It’s never an easy path for a kid who falls in love with movies and spends their whole life wanting to be a director. For every Peter Jackson, Edgar Wright or Gareth Edwards there are countless more we never hear from. But spare a thought for Russian director Timur Bekmambetov. Interview by Drew Turney While Jackson… Continue reading DIRECTING ‘BEN-HUR’ –
INTERVIEW WITH TIMUR BEKMAMBETOV
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DIRECTING ‘BEN-HUR’ –
Fight Girl – On the set of ‘Raze’
It’s a long way from suburban Auckland to Hollywood, but when V&F spoke to Zoë Bell on the set of her new film Raze, there’s nowhere else the stuntwoman, star and producer seems more at home. Story by Drew Turney The group of identically dressed young women in white tank tops and grey tracksuit… Continue reading Fight Girl – On the set of ‘Raze’
Great White Shark – IMAX
A small band of filmmakers and scientists take shooting to new extremes to support the shark conservation efforts of Oceana and WildAid, and see just how far they can take their gear. By Drew Turney The latest and greatest to grace Australian IMAX screens, Great White Shark, unravels the mystery of the creature we… Continue reading Great White Shark – IMAX
REFIRING THE HUNGER GAMES
Despite taking the reins of one of the most successful movie brands of recent times, director Francis Lawrence didn’t break a sweat when Video&Filmmaker spoke to him in Los Angeles. By Drew Turney There was a palpable dread in Hollywood a few years back. The money-printing machines of Harry Potter and Twilight were drawing… Continue reading REFIRING THE HUNGER GAMES
Putting Stars In Space
One question that strikes cine-literate viewers during the awe-inspiring and terrifying exterior scenes of Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity is how exactly they were done? Drew Turney speaks to the film’s production designer Andy Nicholson. By Drew Turney It’s all so realistic that you can easily picture stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney suspended in a sound… Continue reading Putting Stars In Space