"But Hamnet has a distinctive atmosphere that sets it apart from many of this year's releases. That look and feel is largely due to cinematographer Łukasz Żal. Known for collaborations with Paweł Pawlikowski on Ida and Cold War, Żal has also worked with filmmakers like Charlie Kaufman and Jonathan Glazer. He approaches each shot with meticulous care, building layers into his frames so they convey emotion as much as narrative."
"She explained what was important to her in the story, how she saw it, what she was looking for. We talked a lot about existential and philosophical questions on nature and the cycle of life: things being born and dying, femininity and masculinity, love and the healing power of art. We didn't talk much about images back then, except for one key idea that we wanted to tell the film mostly through tableaux."
Hamnet follows a tutor and a free spirit in sixteenth-century Stratford who fall in love; Will leaves for London while Agnes raises their three children, and tragedy threatens their family until Agnes sees Hamlet. The film adapts Maggie O'Farrell's novel and has drawn praise for Chloé Zhao's direction and performances by Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal. Cinematographer Łukasz Żal creates a distinctive atmosphere through meticulous, tableau-based framing, layering emotion into each shot. Żal's background includes collaborations with Paweł Pawlikowski, Charlie Kaufman and Jonathan Glazer. Żal and Zhao aligned on themes of nature, the life cycle, femininity and masculinity, love and the healing power of art. They scouted many locations and took lots of pictures to build realistic environments.
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