The Silence of the Lambs has so many perfect parts. The performances, plot twists, hard-hitting dialogue, shocking violence, feminist themes and those wildly inventive camera angles. Sure, subjective POV cinematography was done long before Jonathan Demme’s Oscar-winning masterpiece, but his clever use of the visual device would go on to inspire other filmmakers for decades. That includes Sam Yates, director of the new neo-noir film Magpie, now playing in select theaters.
Sam Yates spoke to MovieWeb leading up to the release of Magpie, his gripping new marital drama that employs subjective-POV cinematography. Read More