Robert Elswit often, sometimes on his own accord, other times, by association. He is one of my favorite modern cinematographers...and he is probably one of yours too, you just may not know it:


Good Night and Good Luck                       Duplicity
Boogie Nights                                            The Men Who Stare at Goats
There Will Be Blood                                    Syriana
Punch-Drunk Love                                     8MM
Redbelt                                                          Magnolia
Waterland