Commentaries

  1. David Fincher filmmaking selections
  2. David Fincher on cinematography decisions
  3. David Fincher on responsibilities
  4. David Fincher on controlling scenes and performances
  5. David Fincher on movies
  6. Quentin Tarantino on the effect of non-linear structure
  7. Quentin Tarantino & Paul Thomas Anderson on audience & violence
  8. Quentin Tarantino on the power of cinema
  9. Jonathan Hensleigh on absurd & illogical scenes
  10. Wally Pfister on lighting Insomnia
  11. Jackson DeGovia on Die Hard and storytelling
  12. John McTiernan on filmmaking philosophy
  13. David Fincher on audience & test screenings
  14. David Fincher on filmmaking – megaselection
  15. John Sturges schools you on filmmaking (Bad Day At Black Rock laserdisc) – Part I
  16. John Sturges schools you on filmmaking – storytelling – Part II
  17. David Mamet on storytelling and directing
  18. John Toll, Jack Fisk and Grant Hill talk about Terrence Malick’s filmmaking aesthetic
  19. Alex Thomson on cinematography
  20. Arthur Cantrill on Dziga Vertov
  21. Renny Harlin on filmmaking
  22. Renny Harlin on action films
  23. Jan De Bont on filmmaking
  24. David Cronenberg on filmmaking
  25. David Cronenberg on filmmaking – Part II
  26. David Cronenberg on filmmaking – Part III
  27. François Truffaut: Letters (excerpts from Truffaut’s Letters read by BBC4)
  28. Luis Bunuel: My Last Breath
  29. Wim Wenders: Wings of Desire
  30. Tony Scott on filmmaking
  31. Tony Scott on filmmaking – Part II
  32. Tony Scott on filmmaking – Part III
  33. Paul Thomas Anderson on Max Ophuls
  34. Christopher Nolan on filmmaking – Part I
  35. How John Schwartzman & Michael Bay met
  36. Ridley Scott on breaking into the film business
  37. Ridley Scott on filmmaking – Part I
  38. Daniel Pearl on being a cinematographer
  39. Ridley Scott on filmmaking – Part II
  40. Paul Thomas Anderson on filmmaking – Part I
  41. Paul Thomas Anderson on filmmaking – Part II
  42. Philip Baker Hall & Paul Thomas Anderson on filmmaking – Part III
  43. Ridley Scott on being a director
  44. Ridley Scott on filmmaking – Part III
  45. Michael Cimino on filmmaking
  46. Michael Cimino on filmmaking – Part II
  47. Conrad Hall on being a cinematographer
  48. Ridley Scott on filmmaking – Part IV
  49. Robert Rodriguez gives advice to filmmakers
  50. Ridley Scott on filmmaking – Part V
  51. Alex Proyas & Ridley Scott on shot sizes
  52. Dariusz Wolski on cinematography
  53. Roger Ebert on cinema
  54. Bruce Block on Billy Wilder
  55. Richard Linklater on independent filmmaking – Part I
  56. Richard Linklater on independent filmmaking – Part II
  57. Richard Linklater on being a self-taught filmmaker
  58. David Fincher on filmmaking – Part II
  59. Claude Chabrol on the importance of style
  60. Kurt Russell & John Carpenter on the importance of vision
  61. Kevin Smith on film school
  62. Quentin Tarantino & Kevin Smith on directing
  63. Kevin Smith commentary for Batman (1989)
  64. Frank Darabont on a career in film
  65. Paul Thomas Anderson on filmmaking – Part IV
  66. Paul Thomas Anderson on filmmaking – Part V
  67. John Mctiernan on actors and filmmaking
  68. Ren Klyce on sound – Part I
  69. Ren Klyce on sound – Part II
  70. Martin Scorsese on filmmaking philosophy
  71. Ridley Scott on filmmaking (rare) – Part I
  72. Ridley Scott on filmmaking (rare) – Part II
  73. Francis Ford Coppola on filmmaking
  74. Frank Darabont on filmmaking – Part I
  75. Frank Darabont on filmmaking – Part II
  76. Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin on cinema verite – Part I
  77. Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin on cinema verite – Part II
  78. David Fincher on film marketing
  79. Mark Romanek on music videos – Part I
  80. Mark Romanek on music videos – Part II
  81. Michael Mann on filmmaking – Part I
  82. Michael Mann on filmmaking – Part II
  83. Michael Mann on his process
  84. Michael Mann on filmmaking – Part III
  85. Steven Soderbergh and Neil Labute on filmmaking – Part I
  86. Steven Soderbergh and Neil Labute on filmmaking – Part II
  87. Jack Lemmon on acting – Part I
  88. Jack Lemmon on acting – Part II
  89. Frank Urioste on film editing
  90. Christopher McQuarrie on filmmaking – Part I
  91. Christopher McQuarrie on filmmaking – Part II
  92. Frank Darabont on filmmaking – Part III
  93. Frank Darabont on filmmaking – Part IV
  94. Gus Van Sant on remaking Psycho
  95. Steven Soderbergh and Mark Romanek on filmmaking – Part I
  96. Steven Soderbergh and Mark Romanek on filmmaking – Part II
  97. Steven Soderbergh and Mark Romanek on filmmaking – Part III
  98. Albert Hughes and Peter Deming on filmmaking – Part I
  99. Albert Hughes on filmmaking – Part II
  100. John McTiernan on beginnings (2014)
  101. John McTiernan on filmmaking philosophy – Part II (2014)
  102. John Carpenter and Jared Harris on acting
  103. John Carpenter and Jared Harris on stage fright
  104. John Carpenter and Jared Harris on filmmaking
  105. James Mangold on filmmaking – Part I
  106. James Mangold on filmmaking – Part II
  107. James Mangold on filmmaking – Part III
  108. Ridley Scott on filmmaking – Part VIII

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  3. I’ll be using this website to carry me through a week of blindness (no glasses); much appreciated. And I’m sure I’ll stop by after too. Cheers, and truly thank you.

  4. I also made the comment right above this, so I’m still blind—- Keep going dude. if you like doing this, keep doing it. This is essential for film, it’s a great way to learn about film, and honestly better than practically every other way except actually making film and/or watching/studying, thinking/reflecting about film.. Keep adding more and more. And if I may add, if possible, full commentaries on ones you think are really good.

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  7. Future analysis could include Luc Besson, Brian De Palma, John Woo and Robert Zemeckis. Plenty of worthwhile sequences and techniques to study there.

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