Print Zendaya, the 24-year-old reigning Emmy winner for her lead performance in “Euphoria,” didn’t just dip her toe in producing last year; she jumped in fully during a pandemic and got behind (and in front of) Sam Levinson’s “Malcolm & Marie.”
“The overarching theme, or the biggest word I could use to describe my feelings, recently more than ever, is ‘gratitude,’” she says by video call.
“Like, waking up and being grateful for my job, for the people that I get to work with, for my family, for my friends. So, if there’s anything [‘Malcolm & Marie’] is about, it’s about what happens when you fail to acknowledge or appreciate the people that make life worth living and that make it possible for us to do what we do.”
Malcolm and Marie Cinematographer Marcell Rév Breaks Down Key Scenes
Framing the Scene: Malcolm & Marie DP On Sam Levinson s Black and White Homage to Movies
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Hungarian cinematographer Marcell Rév is a long-time collaborator of “Malcolm & Marie” writer-director Sam Levinson. The pair first worked together on Levinson’s feature debut “Assassination Nation” and continued into the hit HBO series “Euphoria.” For their latest, most intimate feat, a two-hander starring Zendaya and John David Washington as a couple confronting their turbulent relationships over the course of one night, Rév and Levinson had to scale down.
It was probably inevitable that
Malcolm & Marie the highly hyped new film on Netflix written and directed by Sam Levinson, known for his work on HBO’s
Euphoria would prove divisive to some critics. After all, the Malcolm half of the movie’s title (John David Washington) devotes ample screen time in his arguments with his girlfriend, Marie (Zendaya), to railing against the idiocy and prejudice he perceives in contemporary film criticism. It’s a clever device that preemptively protects both Malcolm, a director and potentially Levinson against the sting of negative reviews.
Still, one thing most viewers will likely agree on is the undeniable appeal of the home where the film is set; its luxe modernity may call to mind the gleaming glass bastion in 2019’s