

Making a Scene (2013)
- PG
- 11/25/2013 (US)
- Fantasy
- 10m
The year's best big-screen performers in 11 original (very) short films.
Overview
For this year's Movies Issue, The New York Times Magazine commissioned lines from an eclectic and talented group of screenwriters — writers responsible for some of the best scripts of 2013. We asked them each to write a single line for us — not a scene, a script or a scenario, but simply an intriguing, amusing or captivating line of dialogue. Then we gave these lines to one of the great movie artists of our time: the cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, a two-time Oscar winner. Kaminski used these lines as inspiration to create 11 original (very) short films. Each short evokes a style or genre of the cinematic past and stars an actor who gave an especially memorable performance in 2013.
Andrew Bujalski
WriterSpike Jonze
WriterJanusz Kamiński
DirectorLake Bell
WriterEvan Goldberg
WriterJeff Nichols
WriterEthan Hawke
WriterRichard Linklater
WriterGreta Gerwig
WriterDanny Strong
WriterJ.C. Chandor
WriterJulie Delpy
WriterNicole Holofcener
WriterSeth Rogen
WriterCast

Cate Blanchett
Woman
Bradley Cooper
Man
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Man
Adèle Exarchopoulos
Woman
Greta Gerwig
Woman
Oscar Isaac
Man
Michael B. Jordan
Man