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Cameron Crowe discusses the casting choice of Emma Stone in Aloha:
From the very beginning of its appearance in the Sony Hack, “Aloha” has felt like a misunderstood movie. One that people felt they knew a lot about, but in fact they knew very little. It was a small movie, made by passionate actors who wanted to join me in making a film about Hawaii, and the lives of these characters who live and work in and around the island of Oahu.
See how Children of Men pulled off its long takes with a Two Axis Dolly:
Interview Magazine talks with legendary writer and longtime Luis Buñuel collaborator Jean-Claude Carrière:
Buñuel hated the word “understand.” “There is nothing to understand in my films,” he used to say. There are things to watch, and to listen to, but nothing to understand. Of course there is a story; there are characters. But to analyze what it means, you are lost. You are losing your time. You should use your time in any other way but understanding. I could tell you a silly story. It’s a dirty story, you don’t mind?
Watch a recent one-hour conversation with Jerry Seinfeld:
At The Talkhouse, Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) discusses Rodney Ascher’s The Nightmare:
What makes Ascher’s film so effective is the similarity of the eight victims’ stories. The shadow people seem to inhabit all of their dreams, and many even refer to them as demons. One subject recounts how she was only able to make the visions disappear by invoking the name of Jesus Christ, Exorcist-style. The fact that she was not religious at the time makes it even more intriguing, although she has strongly embraced her faith since, and tells us that her sleep terrors have completely ceased.