I saw someone on here say they don't get why wearing glasses disguises Clark Kent from being recognized as Superman.
1) Come on it's a comic book movie.
2) I present to you the genius of Christopher Reeve.
Jed the wolf dog in John Carpenter's The Thing gives one of the greatest performances put on screen.
Hits every mark, ignores the camera and crew and commits to the end.
Genius film acting.
I've shared this moment a million times but I'm sharing it again, sorry.
Keep your eyes on the crew member who walks behind Michael Keaton and unhooks him from the wire rig.
This shot in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is cinematic perfection.
DP Daniel Pearl is lying on a flatbed dolly while hand holding the camera.
The extreme wide lens and low angle creates the illusion of the house growing as she walks closer.
When Oppenheimer's guilt begins to overcome him vfx supervisor Andrew Jackson utilized an ingenious technique.
He photographed the background with a still camera and projected it behind Cillian Murphy while shaking the projector to unsettle the background all in-camera.
50 years ago The Exorcist was made before the invention of the Steadicam. This was the camera rig DP Owen Roizman and his Grips invented to follow characters upstairs.
The real challenge was lighting the set to hide the shadows of the crew.
John Carpenter's The Thing was Jake's first film.
But he already had the chops of veteran.
Look how he perfectly hits his mark, ignores the moving camera and crew, hits his second mark and takes a beat before entering the room in this single shot.
Jake was an amazing film actor
For this shot in Martin Scorsese's After Hours they didn't have the time or money to lay down dolly track for this shot.
So they had Griffin Dunne run in a circle and the camera pans with him.
I can never stop thinking about how ILM shot the mine car miniatures in Temple of Doom with a Nikon still camera refurbished with a small load 35mm film mag.
This moment from 12 Monkeys where James Cole transforms from a middle aged man to an eight year old boy is amazing.
Decades of pain and loss is in his eyes.
This is genius film acting.
This is the genius of Bruce Willis.
It's Michael Mann's 81st birthday so please forgive me if I once again share this moment from The Insider and where he actually shot the close-up because the light was just right.
He is a masterful filmmaker.
Wim Wenders took this photo when he came across and gave a lift to Isabella Rossellini and Martin Scorsese after their car had broken down in Monument Valley.
At the end of Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans when Burt looks at a photo of the love of his life Mitzi who left him for his best friend his shadow becomes her silhouette.
I love that Wes Anderson had the actors stand motionless with the props suspended by wires (the fire extinguisher spray was cotton) so he could achieve a "freeze frame" dolly shot in The French Dispatch.
In the 1980s you could send in unsolicited pitches/outlines for Miami Vice episodes and receive a reply letter from Michael Mann.
That letterhead is just awesome.
On December 16th The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was released.
After 14 months of principle photography and months of pick-up shoots this was the last scene shot for the trilogy.
It took an entire day and half a night to light this shot.
Remember, the camera pans the length of a block before ending on this iconic image.
This was the cinematic gift from Owen Roizman, ASC and William Friedkin to all of us who love movies.
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Here's a question I've asked ppl and I think the answer is yes but interested to hear your thoughts. Is The Terminator a Slasher film ?
One of the great uses of a horizontal split-diopter lens is in Steven Spielberg's The Sugarland Express.
Spielberg was 25 years old when he made this film.
Martin Scorsese & Robert DeNiro writing the "Shooting Draft" of the Raging Bull screenplay on the island of St. Maarten.
I want a writing partner like this.