We spoke with Giovanni Ribisi resulting in the release of My strange loverwhere he worked as a producer, director and photographer. Ribisi, known by very diverse titles such as Avatar and Horizon (More information about those below), Lost in Translation, Friends, The Intruder's Houseand Saving Private RyanHe has mostly stayed behind the camera for his new thriller directed by JT Molner. But even though we're used to seeing Ribisi in front of the camera, he assures us that he's always been interested in cinematography as well.
“I grew up as a child actor, really close to the camera. “And the camera crew, I always had this fascination with it, and I started taking it seriously about 15 years ago,” Ribisi told MovieWeb. “I was doing cinematography professionally, but, you know, in the background. And then when JT sent me this [project] “For me, I think within 15 minutes, I called him and begged him to be a part of it,” he added.
“Most of the cinematographers I've worked with as an actor,
I was always a nuisance at some point in the middle of the movie, asking them questions and learning.
And Andrew Lesney – who is no longer with us, but was Peter Jackson's cinematographer and did the photography
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
– It had a huge impact. [on me]Dante Spinotti, Red Morano.”
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“There's nothing better than just picking up a camera and shooting, and shooting all the time and carrying it with you,” continued Ribisi, whose photos appear in My strange lover “I think this is the greatest thing I've ever done. Before working with JT, I think that was my motto, I felt like this was something I really had to do.”
Ribisi shares the future of Horizon and Avatar
That's not to say that Ribisi hasn't been busy in front of the camera as well, especially in two of the most epic film series in history. The first is HorizonWhere Ribisi was briefly spotted at the end of Chapter One During the teaser of what's to come in the sequel, Ribisi said, “I'm a huge fan of Kevin Costner and the path he took to get to where he is now, making these movies,” and then teased the future:
I think he spent 37 years writing these movies with the other writer. There are four movies, you know. It's the same with
Chapter Two
I'm only in for a brief moment, but my character will be back in parts three and four, and I think we'll be doing that sometime next year.
And then there is AvatarOf course, Ribisi played a pivotal role in the first film that won James Cameron an Oscar in 2009. “We had been working on the third part for just a few months,” he said. “We looked around and said, ‘Oh my god… we've been making these movies for 18 years.“Or something like that. And seeing people's lives evolve and having families and all of that is really incredible, and I'm grateful that that can be in all of our lives.”
From Miramax, My strange lover The film is now in theaters. Watch the full interview with Ribisi and director JT Molner below:
