The Beguiled, winner of the Best Director Award {Sofia Coppola} at the 2017 Cannes International Film Festival, is in theaters everywhere now! Have you gotten a chance to see it yet? If not, be sure to check out my movie review, my interview with Sofia Coppola, Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning and then get to the movie theater, stat!
All New Behind The Scenes Tintype Photos From The Beguiled
Check out these very cool tintype photos from The Beguiled that were taken on set by Sophie Caretta and feature Colin Farrell, Elle Fanning and Kirsten Dunst.
How The Photos Were Made
The Collodion process is an early photographic process invented in 1851, an intricate process which requires the photographic material to be coated, sensitized, exposed, and developed within the span of 15 minutes. During the Civil War, it was the only choice for documenting the war and life at that time. Despite its shooting disadvantages and its laborious technique, its aesthetic qualities with imperfections define a mood and style grounded in the historical, physical qualities of photography.
It’s a moving process where anything can happen; scratches, erosion, pitting, stains can appear and/or disappear in a magical way. The interplay among clarity, strangeness, dreaminess, and wildness is the perfect reflection of The Beguiled. The photographs themselves are tintype (metal plate), 8×10 inches.
“What Is The Beguiled” Featurette
The Beguiled was written by Sofia Coppola, based on the novel by Thomas Cullinan and the screenplay by Albert Maltz and Grimes Grice. Starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Oona Laurence, Angourie Rice, Addison Riecke and Emma Howard, The Beguiled is an atmospheric thriller that unfolds during the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school. Its sheltered young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.
