1/ On How Short Life Is
A few years ago, I was walking around in a blizzard in SoHo (New York). It was late, midnight, and it was beautiful.
Some friends, about 15 blocks away, called: "come over?"
It was late, it was cold, was tired, thought "maybe not worth it" but then...
18/ One day we will vanish and our problems will vanish with us.
Problems are a feature, not a bug.
Problems are for the living, not for the dead. Problems are an excellent indicator that you are alive.
The state of no problems, is the state of death.
17/ And when you realize how few and how precious these moments are, MAKE THEM COUNT
Don't skip them if you can avoid.
And when you use one of those tickets, enjoy, have fun, don't let stupid things get you down.
None of those things matter.
14/ But coming back to this - life is short, your special moments are much much fewer than you think.
Do the math for the 20 people and 20 things you love most.
Be realistic about how often you have done them the last 5 years.
3/ THE DARK KNIGHT
Batman flips Joker’s 18-wheeler truck.
To get the FX, a piston was put under the trailer with TNT. When the TNT blows, the piston hit the ground so hard, it flips the truck.
The only CGI used was to *remove* the piston from the shot.
Christoper Nolan hates CGI and prefers to use practical effects for insane shots.
Here are 5 gems.
1/ INTERSTELLAR: Nolan spent $100k to plant 500 real acres of corn in Alberta. After filming, he sold the crop for profit.
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