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Issue #75 [Future of Moviemaking 2008]

It’s a 3D Revolution
By Andy Rose
An exciting resurgence in 3D moviemaking indicates that what was once a fad is now a growing trend. Over the past few years there has been a huge increase in the production of 3D films. More than a half-dozen live-action and a dozen computer animated 3D films are currently in the studio pipelines—with more to come.

One reason for this surge in development is the availability of state-of-the-art digital technology. “It was always possible to show 3D, but never possible to show it in a reliable manner,” says Eric Brevig, an Oscar-nominated visual effects artist and director of this summer’s Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D, the first live-action narrative feature to be shot and released in digital stereoscopic 3D. “It’s a convergence of technology,” he says. The problems of former 3D imaging simply no longer exist.

Jonathan Levine's Total Wackness
by Jonathan Levine
The prospect of meeting Ben Kingsley is a daunting one for any director, especially a man of such limited talent and eloquence as myself. So when I heard the news that Sir Ben had enjoyed my script for The Wackness and would like to meet me in Vancouver, my excitement was tempered by an immediate pang of terror.

I recalled the episode of “The Sopranos” in which Sir Ben attempts to blow off Christopher and his mob cohorts as they push their script onto him. Needless to say, I hoped my meeting would go a bit better than that...

Facing the Digital Dilemma
By Bob Fisher
Digital video is fast becoming a popular alternative to traditional filmstock, but is it worth the cost of storage and the possibility of losing the movie forever?

Festival Beat
By MovieMaker Staff
An exclusive look at nine of the hottest winter and spring film festivals of 2007 and 2008.

Dirty Harry: Revisited
By Rustin Thompson
Warner Bros. is celebrating its 85th anniversary with something they are calling the Dirty Harry Ultimate Collector’s Edition box set, which features all five Dirty Harry films, digitally remastered on DVD and Blu-ray, and including featurettes and Dirty Harry memorabilia. All of the films are available seperately, too, which is a good thing because the one you really want is Dirty Harry. With the 1971 movie, Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel invented the modern cop antihero, which spawned Bruce Willis’ wisecracking John McClane, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s titanium-skinned Terminator and the lumpen, narcoleptic studs portrayed by the likes of Steven Seagal. But Eastwood and Siegel should get some credit (or blame) for establishing the profitable, frequently risible concept of the franchise film, too.

Perfect Strangers
by Bryan Bertino
First-time writer-director Bryan Bertino recounts the scariest part of making his directorial debut with The Strangers: Action!

Josh Brolin’s Killer Year
By Joe Leydon
With roles in Grindhouse, In the Valley of Elah, American Gangster and No Country for Old Men, 2007 was a breakthrough year for Josh Brolin. But with X, the short he directed, making the fest circuit, and starring roles in Gus Van Sant's Milk and Oliver Stone's W., 2008 could be his best year yet.