All posts tagged "Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker"
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Jonas Mekas
“I hope you’re taping this. One day I would like to have a copy,” Jonas Mekas tells me from his New York apartment.... -
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Marc Forster
With All I See is You, director Marc Forster consciously pivots back toward the ambiguous feature, the once prevalent film that straddles... -
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Uwe Boll
A German enfant terrible (or just plain terrible, for many critics) moves to Vancouver in the late ’90s and builds a name... -
“A New Manifesto for F(i)lm:” A (Satirical) Excerpt from Ayoade on Ayoade
Richard Ayoade is a cinephile. That much is made abundantly clear in Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey, his book of essays,... -
Things I’ve Learned As a Moviemaker: Gaspar Noé
Is it easy being cinema’s reigning enfant terrible? No, but Gaspar Noé wears the title well. This year, the Argentinian moviemaker, who... -
My Golden Rule (For Directors): Wallace Shawn
Although I think of myself primarily as a writer, and I’ve written films, I’ve never directed a film. Most of my experience... -
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton is a man who has lived many lives throughout his long, consistently intriguing career. The star of A Simple... -
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Errol Morris
In his groundbreaking documentaries, Errol Morris has tackled pet cemeteries (Gates of Heaven), the torture of suspected terrorists at Abu Ghraib (Standard... -
Things I’ve Learned: Wim Wenders’ 50 Golden Rules of Moviemaking
Wim Wenders is known for his poetic and emotional films, like 1984’s Palme d’Or-winning Paris, Texas and 1987’s Wings of Desire –... -
Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Michael Ballhaus
Michael Ballhaus, ASC is an indisputable cinematography great. As a key collaborator for directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Martin Scorsese, Mike...
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Flash Forward: Grace Van Patten Takes a Leap into the Unknown in David Robert Mitchell’s Under the Silver Lake
Many actors will tell you that when you read a great script, you just know. But for Grace Van Patten, it was actually not knowing that...Inside the Issue: Directing
Success in Succession: Matteo Garrone Shot Dogman Entirely in Sequence to Put Viewers in His Character’s Shoes
I wrote the script for my new film, Dogman, 12 years ago, and during those years I changed it many times, arriving at six or seven...Inside the Issue: How To
Journalism Plus: How Hail Satan?, The Brink, and Leaving Neverland Blend Truth-Seeking With Cinematic Storytelling
“Journalism Plus” is how Academy Award-winning moviemaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) characterizes making documentaries. If you’re a documentarian, you may not have a degree or credentials in...8