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This episode is on Dirty Harry (1971). A cop and killer thriller, which saw Clint Eastwood’s obsessively determined title character go up against Andy Robinson’s psychotic Scorpio – even while a bureaucratic system does its best to hold him back.
The episode will include segments on the making of the film: story, casting, production to release and reception. Further making of stories will be included along with narratives of specific scenes and sequences. All of that and more on this episode of The Cinephiles.
Making the Movie Source Books and Articles
Clint Eastwood: A Biography, by Richard Schickel
Eastwood, Directing is Knowing the Concept you Want and Getting It.’ Kodak Professional Forum, 1982
An Interview with John Milius, by Ken Plume, IGN, 2003
An Interview with John Milius - IGN
Siegel at 59: Director, Rebel, ‘Star’, by Paul Gardner, New York Times, 1972
Siegel at 59: Director, Rebel, ‘Star’ - The New York Times
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Blade Runner (1982) Part II1 Mar· The Cinephiles- Listen later
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This is the continuation of the Blade Runner (1982) episode. Part II will include segments on the making of the film from the remainder of pre-production, through to the end of shooting principal photography: a fresh voice to the story, financial drama, Philip K Dick voicing his opinion, building the sets and the vehicles, then trouble on the shoot with – time and money, the actors, the crew, and a t shirt war, closing with the final days of the shoot and firings. All that and more on this episode of The Cinephiles.
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- Blade Runner (1982) Part I7 Feb· The Cinephiles
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This episode is on Blade Runner (1982). The future sci-fi neo noir starred Harrison Ford as a detective – or Blade Runner – charged with hunting and ‘retiring’ rogue slave labour synthetic humanoids known as replicants, who have dared to return to an Earth which has banished them, in search of answers. Led by Rutger Hauer’s Roy Batty, these replicants will not go quietly into that good night.
This first part of the episode will include segments on the film’s preproduction: story, finance, directors, deals, design and casting. All that and more on this episode of The Cinephiles.
Making the Movie Source Books, Articles and Documentary
Future Noir (Revised & Updated Edition): The Making of Blade Runner, by Paul M. Sammon
All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners, by Rutger Hauer, with Patrick Quinlan
From the Blade Runner Special in the American Society of Cinematographers, July 1982 edition
Production Design and Photography, by Herb A. Lightman and Richard Patterson
https://theasc.com/articles/blade-runner-set-design
Special Photographic Effects, Excerpts from an Interview with David Dryer
https://theasc.com/articles/blade-runner-photographic-effects
Also from the American Society of Cinematographers, Beyond the Frame: Blade Runner, by David E. Williams,
https://theasc.com/articles/beyond-the-frame-blade-runner-1982
Ridley Scott Will Never Stop Directing: “Shut Up and Go Make Another Movie”
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/ridley-scott-interview-gladiator-2-alien-blade-runner-1236049190/
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner, Director Charles de Lauzirika
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- Dirty Harry (1971)31 Dec 2024· The Cinephiles
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This episode is on Dirty Harry (1971). A cop and killer thriller, which saw Clint Eastwood’s obsessively determined title character go up against Andy Robinson’s psychotic Scorpio – even while a bureaucratic system does its best to hold him back.
The episode will include segments on the making of the film: story, casting, production to release and reception. Further making of stories will be included along with narratives of specific scenes and sequences. All of that and more on this episode of The Cinephiles.
Making the Movie Source Books and Articles
Clint Eastwood: A Biography, by Richard Schickel
Eastwood, Directing is Knowing the Concept you Want and Getting It.’ Kodak Professional Forum, 1982
An Interview with John Milius, by Ken Plume, IGN, 2003
An Interview with John Milius - IGN
Siegel at 59: Director, Rebel, ‘Star’, by Paul Gardner, New York Times, 1972
Siegel at 59: Director, Rebel, ‘Star’ - The New York Times
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- The Terminator (1984)13 Nov 2024· The Cinephiles
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This episode is on The Terminator (1984). An action-thriller-horror-sci-fi-chase extravaganza that solidified star status for lead Arnold Schwarzenegger and put writer/director James Cameron definitively on the map.
The episode will include segments on the making of the film: story, casting, production, release and reception. Further making of stories will be included along with narratives of favourite scenes and sequences. All of that and more on this episode of The Cinephiles.
Making the Movie Source Books and Articles
BFI Film Classics, The Terminator, by Sean French
https://shop.bfi.org.uk/the-terminator-bfi-film-classics-paperback.html
Total Recall, My Unbelievably True Life Story, by Arnold Schwarzenegger
https://www.schwarzenegger.com/totalrecall
James Cameron Interview, Film Comment, Jan-Feb. 1985
https://www.filmcomment.com/issue/january-february-1985/
Terminator Feature, Cinefantastique, Oct. 1985
James Cameron, Films and Filming, Aug. 1986
The Low-Budget Hit that Made a Name for James Cameron, Martin Perlman
Creator James Cameron on Terminator’s Origins, Arnold as Robot, Machine Wars, Wired.com
https://www.wired.com/2009/03/ff-cameron/
The Terminator at 30: An Oral History, Entertainment Weekly
https://ew.com/article/2014/07/17/the-terminator-oral-history/
The Terminator Came to me in a Dream: A New Interview with James Cameron, British Film Institute
https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/terminator-james-cameron
Adam Greenberg on The Terminator, American Society of Cinematographers.
https://theasc.com/articles/the-terminator
Big Effects from Small Packages, The L.A. Times
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-17-ca-11310-story.html
State of the Art of F/X, MovieMaker
https://www.moviemaker.com/state-of-the-art-of-fx-3271/
The Making of The Terminator’s Laser-Sighted .45 Pistol, Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2010/03/just-what-you-see-the-story-behind-the-45-long-slide-laser-siting/
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- Rocky (1976)7 Oct 2024· The Cinephiles
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This episode is on Rocky (1976). Though known for being the quintessential underdog sports movie, it’s as much a study of the main character and his struggle for relevance in a hard world. The episode will include segments on the making of the film: story, casting, production, release and reception. Further making of stories will be included along with favourite scenes and sequences. All of that and more on this episode of The Cinephiles.
Making the Movie Source Articles
“The Right Hook” (Entertainment Weekly)
https://ew.com/article/2002/02/19/how-rocky-nabbed-best-picture/
“Reel Life” (ESPN)
https://www.espn.com/page2/s/closer/020529.html
“’Rocky Isn’t Based on Me’ Says Stallone, ‘But We Both Went the Distance’” (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/28/archives/rocky-isnt-based-on-me-says-stallone-but-we-both-went-the-distance.html
“Henry Winkler Revealed How the Fonz saved Rocky” (MeTV)
https://www.metv.com/stories/henry-winkler-revealed-how-the-fonz-saved-rocky
“The Photography of Rocky” – James Crabe (American Society of Cinematographers)
https://theasc.com/articles/the-photography-of-rocky
“Rocky – The Man Behind the Theme Tune” -Bill Conti (BBC News)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38381858
Steadicam Letter Vol 1, #3, from Dec. ’88; and Vol 1, #3, from Mar. 89
https://www.stabilizer-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/v1n3dec88.pdf
https://www.stabilizer-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/v1n4mar89.pdf
“The Invention That Shot Rocky Up Those Steps” (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/movies/steadicam-movies-garrett-brown.html
“Interview with Garrett Brown, Inventor of the Steadicam (The Wayback Machine)
https://web.archive.org/web/20091027051147/http://www.geocities.com/steadicamjr/garrettinterview.htm
Garrett Brown Interview (No Film School)
https://nofilmschool.com/2016/12/garrett-brown-steadicam-inventor-interview
“A Million to One: Remembering ‘Rocky’ on its 40th Anniversary” (The Digital Bits)
https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/history-legacy-showmanship/million-to-one-remembering-rocky-40th
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- Owning Mahowny (2003)22 Aug 2024· The Cinephiles
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This episodes film is 2003's Owning Mahowny, starring the late, great, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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