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The fact that Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers (2012) was A24’s breakout hit is a cool footnote of history

#filmmaking #business of film #indiefilmmaking #a24 films #Youtube

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#filmmaking #harmony korine #clint eastwood #indiefilmmaking

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Adam Nayman is an excellent writer but I usually don’t agree with his film analysis. Finally, with Sean Durkin’s The Iron Claw, I found a positive review of a great film and I can enjoy this superbly composed article.

#movies reviews #film review #the iron claw #the ringer

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“there’s an implication that if you’re not making an IP project, you’re making something subversive. Superhero movies have gotten so big that nearly every other production looks small in comparison.”

#filmmaking #business of film #marvel cinematic universe #the ringer

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#filmproduction #filmmaking #assistant director #ll cool j #Youtube

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The TLDR version of this article: if you don't have a clear vision and good eye for framing and blocking then you better get a camera and lighting team who does or you are dead in the water

#filmmaking #film production #ridley scott #moviemaker magazine

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Now that the dual strikes are over, film production workers aka the crew can act like happy days are here again but there will be cutbacks felt at every level of the filmmaking process. The great rollback is seemingly upon us.

#filmmaking #business of film #variety magazine #wga strike #sag strike

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A commercial I worked on as 2nd 2nd AD recently. All the way around, a great shoot with talented people.

#filmmaking #filmproduction #2nd2ndassistantdirector #Instagram

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In Solidarity for better and worse

#filmmaking #film production #business of film #filmproduction

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It’s not that I won’t watch long movies, my two favorite films of 2023 (so far) are Killers of the Flower Moon and Oppenheimer, but if I see a run time under two hours vs. over two hours, I’ll always choose the shorter film. This may be hard for filmmakers to understand but I love movies and I love going outside and being active. It breaks the stereotype of the nerdy bespectacled cinephile but that’s my preference. For me, a 41-year old lifelong theatergoer, 96 minutes is the perfect length for a movie, not 180-plus minutes.

#filmmaking #business of film #film production #vanity fair

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RIP Hurricane Billy, one of the best directors of the New Hollywood era.

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Sean Penn has been one of my favorite actors since I saw in ‘Dead Man Walking’ (1995) and his political activism hasn’t always been aligned with my politics (Hugo Chavez!) but I love that at 63 years young, he’s still out here using his star power for the good of humankind.

#sean penn #superpower #variety magazine

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August continued to be a dumping ground in 2023. Let’s hope we can end these strikes and start promoting movies again before we get too far into the fall season

#filmmaking #film production #business of film #the ringer

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I’m not going to lie, the double strike (WGA and SAG) has affected me financially and mentally but I do feel the need to at least post some podcasts and articles that explain how we ended up here as a business and what the future looks like for filmmaking and “content” in general. This podcast is a must-listen for any film production worker.

#filmmaking #film production #business of film #filmproduction

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#brooklyn #street photography #Instagram

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#filmmaking #filmproduction #roger deakins #team Deakins podcast #Instagram

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“Hollywood is all sharks and no marks, a lot of individually-centered studios and producers and stars each trying to do what’s best for them. To expect this bizarre stronghold of free-enterprise endeavor to put aside its differences and work together on a freebie project like the Bicentennial was unthinkable.” Carl Gottlieb “The Jaws Log: Expanded Edition (2001)”

#filmmaking #filmproduction #business of film #film production