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How The Artist s Wife Used Inspiration From 70s Movies to Show a Nightmare Realized
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In “The Artist’s Wife,” Lena Olin plays Claire, the wife of an abstract artist, Richard, played by Bruce Dern. Her life is perfectly composed. That is, until Richard is diagnosed with dementia and their perfect world starts to disintegrate.
Written and directed by Tom Dolby, the story is close to his heart, as it was partially inspired by his relationship with his father, Ray Dolby, the sound engineer.
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In this Framing the Scene, Dolby and his cinematographer Ryan Earl Parker break down, a key moment in the film the culmination of tension as Claire returns home one day to a scene of destruction and mess. It is the explosion of Richard’s frustration and her realizing her husband’s decline.
Lorraine Bracco and COVID-19 testing make for a different moviemaking experience in Memphis John Beifuss, Memphis Commercial Appeal
Lights, camera, nasal swab action!
The old filmmaking battle cry has been updated for the age of COVID-19, as writer-director Waheed AlQawasmi abetted by an almost entirely local crew and the star power of The Sopranos actress Lorraine Bracco is demonstrating with Jacir, now in production in Memphis under health guidelines intended to inhibit exposure to the novel coronavirus.
Cast and crew members are required to be tested every three days, to ensure they are not carrying the virus. Visitors including a newspaper reporter and photographer have to be tested and cleared before being allowed on set.