Binary Bonsai

“When you have to shoot, shoot!”

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:24:15 +0000

I hate myself. I try not to hate Lucas, but I sure do hate myself for once again being drawn into his egomaniacal web of not-quite-truths and self-congratulatory crap. So Lucas exclaimed in an interview a couple of days ago that really, the fan-brouhaha over the ‘Han shot first’ change to the special edition back [...]

Stanley’s Promotional Images

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:06:30 +0000

Stanley wanted me to choose the stills that would be necessary for publicity. Movie promotional images were always produced by unit or special photographers on the set who photographed what they saw. Stanley held, correctly, that these traditional film stills weren’t an accurate representation of what was on screen and he prevailed with the studio [...]

“Ask me to cut tits for a GP rating and I’ll do it”

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:42:42 +0000

I don’t know that George Lucas is actually a ‘very reasonable person’, but this is funny nonetheless: Says Lucas of his problems with Universal: “I’m a very reasonable person. Ask me to cut tits for a GP rating and I’ll do it. But they wanted to take ‘graffiti’ out of the title — they thought [...]

Hollywood’s Setting Sun

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:26:31 +0000

In the wake of the SOPA/PIPA overthrow (good riddance) to much ado and flag-waving in the last day or so, Y Combinator announced their looking to fund startups that will “Kill Hollywood”. Hollywood appears to have peaked. If it were an ordinary industry (film cameras, say, or typewriters), it could look forward to a couple [...]

Walking a Fine Line

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:02:41 +0000

Here’s an interesting look, on the occasion of Universal’s centennial anniversary, at the process of preserving old films, and the choices made in that process. These guys deserve some serious kudos, although I can’t help but wince ever so slightly when the process moves from restoration, to fixing noise levels in optical zooms, and the [...]

Amon Tobin vs. Homeworld++

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:17:37 +0000

If you like that, you may like these.

Fincher on His Role on Return of the Jedi

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:45:59 +0000

Were you around [‘Jedi’ director] Richard Marquand? I met Marquand, but I was one of 9000 people getting the movie made. I did the Chicken Walkers [a.k.a. AT-ST Scout Walkers] — I was working on the Chicken Walkers. They had a lot of shots that were panning and tilting in the Redwood Forest in Crescent [...]

On SOPA/PIPA

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:38:20 +0000

They can go jump off a cliff, as can all the people behind them, being as they are, a waste of flesh.

Bond

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:14:08 +0000

I do have a serious soft spot for Bond, but I’m not sure if I’ll end up buying the blu-ray set, since lot of them are hit and miss. But this trailer is pretty good:

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