Danny Boyle and Darren Aronofsky on Writing and Development
Two Academy Award winning directors interview each other about the way they develop their scripts.Read More
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Anatomy of a Scene from “Hitchcock”
Sacha Gervasi, the director of “Hitchcock,” narrates a scene from the film where Hitchcock directs Janet Leigh driving down the road.Read More
Ridley Scott on Creating a Convincing Universe
Ridley Scott discusses the challenge of creating a convincing cinematic universe.Read More
Spoilers with Kevin Smith: Robert Rodriguez
Kevin Smith interviews low-budget filmmaking legend, Robert Rodriguez.Read More
James Bond Title Sequence Director Daniel Kleinman on Being a Commercial Director
In this vintage interview with IdeasTrap, Daniel Kleinman, the director of the opening sequences for every Bond film since Goldeneye (except for Quantum of Solace) talks about what it’s like working in the commercial directing realm.Read More
Quentin Tarantino’s Interview For Playboy
No when you say you’re reading Playboy for the articles, you won’t be lying. In this interview, Quentin Tarantino talks on rewriting history, Django Unchained, drugs (never on set), marriage, and hints at a possible retirement not far into the future. PLAYBOY: You killed Hitler in Inglourious Basterds, with Jewish soldiers scalping Nazis. In DjangoUnchained you have a liberated slave turned Read MoreRead More
David O. Russell on Directing Silver Linings’ Dance Scenes, Feeding Jennifer Lawrence, and His Moves
Jada Yuan spoke to David O Russell at the Silver Linings Playbook New York Premiere about the film’s climactic dance sequence, his reading habits, and what it’s like to work with the heroine of The Hunger Games. Have you been aspiring to do a dance sequence in a movie for a while? I did a dance Read MoreRead More
Jimmy Kimmel interviews Mel Brooks
Jimmy Kimmel sits down with an interview with the legendary Mel Brooks from The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, and SpaceballsRead More
Sam Mendes on Creating Visual Style
Director Sam Mendes shares his thoughts on the process of creating visual style in the films Skyfall, Road to Perdition and American Beauty at an AFI Harold Lloyd Master Seminar.Read More
Martin Scorsese on the Importance of Visual Literacy
Martin Scorsese touches on topics ranging from violence in films to the preservation of classic movies.Read More
A Coversation with Harry Potter Director David Yates
David Yateshas helmed the director’s seat for the final four Harry Potter films. In this talk at London Screenwriters’ Festival he talks about how a Lancashire lad with a solid reputation in directing acclaimed shorts and TV productions such as State of Play, Sex Traffic and the Girl in the Cafe suddenly finds himself in the Read MoreRead More
Stanley Kubrick: The hardest part about directing is getting out of the car.
This is Stanley Kubrick’s speech accepting the DW Griffith Award. Kubrick talks about a conversation he had with Steven Spielberg about the hardest part about directing and compares Griffith with Icarus.Read More