In my final act of shameless self-promotion for 2025, I direct you to a Clubhouse Conversations interview I conducted with Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC regarding his work on his recently released feature, Marty Supreme (directed by Josh Safdie).
Darius was appreciably forthcoming in his responses, more often explaining why he did certain things in the film rather than how. If I say so myself, I highly recommend it! Follow the link below…
https://theasc.com/videos/clubhouse-conversations-marty-supreme
If you’d rather read than watch, go here:
https://theasc.com/articles/marty-supreme-cinematography-khondji
And if those are not enough, a printed transcript will also appear in the January 2026 issue of American Cinematographer.
Have at them and let me know what you think…!
I’m so happy you posted this. I just saw the film at AMC W84 and Broadway (NYC UWS) and was extremely disappointed in the projection so much so that it influenced my feeling about the film. The theater used some type of TI DLP/Laser projection and it was certainly NOT fine tuned. The blacks were gray and the overall image was muddy. The production stills you included is what the screening should have looked like.
I witnessed this event about 60 years ago at the Aspen Film Festival. Polanski was screening TWO MEN AND A WARDDROBE. After the screening, Polanski took the stage and explained the difficulties in making a film, the writing, the directing, the editing and the making of a print. Polanski then went on to say, after all that, the film gets screwed up by the projectionist! At that moment the projectionist leaves the booth and heads to the stage to begin fisticullfs with Polanski! In retrospect, I think it was staged and it was fun!
Excellent interview with a true master in the art of cinematography! Well done Mr.Crudo
Great interview!
Tracy – Yes it was…thank you!