Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn

Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn, AU 2009 colour 78 min.
dir:  Josh Whiteman
pro: Jason Byrne, Anton Corbijn, The Difference Engine, Maker Films, Scarab Studios
sc:  Josh Whiteman
ed: Roland Gallois
cast: Anton Corbijn, Bono, Michael Stipe, Brandon Flowers

 

Imagine you’re standing at the crossroads. Look left and you see the triumphant career of one of the most important visual artists of our time – a portrait photographer without compare.

 

Now look right, into the future, and watch as this artist tackles a new dream – the almost impossible task of making a first-rate Hollywood film. It’s as if Vermeer decided to put down the brush one day and pick up a camera. Can the dream become reality?

 

A subject worthy of worldwide attention, Shadow Play tells the story of the ultimate insider who now finds himself outside the Hollywood system and far enough away from the dizzying orbits of fame to make things a little uncomfortable… and very interesting.