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Lean on Pete: A Special Issue ebook

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Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete is one of the most spellbinding and gut-wrenching films of 2018. If, like us, you walked out of the film wanting to know how it came into being; how it fits into Haigh’s larger oeuvre; and how it engages the tropes of western films, this compilation is for you.

 

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Contents

Alex Heeney interviews director Andrew Haigh
Orla Smith interviews cinematographer Magnus Jønck
Orla Smith interviews production designer Ryan Warren Smith
Alex Heeney interviews editor Jonathan Alberts
Alex Heeney on looking for home in the films of Andrew Haigh
Orla Smith on Lean on Pete and the films of Kelly Reichardt as modern westerns


A still from Weekend, of two men sitting on an old sofa together. The text on the image reads, 'Weekend at 10'.

Alex Heeney / September 27, 2021

Looking for home in the films of Andrew Haigh

In Lean on Pete, Charley’s search for home moves the plot, but the emotional journey to find home is at the heart of all Andrew Haigh’s work (Weekend, …

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Wendy and Lucy, Lean on Pete, Kelly Reichardt, Andrew Haigh, Modern westerns

Orla Smith / April 8, 2020

Modern westerns: Andrew Haigh and Kelly Reichardt are deromanticizing the west

Andrew Haigh's Lean on Pete shares DNA with Kelly Reichardt's westerns (e.g. Wendy and Lucy): both filmmakers are making modern westerns that deromanticize …

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Jonathan Alberts, Editor, Lean on Pete

Alex Heeney / April 21, 2018

Interview: ‘Cutting to amplify emotion’ in Lean on Pete

Editor Jonathan Alberts discusses the long, painstaking editing process on Lean on Pete, from screening dailies on location, to creating a sound temp track, …

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Ryan Warren Smith, Production Design, Lean on Pete, Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny

Orla Smith / April 18, 2018

Interview: Colour reveals character in LOP‘s set design

Lean on Pete production designer Ryan Warren Smith discusses how he created rich, detailed environments that subtly reveal character. This is the third feature …

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Magnus Jønck, Cinematography, Lean on Pete, Charlie Plummer

Orla Smith / April 17, 2018

Behind the Lens: Lean on Pete DP Magnus Jønck

DP Magnus Jønck approached Lean on Pete as a modern western, keeping the focus solely on character and de-romanticising the landscape. This is the second …

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Andrew Haigh, Lean on Pete, Charlie Plummer

Alex Heeney / April 16, 2018

Andrew Haigh on Lean on Pete: ‘Blocking is everything’

Writer-director Andrew Haigh (Weekend, 45 Years, Looking) on his meticulous blocking and how he used it to express the journey of a boy searching for home in …

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