Simon Hook teaches a film course at Film Oxford – here are his top 10 tips for directing. I disagree with the “Image is everything” rule. Story is everything and you need to use what ever serves the story. But when you’re on set and in the act of filming, I suppose image is everything. Read MoreRead More
I went to a Christmas Day screening of Les Miserables. After writing about the lead up and seeing all the behind-the-scenes featurettes, I was excited to see how the amazing production design and the bold experiment of recording live singing would come together. I left the theater that night not totally satisfied but not totally let down either. After a few days of reflection and a little bit of emotional distance, I think I can derive a bit more rationale analysis on the film’s production approach and how it may have contributed to the uneven effect of the film.
Quentin Tarantino talks with Charlie Rose about his new film Django Unchained, the possibility of working with Johnny Depp and his “wish list” actors Meryl Streep and Michael Caine. Tarantino also shares his views on current production trends and why he has only one camera on set. http://youtu.be/cS-PmU7IKnERead More
Kyle Buchanan interviews the actor and director of Good Will Hunting as it celebrates it’s 15th anniversary. Get ready to feel old: This month marks the fifteenth anniversary of Good Will Hunting, the Oscar-nominated 1997 drama that made stars of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and turbocharged the career of its director, Gus Van Sant. Damon Read MoreRead More
Los Angeles Times reporter Rebecca Keegan talks to animation directors Mark Andrews, Peter Ramsey, Chris Butler, Rich Moore and Genndy Tartakovsky on the challenges of making feature animated movies and the future of animation.Read More
Scott Foundas interviews Judd Apatow about his latest film This is 40, his inspiration for Funny People, and trying to maintain expectations between career and family. If Apatow’s film career to date can be seen as tour of key stations in the journey from the cradle to the grave—a Jewish comic’s 2001 that begins with the loss of virginity (The Read MoreRead More
David Fincher in a Director’s dialogue at the New York Film Festival in 2010 on how he got thrown into the world of Return of the Jedi. You can see the full interview on a YouTube Playlist here. Via /FilmRead More
THR gathers together six of the most talked about directors for their Award Season Roundtable including: Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained), David. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook) , Ben Affleck (Argo) , Ang Lee (Life of Pi) , Tom Hooper (Les Miserables) and Gus Van Sant(Promised Land). The transcript follows below: In 1997, independent filmmaker Gus Van Sant directed an unknown actor-writer named Ben Affleck in Good Will Hunting, which launched Affleck and his buddy Matt Read MoreRead More
Director Christopher Nolan talks about his approach to Batman – creating the whole concept of “reboot” and the characters that define his grounded vision of Gotham City. How did you come to Batman Begins, and what appealed to you about rebooting a series that had already been interpreted by Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher? It’s a Read MoreRead More
Director Woody Allen gives his perspective on life, and how it affects his style.Read More
Paul Thomas Anderson spends an hour in Q&A after a 70mm screening of “The Master” in Melbourne Australia on October 25, 2012. Interview starts about 2:30 in. Via Go Into The Story.Read More
Yes it’s a piece of juicy gossip, but Marion Cottilard’s anecdote should remind directors about what our power and responsibility are when on set. “I fought for a project and I fought for the director because he was the one that brought the project and I fell in love with it, and then I spent two months Read MoreRead More
