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www.postmagazine.com 2 POST JULY/AUG 2024 EDITOR'S NOTE ne look at our cover image this month and I was instantly transported back to 1984, with German musician Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F" track playing in my head. Eddie Murphy is back in Beverly Hills as Axel Foley, 40 years after he originally appeared as a plain-clothes cop from Detroit. Director Mark Molloy teamed up with the film's star and producer Jerry Bruckheimer to create the new Netflix project, which marks the director's feature debut. In our "Director's Chair" column, Iain Blair catches up with Molloy, where he reveals the challenges of making the action comedy. Beverly Hills Cop - Axel F was shot by director of photography Eduard Grau and edited by Dan Lebental. According to Molloy, he tried to capture as much of the action in-camera as possible, though Scanline was instrumental in handling most of the film's visual effects. In addition, Lorne Balfe composed the film's score, combining old and the new to deliver what Molloy describes as an evolved soundtrack. Turn to page 8 for complete details. This issue releases just as the Emmy voting period begins, and we've got a six-page feature that looks at many of this year's nominees. Beginning on page 12, cinematogra- phers, editors, sound professionals and VFX artists share insight in the workflows behind numerous shows, including Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Crown, Only Murders in the Building and Shogun. There's no shortage of entertaining programming to check out and it will be interesting to see which shows take home Emmys when the awards are presented on Sunday, September 15th. In our "Color Grading" column, I had a chance to speak with Company 3 colorist Greg Fisher, who once again partnered with Oscar-nominated director Yorgos Lanthimos and director of photography Robbie Ryan on their latest film, Kinds of Kindness. Fisher served as colorist on the filmmaker's previous release, Poor Things, which received multiple Oscar nominations, including a win for lead actress Emma Stone. Both Stone and Poor Things co-star Willem Dafoe are back in Kinds of Kindness, and Fisher shares insight into how this feature — shot entirely on film — differs from their last project, as well as his workflow inside of Company 3's projector-driven grading theater in London. Turn to page 10 for more on Kinds of Kindness. And on page 18, my colleague Kendra Ruczak delivers a "Special Report" following her week in Denver for SIGGRAPH 2024. In her "Visions of the future" piece, Kendra spotlights some of the next generation computer graphics technology she came across at the show, as well as trends in artificial intelligence and robotics. If you weren't able to make it to Denver, her report will quickly get you up to speed on what's trending in that space. 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