Making a Scene 10 years old
The year's best big-screen performers in 11 original (very) short films.
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.
Credits
Making a Scene Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Forest Whitaker He was 52, now 62 years old | as Man |
| Cate Blanchett She was 44, now 54 years old | as Woman |
| Robert Redford He was 77, now 87 years old | as Man |
| Bradley Cooper He was 38, now 49 years old | as Man |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor He was 36, now 46 years old | as Man |
| Greta Gerwig She was 30, now 40 years old | as Woman |
| Oscar Isaac He was 34, now 45 years old | as Man |
| Michael B. Jordan He was 26, now 37 years old | as Man |
| Oprah Winfrey She was 59, now 70 years old | as Woman |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus She was 52, now 63 years old | as Woman |
| Adèle Exarchopoulos She was 20, now 30 years old | as Woman |
Making a Scene Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Evan Goldberg as Writer. He was 31 (now 42) years old | Writing |
| Jeff Nichols as Writer. He was 34 (now 45) years old | Writing |
| Janusz Kamiński as Director. He was 54 (now 64) years old | Directing |
| Richard Linklater as Writer. He was 53 (now 63) years old | Writing |
| Spike Jonze as Writer. He was 44 (now 54) years old | Writing |
| Nicole Holofcener as Writer. She was 53 (now 64) years old | Writing |
| Seth Rogen as Writer. He was 31 (now 42) years old | Writing |
| Danny Strong as Writer. He was 39 (now 49) years old | Writing |
| Andrew Bujalski as Writer. He was 36 (now 46) years old | Writing |
| Greta Gerwig as Writer. She was 30 (now 40) years old | Writing |
| J. C. Chandor as Writer. He was 40 (now 50) years old | Writing |
| Ethan Hawke as Writer. He was 43 (now 53) years old | Writing |
Making a Scene (10 years)
The year's best big-screen performers in 11 original (very) short films.
- Release day: Monday, November 25, 2013
- Runtime: 10 minutes