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‘1917’ upsets Hollywood awards season as Globes host Gervais goes for broke

Sam Mendes Golden Globes

Beverly Hills, California, US Reuters World War I movie 1917 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, set in 1960s Tinseltown, won the top movie prizes at the Golden Globes on Sunday on a night packed with upsets and hot-button issues at the start of Hollywood’s awards season. 1917 was named best drama and took […]

Lengthy takes and mile-long trenches: the making of Mendes’ war drama ‘1917’

Sam Mendes 1917

London, UK Reuters Presenting his World War I battlefield movie 1917 as a single shot had pros and cons for Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes. Mistakes meant lengthy retakes but “accidents” also gave an authenticity of life in the trenches. From start to finish, fluid camera work follows two young British soldiers tasked with crossing enemy […]