Birgit Rudel

Filmmaker. Photographer • 2D | VR | 360 • 2 academic degrees: Film@AFI, Medicine@FU_Berlin, adventurer, health/clean air, animal rights advocate,

[Birgit Rudel @BirgitRudel]

Bonjour from Paris 🌧

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Morgan Freeman was not the first choice for Se7en.

Al Pacino passed on the role to make City Hall, and Harrison Ford turned it down after calling the script “too dark.” That opened the door for Freeman to step in and deliver an all time performance.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

They shut down 20 blocks of Times Square, spent $1 million, and filmed for 3 hours… all so Tom Cruise could run through an empty NYC in Vanilla Sky. No CGI. No cheats.

[Greg Girard @gregforaday]

I get asked a lot about what film I use (or used), and so to answer that question I provided an index at the back of one of my books, “Under Vancouver”, which lists the various film types I used, back in the 70s and early 80s. On one hand I don’t think it matters, but on the other it’s an important part of the craft. In any case, for anyone interested, here are eight pictures and the different film types used, from that book.

Books available via link in bio.

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1. Off-ramp, 1980. Kodachrome 64.
2. Hong Kong Cafe, 1975. Ektachrome 200.
3. Ford Sedan, 1982. Fujichrome 400.
4. Granville Street Bridge, 1975. Kodachrome 25.

[MIKΞ STAHL @mikeastahl]

This is how you make use of locations when time is limited, you're losing the location, you're stealing a shot or you simply need pieces of what each location offers and this looks really seamless.

[ada. @adaezeokaro]

You, Beneath the Ash

A single edition work built from layered processes.
Photograph. Digital manipulation. Structured fragmentation. An exploration of aftermath, memory, and material transformation.

Available now on @TransientLabs
1/1 - 0.25 ETH

[Badger @Bertrom]

Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller was a “master of light”.
Whilst working with Wim Wenders (he shot 12 of the German director’s features including Summer in the City, Alice in the Cities, The American Friend and Paris, Texas), Müller took polaroid photographs.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

For all the advances in filmmaking, this Citizen Kane (1941) shot still feels untouchable.

[Criterion Collection @Criterion]

Remembering the beloved cinematographer Robby Müller (#BOTD in 1940) who forever altered the landscape of cinematography and created some of cinema’s most enduring images, transforming the everyday into the extraordinary from the back roads of Germany to the expanse of the American Southwest. ❤️

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Sade Adu dancing might be the smoothest thing you’ll see all day.

[𝓜𝓪𝓿 𝓝𝓸𝓲𝓻 @MavNoir]

No glam LA, just industrial.
Concrete, heat, ego and corruption.
An unredeemable lead character
Willem Dafoe at one of his most unhinged performances.
And one of the greatest car chases ever filmed.
To Live and Die in L.A. is criminally underrated.
Wang Chung also cooked

[Cinema Tweets @CinemaTweets1]

David Fincher is a big reason why I have such high hopes for 2026. This year’s about to take off the moment March hits and will include films from Fincher, Nolan, Spielberg and Denis. You can expect me to post more about Fincher as we lead up to his upcoming release this summer.

[pale kirill @palekirill]

there is light even in a broken system, 2025

[MisterCinemaX @MisterCinemaX]

@CinemaTweets1 Everyone talks about the border scene, but for me Deakins is at his best in the desert scene

[Cinema Tweets @CinemaTweets1]

Roger Deakins is the show-stealer in Sicario. I’m not sure how many other times I think of a cinematographer first when I think of a film as good as this, but the more you rewatch Sicario, the more Deakins stands out. This sequence in particular shows everything Deakins can do.

[Scott Myers @GoIntoTheStory]

Ted Elliott: "If you look at a movie and say, ‘That’s crap, I can do better,’ basically all you’re trying to do is write crap plus one. It’s far better to try to write the best thing you’ve ever seen, because at least you’re aspiring to a higher level." #screenwriting

[Birgit Rudel @BirgitRudel]

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[Variety @Variety]

Kristen Stewart reveals that she has purchased the historic Highland Theatre in L.A. and calls the move “an antidote to all the corporate bullsh*t.”

“I didn’t realize I was looking for a theater until this place came to my attention. Then it was like a gunshot went off and the race was on. I ran toward it with everything I had,” she told Architectural Digest. “I’m fascinated by broken-down old theaters. I always want to see what mysteries they hold.”

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[Birgit Rudel @BirgitRudel]

@LostSock @michael_hoerger Dekoy 😂

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Michael Mann refused to use stock sound effects for Heat's shootout. He used the raw audio recorded live on set. He insisted that the terrifying echo of machine gun fire bouncing off downtown L.A. skyscrapers was impossible to recreate in a studio.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Denzel Washington designed his entire look for Training Day (2001). The beard, the gold, the leather coat were all his ideas. He wanted to shatter his "nice guy" image and mirror the real corrupt CRASH unit officers he had observed.