@mikemovies Steven Spielberg with 1940s film technology would make absolutely fascinating viewing. I bet he could get to creating 2 or 3 films a year within those parameters. And the casting choices would be incredible.
@mikemovies The drive-in theater is especially interesting: it blends location footage filmed at the entrance of the Paramount Drive-In Theater in Paramount (in the South Bay) with a model of the now-demolished Van Nuys Drive-In, which was located 32 miles away.
@mikemovies This scene is a wonderfully complex combination of location shooting with temporarily-converted storefronts and signage, as well as detailed model work by John Dykstra's effects crew.
@FlaggHazel2 I always kinda liked this one, despite its general trashiness. It's always been a bit of a guilty pleasure. Sure, it's been a long time since I've seen it, but I remember being fairly riveted to the story & actually giving a damn what happened to Caine's character & his son.
@TheCinesthetic The real fun of this scene is knowing that the actor playing Clem,@JamesHebert, is, in real life, a very clean cut, friendly, highly educated guy who was raised in Louisiana on the Chitimacha Indian Reservation.
@el_reconquisto@LaInaMinute One of the most prominent figures in early Los Angeles, Pío Pico was a Californio of mixed Spanish, Native American, and African descent. He served twice as the last Governor of Alta California under Mexican rule in the 1840s.
@el_reconquisto@LaInaMinute The 26 Afro-Mexican founders were free citizens from the northwestern provinces of Sinaloa and Sonora. In Spanish Mexico, intermarriage was common, and people of African descent held prominent roles in society.
@GRCinemaTicket Honestly, STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982). ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981) & REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005) are also favorites, though.
@Lieutenant_Jaws@mikemovies PATRIOT GAMES (1992) is a very, very good film. It was a real shame that Harrison Ford only did two Jack Ryan films, because he was excellent as the character. Superb direction by Philip Noyce and a terrific score by James Horner.