Siskel & Ebert’s 1999 Episode on Stanley Kubrick
Roger Ebert and other film critics remember Stanley Kubrick and discuss his films highlighting his last film “Eyes Wide Shut”.Read More
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Unaired Woody Allen Riffing in an Interview from 1971
Unaired Woody Allen interview from 1971 for Granada TV in Manchester. Woody refuses to give a truthful answer to any question, yet continues the interview for nearly 40 minutes (perhaps longer, given that other footage aired).Read More
Growing up John Waters
A half hour documentary with Channel 4 from 1993 on controversial director’s youth, growing up in the early 60s and what made him such a polarizing figure in film.Read More
Anatomy of a Scene: The Great Gatsby with director Baz Lurhmann
Director Baz Lurhmann narrates a scene from “The Great Gatsby,” featuring a conversation between Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire). Mr. Lurhmann discusses the location of the shoot (an area of Sydney, Australia, made up to look like Long Island) and how a rainstorm almost prevented the scene from happening.Read More
How John Schwartzman and Michael Bay Started Out
In this clip from filmschoolcomments, cinematographer John Schwartzman discusses how his childhood friend Michael Bay got started from in film business.Read More
J.J. Abrams and Jon Stewart talk “Star Trek” and “Star Wars”
J.J. Abrams spent some time on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show to talk about his upcoming projects as well as giving Jon a little advice on his upcoming directing gig. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Read MoreRead More
J.J. Abrams admits he “Over-uses Lens Flares”
J.J. Abrams sits down with BAFTA Guru to talk filmmaking, recognizes that he does use a lot of lens flares, and talks about how it’s “more important to learn what to make movies about, than how to make movies.”Read More
Cronenberg on Cronenberg
David Cronenberg takes a look at life and work in this 90 minute interview with 3sat MediathekRead More
Steven Soderbergh’s State of Cinema Address
Steven Soderbergh addresses a crowd at the San Francisco International Film Festival on April 27, 2013 about his thoughts about where the industry is and where it’s going.Read More
On Story: An Interview with Ron Howard and Steve Zaillian
The creative minds behind Apollo 13, Schindler’s List, and A Beautiful Mind discuss the inspirations behind these films. Watch Red Wednesday on PBS. See more from On Story. Via Go Into the Story.Read More
Why Michael Bay Doesn’t Suck
Devin Faraci gets a little licked and talks about “Pain & Gain” and why Michael Bay is actually a really good filmmaker.Read More
In his own words: Ridley Scott on Filmmaking
Film School Comments collects and condenses some commentaries from Ridley Scott films for some of his thoughts and advice on fllmmaking.Read More