Celebrating today's Final Fantasy VII Revelation announcement with messages from Producer Yoshinori Kitase, Director Naoki Hamaguchi and Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura ⬇️
The Guns N’ Roses song “November Rain” has one of the longest and most epic backstories in rock.
Axl Rose began writing it in 1983, before he had even formed Guns N’ Roses. At that time, he was already playing it on the piano in hotel rooms and during rehearsals. The song slowly evolved over the years, incorporating grand orchestral arrangements and becoming a nearly nine-minute power ballad.
The main inspiration for the lyrics and the music video’s concept comes from the short story “Without You,” written by Del James, a close friend of the band. It tells the story of a musician who loses the love of his life. A tale of pain, loss, and grief that resonated deeply with Axl.
When they finally recorded it for the album Use Your Illusion I (1991), it became a monumental production. It featured a full orchestra, piano, acoustic and electric guitars, and one of Slash’s most memorable solos.
Released as a single in 1992, it reached number 3 on the Billboard charts despite its unusual length and became a phenomenon thanks to the music video, one of the most expensive in rock history. It depicts a beautiful wedding with Stephanie Seymour (Axl’s girlfriend at the time) that ends in tragedy amid a torrential storm.
Undoubtedly one of the most beautiful ballads of all time
It's weird how the announcement of FFVII Remake happening felt like a bigger deal than FFVII Remake actually releasing.
Anyway fun fact about the FF7R 2015 reveal trailer, the reason they didn't show Cloud's face in the trailer was because at that time Nomura says he hadn't decided on the look of the cast yet and was toying with going fully photoreal for character faces, which is also why the regular people you see in the 2015 reveal have more photorealistic faces compared to NPC's in the final game. It was a few months later he settled on the semi realistic style, but even then Cloud's face went through 100 different iterations.
A icônica dança ao pôr do sol em La La Land (2016) continua sendo uma obra-prima da técnica cinematográfica.
Capturada em um único take contínuo com uma única câmera, essa sequência de seis minutos não teve cortes ocultos. Para conseguir aquele céu roxo perfeito, a equipe tinha apenas 30 minutos por dia durante a hora dourada real no Griffith Park.
Ryan Gosling e Emma Stone ensaiaram por três meses para garantir que cada passo fosse impecável, já que um único erro significava esperar até o dia seguinte para tentar novamente.
“The only way I could do it is if we had Slash. I thought I gave them an impossible task. They were like, ‘We’ll do it’”: Ryan Gosling insisted Slash was flown in from Thailand to play a guitar solo at the Oscars https://t.co/oAwPJklh35
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✨🍿 Apple TV : 'Outcome', la nouvelle comédie déjantée avec Keanu Reeves
Apple TV vient de dévoiler la bande-annonce de Outcome, une comédie noire réalisée par Jonah Hill.
Le synopsis : Reef Hawk (Keanu Reeves), une star hollywoodienne sur le déclin, est victime d'un chantage suite à la découverte d'une vidéo mystérieuse. Pour sauver sa carrière, il entame un voyage spirituel et nostalgique afin de faire amende honorable auprès de ceux qu'il a blessés par le passé et identifier son maître chanteur.
Keanu Reeves sera entouré de Cameron Diaz, Matt Bomer, Jonah Hill et une apparition de Martin Scorsese.
Le film sera disponible exclusivement sur Apple TV le vendredi 10 avril 2026.