June 2012
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WGA 101 Greatest Screenplays: The Usual Suspects... →
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Kevin Spacy’s new short film, ‘Envelope’. It’s only 17 minutes and better than most full length films.
Trigger Street Productions presents Jameson First Shot starring Kevin Spacey - Winner for Russia - ‘Envelope’, written and directed by Aleksey Nuzhny.
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John Ford interview from Peter Bogdanovich’s Directed by John Ford.
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WGA 101 Greatest Screenplays: Rear Window →
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WatchFor the French cinephile series Cinéma de notre temps, Rafi Pitts made an intimate portrait of the American film maker Abel Ferrara. The result is an eccentric road-movie, with the restless Ferrara as a charming, seedy guide, leading us through nocturnal New York. Pitts’ introverted approach offers all the room Ferrara needs and he has no trouble filling this space with his larger-than-life...
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WGA 101 Greatest Screenplays: The Treasure of the... →
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strangewood:
“The very first film, I had to fight to finish. It was baptism by fire. I learned all the lessons I needed to learn on the first film, about protecting myself and how to keep a lock on the editing-room door.”
Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970)
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The French Connection Audio Commentary
Director William Friedkin talks about making the classic crime thriller, The French Connection. Academy Award Wins: Best Picture Best Director - William Friedkin Best Actor - Gene Hackman Best Adapted Screenplay Best Editing Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actor - Roy Scheider Best Cinematography Best Sound
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WGA 101 Greatest Screenplays: One Flew Over the... →
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WatchPassion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005)
This is the definitive documentary about Sam Peckinpah to date and it’s unlikely that anything with the same range of sources and material will be put together again. Simply put, this is a masterpiece but it’s worth explaining clearly why it is so good. Although it is an ‘authored’ documentary which has the stamp...
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Shooting 2001: A collection of black and white... →
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WGA 101 Greatest Screenplays: Annie Hall (1977) →
Here is the script for Annie Hall. This classic script was written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman. Enjoy the read!
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With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Documentary on the making of The Royal Tenenbaums with Wes Anderson.
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WGA 101 Greatest Screenplays, todays download:... →
It’s an unfortunate fact that most everyone, at some point, will have a bad relationship. The film Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind poses the question: What if you could have the memory of this bad relationship erased? Would you do it? If so, what kind of impact would erasing memories have on you? Smart, funny, and engaging, this latest outing by enigmatic Screenwriter Charlie...
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Alfred Hitchcock Directs ‘Frenzy’ in 1972
Incredible behind-the-scenes footage of Alfred Hitchcock directing Frenzy from 1972. Frenzy was greatly undervalued on its initial cinematic release - considered by many as too dark, unnecessarily seedy, and not worthy of Hitchcock’s talents, but I always thought it a superbly suspenseful and complex film that captured the lonely heart at the center of our everyday world. Taken form the novel...
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WGA 101 Greatest Screenplays: Chinatown (1974) →
Roman Polanski gives a masterclass on the making of Chinatown. Hear why he believes it to be his best film, and learn the stories behind his approach to script construction, mise en scene, directing difficult actors, and unhappy endings.
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'The Real Goodfella,' a Doc About Former Gangster...
By now you’ve heard the news that former gangster-turned-mob informant Henry Hill passed away last Tuesday, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of moviegoers who’ve watched Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas (itself based on the life of Henry Hill) and often wondered just how the guy managed to survive long enough to die at the age of 69 without being whacked by those he turned...
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WGA 101 Greatest Screenplays, todays download:... →
“Casablanca” Documentary from 1992 - part 1 of 2! by videohollic
“Casablanca” Documentary from 1992 - part 2 of 2! by videohollic
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David Lynch, two essential documentaries
If you are a fan of Mr Lynch like me this is essential viewing. It was mainly filmed during the making of Lost Highway and most of the features are set around that film, but there is also some other scenes like the reunion of Eraserhead, where Lynch along with some of the cast and crew return to the Stables location where it was filmed and reminisce over the trials of the making of the film....
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David Lynch - Hotel Room (1993) →
The lives of several people spanning from 1936 to 1993 are chronicled during their overnight stay at a New York City hotel room. The hotel room undergoes minor changes through the century, but the employees of the hotel remain unchanged, never aging.
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A Fistful of Dollars Audio Commentary
Sergio Leone biographer Christopher Frayling shares anecdotes, trivia and interesting facts surrounding the production of Leone’s classic Western.
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Nicholas Ray: I'm A Stranger Here Myself (1975)
This documentary on Hollywood maverick Nicholas Ray was directed by David Helpern Jr. and James C. Gutman with commentary by Myron Meisel. Meisel also conducted most of the interviews with Ray. The is the full version of the documentary, complete with all of it’s illustrative film clips which have been eliminated from some versions of the film. A big appeal of this film is the remarkable...
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Back To The Future (Screenplay) →
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Quentin Tarantino guest stars on Margaret Cho’s...
In 1995, fresh off the success of Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino guest starred on an episode of Margaret Cho’s short-lived sitcom All-American Girl. The episode, titled “Pulp Sitcom,” is a pretty blatant Pulp parody, rife with double entendres and “wink wink” references. In an instance of art imitating life, Tarantino plays the role of Desmond — Cho’s love interest and travelling video...
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10 Wonderful Short Films Based on Famous Short... →
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Joel and Ethan Coen’s Playful Homage to Cinema...
Chacun son cinéma (To Each His Own Cinema) is a 2007 French anthology film that brings together short films by 36 acclaimed directors. Lars von Trier, Jane Campion, Gus Van Sant, and Abbas Kiarostami all contributed to the project. Meant to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, the film originally aired on Canal+ in France. And, for reasons that remain unknown to us,...
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Orson Welles - The One Man Band (1995) →
ORSON WELLES: THE ONE-MAN BAND is a fascinating glimpse at this extraordinary man’s final years - made with the cooperation of Oja Kodar, Welles’ longtime companion, to whom he bequeathed a wealth of unedited films and fragments when he died in 1985. Granted exclusive access to Welles’ heretofore unseen archives - and drawing from almost two tons of film cans containing...
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6 Filmmaking Tips From David Cronenberg →
David Cronenberg has made many types of films, but all of them are unmistakably Cronenberg. From B-horror movies to a beat literature adaptation to a film about the working relationship between Freud and Jung, the Canadian filmmaking veteran’s oeuvre exhibits a versatility of subject matter that somehow maintains consistency in style. Cronenberg’s films are known for their complicated portrayals...
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Billy Wilder, two essential documentaries
Watch Billy Wilder speaks
Billy Wilder Speaks is the work of German director Volker Schlöndorff, who in 1989 had already known Wilder for twenty-five years. Difficult to pin down for interviews, Wilder was working with another documentarian in his little writing office in Beverly Hills when Schlöndorff piggybacked his camera for a “rehearsal” for a possible interview. He ended...
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Quentin Tarantino talks about There Will Be Blood
QT discusses how Paul Thomas Anderson’s film had a big impact on him.
The final shooting script by director Paul Thomas Anderson [Original Scan PDF]
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Alexander Payne Regis Dialogue with Kenneth Turan
Writer-director Alexander Payne’s filmography of dark comic satires is packed with punch—his projects chosen, written, and directed with care as intricate character studies incorporating intelligent and humorous social commentary. Accompanied by clips from his films, Payne discusses his creative process and reflects on his career with Los Angeles Times critic/National Public Radio...
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A comprehensive account of the making of Citizen Kane, still considered the greatest American movie ever made. It compares the larger than life personalities of the young maverick auteur Orson Welles and ruthless press magnate William Randolph Hearst who attempted to destroy the film before its release due to the startling similarities between himself and the central figure of Charles Foster...
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The World of Jim Henson (1994)
A documentary from 1994. This section has comments from Jane Henson, Jerry Juhl and Francis Ford Coppola, and archive footage of Jim Henson. There is also some archive footage from Henson’s early works. It’s unbelievable that this man has done puppetry since 1955 for ‘Sam And Friends,’ appeared with his puppets on shows like ‘The Ed Sullivan Show,’ created...
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Secret Weapons (1972, David Cronenberg)
In the hearts of cinema lovers everywhere, David Cronenberg hold a special place, particularly his early period. From the late 60s to the early 80s, we are rewarded with what many (including myself) view as the quintessential Cronenberg. From his early experimental short films such as ‘Stereo’ and ‘Crimes of the Future’ to his commercially viable creep fests like ‘Rabid’, ‘Scanners’ and...
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Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997)
If you are a fan of Mr Lynch like me this is essential viewing. It was mainly filmed during the making of Lost Highway and most of the features are set around that film, but there is also some other scenes like the reunion of Eraserhead, where Lynch along with some of the cast and crew return to the Stables location where it was filmed and reminisce over the trials of the making of the film....
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Fargo Documentary
“Fargo is a 1996 American dark comedy-crime film produced, directed and written by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Frances McDormand as a pregnant police chief who investigates a series of homicides, William H. Macy as a car salesman who hires two criminals to kidnap his wife, Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare as the criminals, and Harve Presnell as the salesman’s...
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The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve...
Every movie has its own “making of” story, but, no matter how fascinating the account, it’s unusual for the unexpurgated truth to emerge into the public realm. 1995’s Twelve Monkeys is a rare exception. Director Terry Gilliam, intrigued by the concept of having a record of the creative process (and wanting “witnesses” in case the studio attempted to renege on...
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Documentary - The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 American thriller film directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters. The film is based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Davis Grubb, adapted for the screen by James Agee and Laughton. The novel and film draw on the true story of Harry Powers, hanged in 1932 for the murders of two widows and three children in Clarksburg,...
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Rare 1979 interview with Woody Allen
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The Apocalypse Now storyboards
John Milius interviewed by Francis Ford Coppola
An apology letter from F. F. Coppola to Marlon Brando
The iconic helicopter attack sequence in HD
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The Coen Brothers Documentary (BBC, 2000)
Artzone Late: The COEN BROTHERS: A Profile.
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Frank Booth in ‘What’s That Smell?’ →
Dennis Hopper does Frank Booth on “What’s That Smell?,” Saturday Night Live, May 1987. Thanks to Mike Webber for helping me locate this very hard to find clip.
What’s That Smell
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Rob Hedden’s 30-minute on-set documentary ‘What is Brazil?,’ included on the DVD release for the film, seemed an appropriate place to start. The documentary, basically a television plug for the coming release of the film, combines clips from the film, on-set footage and interviews with the cast and crew to form a quick overview of ‘Brazil’ and to hopefully entice...
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Passion & Poetry - Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs
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Cinéma de notre temps: John Ford
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The 100 Greatest Movie Threats of All Time
