The Abyss has been one of my favorite movies for a long time. I’m a huge fan of James Cameron, probably because he’s way more hands-on than most directors. He has no qualms about shooting the camera himself or spending a few days in ProTools mixing. A director doing this kind of work on a [...]
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If there is one movie that every budding filmmaker and grizzled industry vet needs to own, it’s El Mariachi. This is one of my favorite movies for a variety of reasons: 1. It’s damn funny 2. The main camera was an ARRI S 16mm with a few different lenses including a Kinoptik 5.7 – a [...]
Read More Arri, Desperado, DVD Extras, film school, filmmaking, how to, Machete, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Robert RodriguezEvery filmmaker has a list of their favorite movies. For many, these are not the same movies that a critic would have in their list. For filmmakers, it’s usually something different. It’s something specific. Maybe this particular film has great writing, or this film has one great dolly move and rest of the film is [...]
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