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You Were Never Really Here: A Special Issue ebook

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From the script to the final edit, find out how Lynne Ramsay's You Were Never Really Here was made from the people who made it. Through longform essays, find out how Ramsay uses every cinematic tool at her disposal to put us inside hitman Joe’s traumatized headspace.
 

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Contents


Orla Smith interviews director Lynne Ramsay
Orla Smith interviews sound designer Paul Davies (MEMBERS ONLY)
Orla Smith interviews editor Joe Bini
Elena Lazic interviews cinematographer Tom Townend
Orla Smith interviews producer Jim Wilson on the wild production (MEMBERS ONLY)
Orla Smith on the film's exploration of a traumatised psyche
Elena Lazic on Ramsay's haptic filmmaking


Seventh Row Editors / October 12, 2018

Ep. 2: You Were Never Really Here

The second episode of our film podcast is now live! This in-depth conversation about Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here is a great complement to our Special Issue on the film.

Elena Lazic / April 12, 2018

Ramsay’s characters escape trauma through sensations

Lynne Ramsay’s features centre on characters dealing with trauma by losing themselves in sensations, not language. This is an excerpt from our ebook You Were Never Really Here: A Special Issue, which can be purchased here.

Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay

Orla Smith / April 11, 2018

A hitman more helpless than heroic

You Were Never Really Here traps us inside hitman Joe’s mind — but he’s an unreliable narrator who is far more helpless than he realises. This is the sixth feature in our Special Issue on You Were Never Really Here.

Jim Wilson, Making You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay, Joaquin Phoenix

Orla Smith / March 30, 2018

Producer Jim Wilson: making YWNRH was a ‘crazy fever dream’

Producer Jim Wilson details the wild journey from pre-production to Cannes involved in making You Were Never Really Here. This is an excerpt from the ebook You Were Never Really Here: A Special Issue which you can purchase here.

Tom Townend, Cinematographer, You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay, Joaquin Phoenix

Elena Lazic / March 29, 2018

Behind the Lens: DP Tom Townend on YWNRH

Cinematographer Tom Townend discusses working closely with Lynne Ramsay, adapting to on-set changes, and how the job goes beyond just camera and lights. This is the fourth feature in our Special Issue on You Were Never Really Here now available as an eBook; the article is also the latest in our Behind the Lens series […]

Joe Bini, You Were Never Really Here, Editing, Lynne Ramsay, Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov

Orla Smith / March 28, 2018

Interview: Editing for ’emotional time’ in YWNRH

Editor Joe Bini discusses how he helped craft a visually striking, subjective film by experimenting in the edit. This is an excerpt from the ebook You Were Never Really Here: A Special Issue. Get your copy of the book here.

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