Premise

Imagine you're standing at the crossroads. Look left and you see the triumphant career of one of the most important visual artists of our time - a portrait photographer without compare.

Now look right, into the future, and watch as this artist tackles a new dream - the almost impossible task of making a first-rate Hollywood film. It's as if Vermeer decided to put down the brush one day and pick up a camera. Can the dream become reality?

A subject worthy of worldwide attention, Shadow Play tells the story of the ultimate insider who now finds himself outside the Hollywood system and far enough away from the dizzying orbits of fame to make things a little uncomfortable... and very interesting.

Productions

Shadow Play
Blind Company
Scratches & Cuts
Live Girls
Rouge Demon Hunters



Shadow Play


Status: Completed

Genre: Documentary

Starring: Anton Corbijn,
Bono,
Michael Stipe,
Brandon Flowers

Director John Whiteman

Screenwriter: Josh Whiteman

Producer: Jason Byrne
Anton Corbijn

Executive Producers: James Hoppe
John Finemore
Dom Allen
Joel Betts

Sale Agent: Icon Films

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Bono, Michael Stipe, and Brandon Flowers Star in Anton Corbijn Doc

When rock photographer and music video director Anton Corbijn took on the daunting task of helming the Ian Curtis biopic Control, he had a lot to overcome: Corbijn had never directed a feature film before and attempting to portray a beloved band like Joy Division would be a precarious proposition for even the most seasoned filmmaker. He was, however, up to the task, delivering a solid directorial debut that pleased both critics and Joy Division fans alike.

In the upcoming documentary Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn, Corbijn’s famous friends and collaborators tell “the story of the ultimate insider who now finds himself outside the Hollywood system and far enough away from the dizzying orbits of fame to make things a little uncomfortable… and very interesting,” a description on the production company’s site reads.

Corbijn, who is publishing a photo/lyric book this fall with longtime portrait subject and friend Tom Waits, wouldn’t get just anybody to tell the story of his transition from photographer to director: the cast list includes Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Bono, Michael Stipe, Brandon Flowers, Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode, and more.

Shadow Play is currently doing the festival circuit, but with famous names like those mentioned above, a wider release (and a trailer?) should be in the near future.


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