THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO, the 2019 debut feature from writer/director Joe Talbot, is poetry on page and in celluloid, a collision of haunting beauty emanating from within the film’s characters as well as from the ephemeral environment – a place so casually familiar in our consciousness that what DP Adam Newport-Barra does to make it seem darkly whimsical and otherworldly is nothing short of astonishing. This frame, in particular, demonstrates a thoughtful amalgam of lighting, framing, contrast, composition, and unspoken emotion.
Flawless Frames: THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO
the flawless frame 