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Douglas Trumbull: A Visual Wizard looks Ahead

Posted on January 27, 2012 in Interviews | No Comments

Douglas Trumbull is no stranger to special effects in big movies… And we’re talking big big movies: “2001 Space Odyssey” Big. With visual effects credits on 2001 (as mentioned), Blade Runner, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Tree of Life, Douglas Trumbull sees a bright but complex future for digital filmmakers.

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In-Depth Interview with Billy Wilder from 1996

Posted on January 24, 2012 in Interviews | No Comments

In a interview with the Paris Review in 1996, Billy Wilder opens up about getting started as German Immigrant, flops, collaboration and why it seemed so many east coast novelists couldn’t make it in Hollywood.

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Francis Ford Coppola On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration

Posted on January 23, 2012 in Directing, Filmmaking 360, General Screenwriting, Interviews | No Comments

Ariston Anderson interviews Francis Ford Coppola (“The Godfather”, “Apocalypse Now”) on how to bridge the gap between distribution and commerce, screenwriting, and directing great actors.

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David Fincher: Having Final Say Doesn’t Make a Better Movie

Posted on January 6, 2012 in Interviews | No Comments

Directors are visionary people who have their babies slaughtered by the know-nothing producers and studios. Or so we’re told… David Fincher has a different take He explores how “Friction” leads to creativity in his interview on “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”.

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The many faces of Meryl Streep

Posted on December 20, 2011 in Acting, Interviews | No Comments

The two-time Oscar-winner sits down with Morley Safer of 60 Minutes to discuss acting, her career and her latest leading role as the “Iron Lady,” former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

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Steven Spielberg and Sydney Pollack on THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI

Posted on December 15, 2011 in Filmmaking 360, Interviews | No Comments

Directors Sydney Pollack and Steven Spielberg discuss David Lean’s film, THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. Both men find it a film they return to again and again, and count it among those that have influenced their own work.

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Brad Pitt on Why He Doesn’t Want to Direct

Posted on December 14, 2011 in Directing, Interviews | No Comments

Charlie Rose looks at the film “Moneyball” with director Bennett Miller and actors Brad Pitt & Jonah Hill. Among other topics Pitt discusses why he doesn’t want to direct.

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An IQ Interview with Philip Bloom (the Wrap)

Posted on December 12, 2011 in IQ Podcasts, Interviews | No Comments

FilmmakerIQ’s John Hess sits down with Philip Bloom, one of the internet’s leading sources for digital cinematography. We chat about what cameras to consider, the Red Scarlet X and his decision to withdraw his order, his career and what advice he has to give to aspiring filmmakers.

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Jodi Foster on Travis Bickle as the Anti-Hero in TAXI DRIVER

Posted on December 10, 2011 in Interviews | No Comments

Jodi Foster discusses the character Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro, in Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER. Foster discusses Travis Bickle as an “anti-hero,” and the reasons she thinks audiences can identify with him.

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Phyllida Lloyd and Meryl Streep on “The Iron Lady”

Posted on December 9, 2011 in Interviews | No Comments

The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg sat down with Phyllida Lloyd and Meryl Streep at the Director Guild America theatre in New York City to talk about their upcoming film “The Iron Lady”.

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Martin Scorsese on GOODFELLAS

Posted on November 21, 2011 in Interviews | No Comments

In this video, director Martin Scorsese discusses his iconic film, GOODFELLAS, his first viewing of the influential The Public Enemy (1931), the idea of GOODFELLAS fitting in to a film “lineage of outlaws,” and the danger of exuberance leading one astray into a world of crime and violence.

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Martin Scorsese Discusses His Daughter’s Influence on His Films

Posted on November 18, 2011 in Interviews | No Comments

Martin Scorsese talks with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show about his daughter’s influence on his movies and the effects of leading an isolated life as a young boy.

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Pedro Almodóvar Talks About Film Noir

Posted on November 17, 2011 in Interviews | 1 Comment

In this clip from An Evening with Pedro Almodóvar at AFI FEST presented by Audi, the Director/Writer talks about film noir, its influence on his work and about the excitement of seeing these films on the big screen.

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Martin Scorsese Inside The Actors Studio

Posted on November 3, 2011 in Directing, Interviews | No Comments

Academy Award winning director, producer, and occasional actor, Martin Scorsese, is guest ‘Inside the Actor’s Studio’, hosted by James Lipton. This is the 6th episode of the 9th season, aired on December 15th, 2002.

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Interview with Frieder Hochheim, Founder of Kino Flo

Posted on October 25, 2011 in Interviews, Lighting | No Comments

From cinematographer Shane Hurlbut comes an interview with Frieder Hochheim who’s Kino Flo fixtures have practically become a generic term for fluorescent lamps.

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