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The best filmmakers I know:
- Focus on craft over gear
- Work on their art every day
- Don’t take rejection personally
- Thrive on constructive criticism
- Prioritize collaboration over ego
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David Cronenberg confirms to GQ that he dated Viggo Mortensen about five months in 2006.
He says the two are friends now: “He’s family no matter what.”
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What is the most challenging film you've ever seen? Films can be challenging in all kinds of ways - perception, endurance, clarity, confrontation... I feel I have so many answers to this that I can't pick just one.
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Taiwanese photographer/filmmaker Chang Chao-tang passed away today. Known for his stark b&w photography and documentary films, his work informed the look of Taiwan New Cinema (directly referenced in Dust in the Wind). He also shot Tang Shu-shuen's infamous HK film China Behind.
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Akira Kurosawa’s 100 favourite films- A Thread: (1/5)
1. Broken Blossoms – Griffith, 1919.
2. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari -Wiene, 1920.
3. Dr. Mabuse Part - 1 and 2 – Lang, 1922.
4. The Gold Rush – Chaplin, 1925.
5. The Fall of the House of Usher – Jean Epstein, 1928.
6. Un Chien Andalou – Bunuel, 1928.
7. Morocco – von Sternberg, 1930.
8. Der Kongress Tanzt – Charell, 1931.
9. The Threepenny Opera – Pabst, 1931.
10. Leise Flehen Meine Lieder – Forst, 1933.
11. The Thin Man – Dyke, 1934.
12. My Little Neighbour, Yae – Shimazu, 1934.
13. Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo – Yamanaka, 1935.
14. Capricious Young Men – Itami, 1936.
15. La Grande Illusion – Renoir, 1937.
16. Stella Dallas – Vidor, 1937.
17. Composition Class – Yamamoto, 1938.
18. Earth – Uchida, 1939.
19. Ninotchka – Lubitsch, 1939.
20. Ivan the Terrible Parts I and II – Eisenstein, 1944-46.
21. My Darling Clementine – Ford, 1946.
22. It’s a Wonderful Life – Capra, 1946.
23. The Big Sleep – Hawks, 1946.
24. Bicycle Thieves – De Sica, 1948.
25. The Green Mountains – Imai, 1949.
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“I think if you don’t like the films of Sam Fuller, than you don’t like cinema or at least you don’t understand it."
--- Martin Scorsese
