I’m a sucker for “making of “features, which are sadly becoming more of an afterthought on the latest film disc releases. Quite often they are chopped up into bite sized chunks, more often back-slapping talking heads with little insight, compared to the mammoth features of a few years ago. Of course there are exceptions, though […]
After the success of Easy Rider in 1972, Universal Studios gave five first time directors a shot to make their first full length feature on $1 million dollars, with complete creative control. Douglas Trumbull, after a fruitful collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick on 2001: A Space Odyssey, chose to write and direct another science fiction film. Only rather than […]
All On Accounta Paddlin’ A River: John Boorman’s Deliverance
It’s the early 1970’s: two first time novelists works will be translated...
The Genius of Hitchcock: Filmmakers Discuss
Alfred Hitchcock is possibly the director whose work has been most exhaustively...
Getting Carter: Retracing The Film’s Locations
Here’s a nice little film by four young college students originally made...
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