Filmmaking

“Altmanesque means never having to say you’re sorry”

Robert Altman's Short Cuts is not only one of the more enticing films of the fruitful nineties, but also a…

10 years ago

“Huston treats the story with a level, unsentimental honesty and makes it into one of his best films”

  By Sven Mikulec The neo-noir boxing drama that finally reinstated John Huston on the road of financial success after…

10 years ago

A Countess from Hong Kong: Action, Speech, and Style in Charlie Chaplin’s Final Feature

A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) was Charlie Chaplin’s final film and one of only two that he directed but…

10 years ago

What does David Fincher not do?

Every Frame a Painting’s Tony Zhou has published a video you simply have to see. In his eight-minute analysis of…

10 years ago

The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock (1973)

The Master of Suspense himself, who is interviewed extensively here, shares stories including his deep-seated fear of policemen, elaborates on…

10 years ago

“Take all of the responsibility, because you’re going to get all of the blame”

Of his directorial debut, acclaimed director David Fincher summarised to The Digital Bits: “Alien 3 was flawed from its inception…

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“My advice to young filmmakers is this: don’t follow trends, start them!”

  By Sven Mikulec In an interview he gave to American Film in 1978, legendary director Frank Capra talks about…

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Robert Bresson’s Notes on Cinematography

A small, powerful book of significant thoughts on filmmaking: Robert Bresson's Notes on the Cinematograph (NOTE: Out-of-print; available November 8, 2016). “Bresson…

10 years ago

“Yes, it’s a crop duster. We can plant some crops nearby”

The Cinematographer’s camera angles for the crop dusting sequence from Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. All 61 bullet points (above)…

10 years ago

The purest expression of a cinematic idea

Alfred Hitchcock is a master of mise en scène. His films are so much fun to analyze because there are…

10 years ago