All posts tagged "Goodfellas"
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Movie News
How the Goodfellas Tracking Shot at the Copacabana Got Comically Thwarted
January 4, 2021The three-minute Goodfellas tracking shot that takes us into the Copacabana nightclub and proves Henry Hill’s...
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Movie News
Martin Scorsese: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
November 17, 2020Martin Scorsese in 78 today. In honor of his birthday, we’re sharing this edition of Things...
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Screenwriting
How to Start a Script With a Killer Opening Scene
November 1, 2020A great opening scene is vital to a successful screenplay and film, especially in the competitive world...
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Movie News
The Real Driver in Green Book Appeared in Goodfellas, The Godfather and The Sopranos
September 27, 2020Wondering what Viggo Mortensen’s Green Book character, Frank Anthony Vallelonga, did after the film? The man...
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Movie News
Movie News: Let’s Talk Goodfellas, Satanists and Cults
September 25, 2020In today’s very dark and scary Movie News Rundown, Miranda July explains how families are like...
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Movie News
Is The Irishman’s Opening Scene a Goodfellas Callback?
March 23, 2020The Irishman opens with a scene that feels like a darkly comic twist on the most...
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First Draft
10 Screenplay Structures To Flesh Out Your Formless Story
March 22, 2020Since we’re all spending more time indoors lately, its prime time to write that screenplay you’ve...
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Movie News
How Goodfellas’ Tracking Shot Went Comically Wrong
November 26, 2019The Goodfellas tracking shot that takes us into the Copacabana nightclub and shows us what a...
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Acting
Flash Forward: Jorge Lendeborg Jr. is Building a Promising Career With Good Instincts and His Family’s Steadfast Support
February 14, 2019“I just always loved and enjoyed watching movies,” says Jorge Lendeborg Jr. of how he got bit...
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Screenwriting
Hollywood’s Four Classic Narrative Types, Part I: When the Bad Guys Win
September 7, 2017Cinematic stories give lessons on human thought and behavior. This is their most basic social purpose....
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Cinematography
Light My Fire: Free Fire’s DP on How Comprehensive Lighting Let Ben Wheatley’s Shoot-Out Flick Go Full Throttle
April 18, 2017Free Fire marks the sixth project I’ve shot with writer-director Ben Wheatley. Our story is set...
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Movie News
All-Seeing Eye: God’s Front-Row Seat in the Films of Martin Scorsese (Video)
January 7, 2017Many of Martin Scorsese’s characters fancy themselves masters of their own universe. But what makes them...
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Directing
10 Classic Films and What You Can Steal From Them: Courtesy of The Wolfpack
June 25, 2015Watching movies is escape: It’s a tired cliché, but one brought hauntingly to life in first-time...
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Things Learned
Things I’ve Learned: Thelma Schoonmaker
March 26, 2014This Wisdom Wednesday, legendary editor Thelma Schoonmaker shares the lessons she’s learned from over three decades...
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Articles - Editing
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Thelma Schoonmaker
February 3, 2007Academy Award-winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker’s long, presitgious career is one of Hollywood’s most enduring, rivaled possibly...
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Movie News
Comfortable State of Anxiety: An Interview with Martin Scorsese
October 4, 2002A ramble with America’s Greatest Living Director about his long career and his new “eastern western,”...
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