“We Often Had to Reimagine Entire Setups”: DP Adolpho Veloso on Train Dreams

Train Dreams is the story of a day laborer played by Joel Edgerton as finds love and plays a part in the transformation of the American West. The film, an adaptation of Dennis Johnson’s novella of the same name, is a selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s Premieres section. Adolpho Veloso, who also worked with Bentley on 2021’s Jockey, served as the film’s DP. Below, he discusses the logistical challenges of two fire sequences and his fidelity to naturalism. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of […] The post “We Often Had to Reimagine Entire Setups”: DP Adolpho Veloso on Train Dreams first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

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“We Often Had to Reimagine Entire Setups”: DP Adolpho Veloso on Train Dreams
Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones in Train Dream

Train Dreams is the story of a day laborer played by Joel Edgerton as finds love and plays a part in the transformation of the American West. The film, an adaptation of Dennis Johnson’s novella of the same name, is a selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s Premieres section. Adolpho Veloso, who also worked with Bentley on 2021’s Jockey, served as the film’s DP. Below, he discusses the logistical challenges of two fire sequences and his fidelity to naturalism. See all responses to our annual Sundance cinematographer interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of […] The post “We Often Had to Reimagine Entire Setups”: DP Adolpho Veloso on Train Dreams first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.