We’re getting excited about IFFBoston 2013, and a slew of Q&A’s from last years Festival have just come out. This weeks video of the week is a Q & A with the director of “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,” Alison Klaymen. “Ai Weiwei” is an incredible documentary about the controversial contemporary Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei. Best known …
It’s no surprise that a film like “The Avengers,” is filled with an insane amount of effects. But the amount of detail, especially in the film’s final battle scene in the streets of New York, is staggering. This great behind the scenes video from ILM shows great insight into just how much of the city …
This great Science-Fiction Short film was made for $600 and features some great effects for a high concept low budget short. The film is written and directed by Jesse O’Brien, and tells the story of a mercenary stranded on a desert planet. Check out the film below! Arrowhead: Signal from Jesse O'Brien on Vimeo.
I admire Max Fleischer, the 30s are one of my favorite periods in cinema, as well as animation. Fleischer’s contribution to the world of animation especially in the 30s and 40s with his Popeye and Superman cartoons are amazing. This short piece showcases two country folk coming in to the Worlds fair, and find themselves …
While people’s thoughts on Prometheus were a bit polarizing, it’d be hard to deny that the visual effects in the film were something to shrug your shoulders at. Ridley Scott and his team did an amazing job building a beautiful, unique, and alien world for the film to take place in. This reel from MPC Visual Effects …
Here at LonelyReviewer, we love behind the scenes stuff. In this video from the SoundWorks Collection, Sound Supervisor and Sound Designer Erik Aadahl discuss the sound of Director Ben Affleck’s Argo. A lot of work went into designing the sound of Tehran, Iran in 1979, and I love the detail in this video. Check it out …
I’m a big fan of recut and mashed-up trailers, this one is no exception. Brad Hansen of Craveonline.com has taken the Dark Knight Rises trailer and mixed it with the Lion King to create, “The Lion King Rises.” Happy Monday!
Ice Hockey director Larry Cohen has finally released his last Kickstarter funded film, Brothers, online, to promote fundraising for his latest film, The Worst – which stars Dean Winters (Oz, 30 Rock, and best known as “Mayhem” in the All State Commercials). Brothers was an official election of the San Francisco International Film Festival, and …
I am super psyched for the release of Prometheus this weekend, I wasn’t fortunate enough to get to a press screening – but I’ve got my tickets prepurchased, and I’m looking forward to it. Until then, I’m avoiding absolutely everything written about it – interviews and reactions are totally off limits. Adapted trailers however, are …
It’s no secret that one of my favorite films of 2011 was Scorsese’s excellent HUGO – this popped up online a few days ago. It looks like someone attached a wide angle go-pro-like device on the steadicam rig, to give you a nice perspective into the great tracking shot in the end of the film. …