Tom Cruise took a trip through more than four decades of Hollywood history at BAFTA this week, sharing stories from some of his most famous films and revealing what makes him want to keep making movies.
Cruise was in London for the premiere of his new film Digger, when he joined BAFTA for an extended ‘A Life in Pictures’ conversation with broadcaster Edith Bowman.
The event gave the actor and producer a chance to revisit a career spanning 47 films, from his breakthrough in Taps in 1981 through Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, Magnolia, Collateral and the Mission: Impossible series.
The Luxe Review was invited to attend as a guest of Samsung, BAFTA’s Official Screen Partner.
“It’s a partnership that gives us the opportunity to be part of extraordinary moments like this,” said Dan Harvie, VP of HEA at Samsung UK and Ireland. “BAFTA is a much-loved institution, celebrating excellence across film, television and gaming, while also playing a vital role as an independent arts charity nurturing the creativity and innovation of the next generation. We’re incredibly proud to work alongside BAFTA and to support its mission to champion the very best of British and global creative talent.”
The superstar talked passionately about the craft of film making, with anecdotes and insights a plenty…
Tom Cruise on Digger: “What a joy!”
The superstar proved to be an entertaining guide to his own cinematic history, talking about the people and creative decisions behind films that have become integral to popular culture. He talked passionately about the art of film making, with anecdotes and insights a plenty.
“I’ve always wanted to learn. Even early on I was always on set, even when I wasn’t needed. I was there taking it all in, learning.”
Cruise discussed his early years in Hollywood, his BAFTA-nominated performance in Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July, his work with Paul Thomas Anderson and Michael Mann, and his continuing relationship with the Mission Impossible franchise.
He also reflected on the scale of Top Gun: Maverick, which received four BAFTA nominations and became one of the highest-grossing films of all time. Cruise has produced almost every film he has starred in since the first Mission: Impossible in 1996, making his interest in the filmmaking process every bit as significant as his presence in front of the camera.
His latest role in Digger marks his first collaboration with award-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, a project Cruise has described as unlike anything he’s tackled before.
He described Digger as “the most outrageous character I’ve ever read!… I swear to you, I have never read a movie [like this], it is the most original film, and one of the most moving films I’ve ever seen. And this character, what a joy!”
Tom Cruise at BAFTA for ‘A Life in Pictures’
Cruise also commented on Iñárritu’s decision to shoot the film in VistaVision, a premium exhibition cinema format revered for its image clarity, that found favour in the 1950s and has more recently had a minor resurgence, with films like One Battle After Another and Bugonia adopting it.
“He knows exactly how to use the format, everything you see in the frame is deliberate”
The superstar also referenced the shift from shooting on film to digital. His hit man movie Collateral, directed by Michael Mann, was an early digital project. “The colour palette for Collateral was perfect for the story, the city, the suit, the wig. Studios believed that moving to digital was going to save them money. I told them ‘It’s not going to save you money!’”
On the collective nature of filmmaking, he enthused: “The beauty of making movies, and I think the beauty of living is that you don’t do it alone. It’s all of us.”
The event brought Cruise’s relationship with BAFTA full circle. He received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from BAFTA North America in 2005.
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Tom Cruise took a trip through more than four decades of Hollywood history at BAFTA this week, sharing stories from some of his most famous films and revealing what makes him want to keep making movies.
Cruise was in London for the premiere of his new film Digger, when he joined BAFTA for an extended ‘A Life in Pictures’ conversation with broadcaster Edith Bowman.
The event gave the actor and producer a chance to revisit a career spanning 47 films, from his breakthrough in Taps in 1981 through Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, Magnolia, Collateral and the Mission: Impossible series.
The Luxe Review was invited to attend as a guest of Samsung, BAFTA’s Official Screen Partner.
“It’s a partnership that gives us the opportunity to be part of extraordinary moments like this,” said Dan Harvie, VP of HEA at Samsung UK and Ireland. “BAFTA is a much-loved institution, celebrating excellence across film, television and gaming, while also playing a vital role as an independent arts charity nurturing the creativity and innovation of the next generation. We’re incredibly proud to work alongside BAFTA and to support its mission to champion the very best of British and global creative talent.”
Tom Cruise on Digger: “What a joy!”
The superstar proved to be an entertaining guide to his own cinematic history, talking about the people and creative decisions behind films that have become integral to popular culture. He talked passionately about the art of film making, with anecdotes and insights a plenty.
“I’ve always wanted to learn. Even early on I was always on set, even when I wasn’t needed. I was there taking it all in, learning.”
Cruise discussed his early years in Hollywood, his BAFTA-nominated performance in Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July, his work with Paul Thomas Anderson and Michael Mann, and his continuing relationship with the Mission Impossible franchise.
He also reflected on the scale of Top Gun: Maverick, which received four BAFTA nominations and became one of the highest-grossing films of all time. Cruise has produced almost every film he has starred in since the first Mission: Impossible in 1996, making his interest in the filmmaking process every bit as significant as his presence in front of the camera.
His latest role in Digger marks his first collaboration with award-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, a project Cruise has described as unlike anything he’s tackled before.
He described Digger as “the most outrageous character I’ve ever read!… I swear to you, I have never read a movie [like this], it is the most original film, and one of the most moving films I’ve ever seen. And this character, what a joy!”
Cruise also commented on Iñárritu’s decision to shoot the film in VistaVision, a premium exhibition cinema format revered for its image clarity, that found favour in the 1950s and has more recently had a minor resurgence, with films like One Battle After Another and Bugonia adopting it.
“He knows exactly how to use the format, everything you see in the frame is deliberate”
The superstar also referenced the shift from shooting on film to digital. His hit man movie Collateral, directed by Michael Mann, was an early digital project. “The colour palette for Collateral was perfect for the story, the city, the suit, the wig. Studios believed that moving to digital was going to save them money. I told them ‘It’s not going to save you money!’”
On the collective nature of filmmaking, he enthused: “The beauty of making movies, and I think the beauty of living is that you don’t do it alone. It’s all of us.”
The event brought Cruise’s relationship with BAFTA full circle. He received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from BAFTA North America in 2005.
Digger goes on UK nationwide cinema release October 2.
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