The Collodion process was invented in 1851 and, during the Civil War, it was the only choice for documenting the war and life at that time.
The director of photography on The Beguiled is Academy Award nominee Philippe Le Sourd (The Grandmaster), and the movie was fully shot on 35mm film.
Anne Ross is serving as production designer, marking her own fifth collaboration with Coppola. The film’s costume designer is Stacey Battat (their fourth collaboration).
It’s a moving process where anything can happen; scratches, erosion, pitting, stains can appear and/or disappear in a magical way.