ITF Watch: If Beale Street Could Talk (2018 film)

Barry Jenkins, fresh off the success
of Moonlight, adapted James Baldwin’s “If Beale Street
Could Talk” into an evocative, gorgeous, and emotionally raw
film. Black Love takes center stage as Tish and Fonny struggle to
live in a society that is trying to crush them. In episode 143,
Luke & James discuss filmmaking techniques, behind the scenes
insights, and the political climate of today's similarities to
that of the material.


 


Topic Include: What makes a Barry Jenkins film, a lesson
on mise-en-scène, a Dave Franco debate, a problem with
lighting in Hollywood, the slap, Regina King delivers the goods,
the pros/cons of acting classes, and what Fonny’s sculpture might
mean, and a clever change at the very end.



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Referenced article: “What Barry Jenkins Missed in His
Adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk”


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Intro/outro music: Ross Bugden