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No judgement here. I just downloaded that script myself. The film propper was very good too one, of the most underrated in years.

Very good call on Gilliam. He's done some fantastic work. I have this tendancy to view him as a python and completely forget about the films he's directed.

Tarantino - He's the painter, putting layer upon layer of detail, most of which the audience will never notice. He makes things that shouldn't work flow perfectly. Bill's car which sits in the background of his conversation with Budd is a De Tomaso Mangusta or Mongoose and a mongoose is famous...

Agreed on almost all fronts. Eastwood is an obsession of mine so I could riff on him for volumes.

Different strokes for different folks. I think there's a place for Iron Man 2 and X-Men 3 just like all other popcorn flicks, but I liked reading watchmen better than watching either of those films. I just like human drama worked in the story somewhere. The best thing about writing superheros...

Villain - n 1: a wicked or evil person So lets over look the assumption that it's morally justifiable to kill people in order to give a "better life" to two seemingly healthy, self sufficient kids with at least 1 caring parent to raise them. I'll revisit that in a minute. First I'd like to...

There are a few super hero stories I could see myself writing, but none of them would have anything to do with actually being "super" I'd like to see a deep psychological analysis of Batman as a major theme of a Batman film. Not Alfred or one of his girlfriends making a brief comment about how...

Munny was without question the villain. He could definitely tell right from wrong. By the beginning of the movie he's already famous for killing women and children. He took a contract on the lives of 2 men. Then kills the lawmen that were attempting to extract justice for a murder. There has to...

The best thing is to need very little direction at all. Most important thing to me is a sense of vision. I don't care how technically gifted someone is if they don't have the eye of a photographer. When I show a DP a story board I want them to understand the emotion content of every shot and...

Probably a studio product placement contract with Apple. Have you ever noticed how disproportionately Apple is represented in film relative to actual real world adoption?

I've done some digital zooming, panning, and cropping, and in my opinion if you go conservative and do it right you will like your product a lot more. If you are worried about your novice then steer away from flashy shots and focus on doing bread and butter shots really well. Figure out every...

I had major issues with Avid not being able to pull the audio from the files. 1 editor quit because he couldn't manage the audio portion of the workflow. I don't think this is very common, but I found enough similar stories in Red forums that I would avoid it in the future. Also, on some takes...

Don't fall in love with the technology. It's only as good as the people using it. If you don't have the money to use Red, then don't. Plan on incurring extra costs for renting gear, buying the media, anyone who's expertise you require, and in post. Don't record your audio direct to the...

The first time you show the character with a cigarette have them lighting it off of another cigarette they're finishing. Nothing says chain smoking like lighting one off of your last one. Bear in mind chain smokers smoke constantly, not quickly. Don't try to have them constantly dragging or...

Bill - Kill Bill 2 Bill the Butcher - Gangs of NY Capitán Vidal - Pan's Labyrinth Danny Vermin & Moronie - Johnny Dangerously Hans Landa - Inglorious Basterds Leon & Stansfield - Leon Tyler Durden - Fight Club William Munny - Unforgiven I love all of the above for various reasons. I think the...

Use whatever you want, just try not to focus on a logo. A silicon iphone case that will cover the logo is like $2 on ebay. A hand will do the job just as well for free. I used brand name liquor bottles in a bar scene for my movie and we just rotated them so no lable was completely turned toward...

I question why you would want to shoot on an iPhone. Does it lend itself in some fundamental way to the story you are trying to tell, or would you do it just to say "shot on iphone"? I suspect that if you start with a great project, you'll find you've wasted it's potential, and if you start with...

The "we should have shotgun's" line gave the hit away. The camera work was great only in that it was impatient as if the camera operator was waiting for them to get to the point and go shoot someone. Stuff like that is what makes Pulp Fiction one of my favorites. Anyway, my point wasn't that...

I completely agree, but when you are green, this kind of disctinction can be very hard to make. Mamet was spot on, but when this is presented to the uninitiated it should have an asterisk right next to the line about silent film that says "*until you know what you are doing." Bear in mind that...

In my experience, if you don't make it as a director you'll end up an editor, AD, or doing one of a handful of jobs behind the camera best of which would probably be DP. However coming right out of film school, that's likely where you would start anyway so it's more like you will just never make...