All films are essentially voyeuristic in some ways, but there are some great ones that are actually about people observing, looking at things. It's fascinating because it makes us especially aware that we are always voyeurs when we're in the cinema. It's even stronger sensation when you have the point-of-view of someone who is spying on someone else–producer Medjuk.
Legends of the Fall (1994): Oscar Winning Romantic Melodrama, Interview with Director Edward Zwick and Star Brad Pitt (Family Melodrama, Father and Sons, Three Siblings)
February 14, 2007 by
“Jim Harrison is one of my favorite writers. I read the book some years ago and talked to Zwick about the film long before it was made. Like my film with Robert Redford, River Runs Through It, this is a classic American story, but it feels more contemporary, more immediate”–Brad Pitt
Black Book: Interview with Director Paul Verhoeven
September 16, 2006 by
Gerard Soeteman and I have worked on the script for 20 years. For a long time, we couldn’t get the story to work. The basic idea stayed the same: a group of Jews are betrayed and killed in the Biesbosch and the main character hunts down the traitor. Originally, it had a male lead. And that gave us a problem: we didn’t know how to get him to credibly infiltrate the German command. Three years ago Gerard solved the puzzle: the lead should be a woman. Then all the scenes we envisaged suddenly fell into place.
Shortbus: Sex according to John Cameron Mitchell
May 20, 2006 by
In workshop, we did a few sexually oriented closed-set improves but not many. Some actors were immediately comfortable with that, others needed time. Many wanted to save it for the camera. All the orgasms portrayed in the film are real–John Cameron Mitchell.
Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas): What Inspired French Director Christian Carion
February 17, 2006 by
In 1993, guided by some unseen force of chance, I discovered a book: Battles of Flanders and Artois 1914-1918, by Yves Buffetaut. As I was reading it, I came upon an extraordinary passage entitled ?¢¬Ä¬úThe Incredible Winter of 1914.?¢¬Ä The author wrote about the fraternizing between the enemies, the episode of the German tenor applauded by the French soldiers, a soccer match, the exchange of letters, the Christmas trees, visiting each other's trenches. It really bowled me over.
