About Making a Scene
- Released on November 25, 2013
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.
Full Cast of Making a Scene
Cate Blanchett plays Woman
Catherine Elise Blanchett (born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor and producer. Regarded as one of the best actress...
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Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various acco...
See Bradley Cooper's other roles →Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Man
Chiwetelu Umeadi "Chiwetel" Ejiofor (born on 10 July 1977) is an English actor. He attended London Academy of Music a...
See Chiwetel Ejiofor's other roles →Adèle Exarchopoulos plays Woman
Greta Gerwig plays Woman
Greta Gerwig is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and director based in NY. She has collaborated with No...
See Greta Gerwig's other roles →Oscar Isaac plays Man
Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada (born March 9, 1979) is an American actor. After making his acting debut in the late 19...
See Oscar Isaac's other roles →Michael B. Jordan plays Man
Michael Bakari Jordan (born February 9, 1987) is an American actor, producer and director. He is best known for his f...
See Michael B. Jordan's other roles →Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays Woman
Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus (born January 13, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She is...
See Julia Louis-Dreyfus's other roles →Robert Redford plays Man
Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor, director and activist. Throughout his career,...
See Robert Redford's other roles →Forest Whitaker plays Man
Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, director, and activist. He is the recipie...
See Forest Whitaker's other roles →Oprah Winfrey plays Woman
Oprah Winfrey, born Orpah Gail Winfrey on January 29, 1954, is an American television host, actress, producer, and ph...
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