@kjh1138@jpodhoretz Could be either. I think it would just be less thorough than storyboards. Just trying to convey the vibe rather than getting every shot.
THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (1971) didn't have a traditional screenplay. It had the first example of a CINESCRIPT: an amplified screenplay that combined text and printed visuals to communicate the intended visual language before production began.
Lots of credit grabs around Hollywood for the breakout success of BACKROOMS, but at the very beginning, one lowly assistant clicked on a Reddit link and saw a potential movie. The full backstory ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/pBiuFVGcfX
If the execs were focused on the bottom line, they would not have made any of the choices they made. Instead they got obsessed with politics and destroyed billions of dollars in value.
Same thing happened at the same time at Marvel, Disney Animation, and at Amazon w Lord of the Rings.
Marilyn Monroe would be 100 today.
Has anyone ever had a better year than Marilyn in 1953 (at 27)? Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How to Marry a Millionaire.
Box Office: 'Backrooms' Stuns With $81 Million Debut, 'Obsession' Has Another Unprecedented Jump, 'Mandalorian and Grogu' Suffers 70% Drop https://t.co/rsgPxCV5eg
I don’t think people appreciate how much effort has gone into eroding Hollywood’s overall brand and the value of IP like Star Wars. It took a lot of work, over years, to lose the audience’s confidence.
I saw the first forty minutes of Mandalorian yesterday. It was uninspiring. And every single trailer before the film was uninspiring. That’s a real accomplishment, of a kind.
Blumhouse-Atomic Monster has the #1 and #2 movies in the country this weekend, both made for almost no money. Theaters are packed. What a time to be making scary movies.
Yoshihiro Nishimura, the director behind films like “Tokyo Gore Police” and “Welcome to Japan,” has died in Tokyo following a nearly two-week hospital stay for liver disease. He was 59.
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The CINERAMA DOME on Sunset Blvd under construction in 1963.
It marked the first new major motion picture theater in Hollywood in 33yrs, took just 4 months to build, and opened on November 7th ‘63 with “It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World.”
In 1972, there were only two comedies in the top 20 films.
In 1974, Blazing Saddles was #1 and The Bride of Frankenstein was #4.
By 1978, 10 of the top 20 films were comedies.
Things evolve. They can evolve now.
Just one day after ending "The Late Show" on CBS, Stephen Colbert returned to TV — to host a public access show with rocker Jack White in Monroe, Michigan.
Appearances by Jeff Daniels, Eminem and Steve Buscemi.