How Armageddon Time Became a Ghost Story

When asked about some of the most striking visual moments in his new film Armageddon Time, James Gray remembers his cinematographer Darius Khondji’s frustration about them. “I remember him being miserable on that,” Gray says, warmly, while Khondji smiles from a separate Zoom window at his home in Paris. “I love the way it looks now,” Khondji insists, recalling the rushed process of filming on that particular day. “I was amazed by the result. I said, okay, this is cinema magic.” Having ventured into the jungle together for The Lost City of Z and recreated a turn-of-the-century New York City… Read Full Article