September 2012
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6 Filmmaking Tips From Frank Darabont →
A 9-minute long spontaneous Q&A with Frank Darabont backstage at the 2009 Saturn Awards. The primary topic of discussion: The Shawshank Redemption. The interviewer asks Darabont if he ever gets tired of people coming up to him to tell him, “Hey, you made Shawshank, one of my favorite movies,” and Darabont’s response is pretty priceless: “Absolutely not. You can’t get tired of that, you’d be...
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1971 Artforum special issue on film, edited by Annette Michelson:
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Orson Welles’ 1938 broadcast of a radio performance of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds has become the thing of legend. But it’s also the kind of legend that’s spread so wide and lived for so long that it’s evolved into fantasy status. Surely the amount of people that tuned in their radios that evening and believed Earth was under attack from Martians was...
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The South Bank Show discovers the secrets behind the animation process of Disney Pixar from story board to silver screen.
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Ingmar Bergman: Essential Documentaries
Bergman’s last film from 2003. The characters from Scenes from a Marriage meet again after 30 years:
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10 of Film’s Biggest Provocateurs →
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The Dude and his dad in the early 1950s: Jeff and Lloyd Bridges.
Called “the most natural and least self-conscious screen actor that has ever lived” by über-critic Pauline Kael, this 2010 Oscar-winning best actor embodies traits far beyond brilliance as an actor. He is an exceptional musician, a photographer, an occasional vintner and a storyteller. He hails from an illustrious Hollywood...
100 Ideas That Changed Film →
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“When a small handful of enthusiasts gathered at the first cinema show at the Grand Cafe in Paris on December 27, 1895, to celebrate early experimental film, they didn’t know that over the next century, their fringe fascination would carve its place in history as the “seventh art.” But how, exactly, did that happen? In 100 Ideas that Changed Film, Oxford Times film...
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Truly a visionary writer, J. G. Ballard has constructed a body of work marked by recurrent themes and obsessive symbols that is capable of transcending generic codes to decipher the present and propose plausible views of the future. This exhibition offers an itinerary through Ballard’s creative universe: his times and obsessions, his dissection of the secret keys of the contemporary, the...
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BBC documentary exploring the life and work of the great Italian composer Ennio Morricone, until 1995. Morricone has composed and arranged scores for more than 500 film and TV productions. This documentary was first shown on BBC2 in 1995 and was directed by David Thompson. — Part 1 looks at his early years. — Part 2 looks at Morricone’s collaboration with Sergio Leone. — Part 3 features...
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One of the most fascinating aspects of The Exorcist blu-ray release last year was the famed Owen Roizman footage from behind the scenes finally being shown for the first time. Never-before-seen footage of cast and crew working diligently in silence (the footage has no sound) to make one of the most famous horror films of all time makes for eerie viewing. Especially exciting for Exorcist fans...
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For the critically acclaimed, breakout feature Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin and his small film crew, Court 13, set up production in an abandoned convenience store in Montegut, Louisiana to make a film that celebrates a place where people refuse to leave their homes—no matter how dire the situation. Special Effects Unit Director Ray Tintori talks us through the film’s visual...
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Director of Devils is a quasi-PR piece made around the time of the film’s release. Running 22-minutes it features Ken Russell, being driven somewhere, talking about the film and its controversy. He talks about the Huxley book, the large amounts of research that went into it, and even goes over the historical facts he unearthed. The film also features behind-the-scenes footage from the...
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A personal profile of Robert De Niro by Quentin Tarantino. In Part 1 he looks at “Mean Streets” and “The Godfather: Part 2”. (First shown on Cinefile, UK Channel 4, 1994).
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Francis Ford Coppola's "Captain EO"
CAPTAIN EO - Short Film With Michael Jackson -… by Sunnie23
The untold story of Captain EO.
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Steven Soderbergh's 1986 short film WINSTON with...
With Soderbergh commentary:
A short film about a bike shop and sexual attraction Soderbergh made to attract investors for his first full length film Sex, Lies & Videotape.
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A Very Humble Thank You, Matt Reeves
@mattreevesla Many, many thanks, Matt! Love your work. Thx for following!
— LaFamiliaFilm (@LaFamiliaFilm) August 22, 2012
@mattreevesla I’m glad you like it. Francis Ford Coppola and John Milius in the same room… priceless! Thanks again for your compliments.
— LaFamiliaFilm (@LaFamiliaFilm) August 22, 2012
“The way to learn how to make movies is...
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Le Samouraï: Jean-Pierre Melville’s Work of Art
Footage and interviews with Alain Delon and Jean-Pierre Melville on the gangster masterpiece Le Samouraï. Take a glimpse at Delon describe the craftsmanship of Melville. Watch, listen, and absorb the great Jean-Pierre Melville explain his beginnings as a filmmaker, his love for cinema, and his thoughts and process on the art...
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Godspeed, Tony Scott.
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Tony Scott R.I.P. 1944-2012
A young Tony Scott stars in his brother Ridley’s first film Boy and Bicycle. This was the film that inspired Tony to make movies, and it’s a long way from the loud, brash, stadium rock ‘n’ roll films he became famous for in later life.
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Martin Scorsese Working On Set Over The Years →
Quite the collection of on-the-set photos →
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La Master class de Francis Ford Coppola (VO) by forumdesimages
