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How James Cameron broke into Hollywood
“Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Shoot it on video if you have to. Put your name on it as director. Now you’re a director. Everything after that you’re just negotiating your budget and your fee.” (James Cameron)
After moving to [...]
James Cameron and Steven Spielberg direct the best battle scenes
James Cameron is a modern-day Leonardo da Vinci — a genius in the truest sense of the term.
James Cameron and Stephen Spielberg are the only directors on this planet who are able to direct a battle scene that actually makes sense, as opposed to being dull and pointless.
Every other director — including one who has [...]
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The film industry and the Internet do not get along
As wonderful as it is, the Internet has a number of particularly pernicious traits, including an unfortunate tendency to make people addicted to free content. If the free content happens to be a blog post or a home video, that’s all well and good.
However, if the free content in question is a real movie, [...]
Governor Schwarzenegger announces the first 25 films to qualify for California State incentives
Following the dramatic decline of film production in Los Angeles, due in part to the highly advantageous tax incentives offered by other states, California’s state legislature decided that the bleeding must finally stop. To this end, the State of California now offers film production tax incentives, and Governor Schwarzenegger recently announced the first 25 films [...]
How Steven Spielberg broke into Hollywood