By Ray Pride Pride@moviecitynews.com
Reeling in Chris Doyle: sipping at Cipriani's
Over at the Reeler, cinematographer Chris Doyle has some post-New York Film Critics Circle Awards banter. “And speaking of Doyle’s next film, there was a rumor going around… that he might be working with Anton Corbijn on the Ian Curtis/Joy Division biopic “Control. “Is that indeed the film the two had planned? “No, no, no, no… yeah, yeah,” Doyle said. “Yeah! We even went to the U2 concert together… Anton is a very discreet person, to put it mildly. I think that there’s some… I don’t know. You work with someone like me and we just talk about everything. I think that people need a certain… What’s the word? Reticence about their form to make it purer to them, and I think that’s what Anton is like. He has to step back to find out where he’s standing, whereas someone like me—or any cinematographer—we just step in and make a mess and work it out from there. You know. We’re slightly different personalities, which I hope will work.” OK, but what about Wong Kar-Wai? He was hanging around Cipriani somewhere, and I know Doyle had mentioned in the past that 2046—their seventh collaboration—would likely be their last film together. But tonight was the night for his change of heart, right? In which he and Wong would join hands and pledge each other loyalty for the rest of their careers? That estrangement talk was all bullshit, right? “We’ll see,” Doyle said, laughing again. “I feel that tonight is going to be the Brokeback Mountain of critical awards. Should I lick my hand first? What do you want me to do? I think you’re right. This is… What can I say? I am where I am because of Wong Kar-Wai. There’s no question about it. We will go further, and we do care.” So there you have it. Gene Seymour will go to war for the summer comedy, “Control” will get made and Chris Doyle will once more stem the rose with Wong Kar-Wai. I think I can die now.”