Watch Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling Go Head to Head in Late Night Anatomy of a Scene
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Its a comedy writers room, but plenty of drama ensues.
In Late Night, Emma Thompson plays the talk-show host Katherine Newbury, who is pondering how to save her program from sinking ratings. A newcomer to the writing staff (Mindy Kaling, also the movies screenwriter) has ideas about the show, but they are welcomed with less than open arms.
In her narration, the director Nisha Ganatra discusses how she put Thompson and Kaling on opposite sides of the table to signify that the two women are really on the same journey, if at different points in their career. She also talks about techniques that add visual variety to a scene that mostly consists of characters talking around a table.
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Rick: Putting them at either end of the table! Genius! And then she WALKS toward her? Getting BIGGER in the frame! Counter-Dolly! Kubrick is spinning in his tomb! Hitchcock is poltergeisting the Universal Studios commissary out of posthumous inadequacy. Spielberg is weeping at his lack of imagination after witnessing this heretofore unseen cinematic originality. But I like Emma Thompson, so I look forward to seeing the movie. In a week or two. On an airplane. Date: 2020-08-15
