by Film School | Sep 15, 2022 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #299 Planning vs. Execution How much time or importance should we invest in planning/learning/theory, and how much time should we invest in hands-on execution? Planning can be an endless endeavor which leads to never finishing anything; but then again,...
by Film School | Sep 12, 2022 | Episodes, You Gotta See This!
Episode #298 Solaris (1972) There aren’t many sci-fi films that can approach 2001: A Space Odyssey. Tarkovsky’s Solaris does . . . and it might even surpass it, at least for the two of us. This week, we’re talking about the famed Russian...
by Film School | Aug 25, 2022 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #297 The Difference Between Amateur And Professional What is the difference between a professional and an amateur? We can all agree that the two aren’t the same thing, so what differentiates them? And if we are an amateur and want to be a...
by Film School | Aug 22, 2022 | Episodes, You Gotta See This!
Episode #296 Victoria (2015) Are you stealing? This week, we watch the Berlin-made, one-shot sensation Victoria. And yes, the did actually shoot the entire two-plus hour film in one take. It’s a love story, a poem to a drunken night out, AND a...
by Film School | Aug 11, 2022 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #295 The Danger of Not Writing What You Know Can you tell a story about a lesson that you, personally as the storyteller, haven’t learned yet? Or, put another way: what are the dangers of NOT writing what you know? Can the process of storytelling...
by Film School | Aug 8, 2022 | Episodes, You Gotta See This!
Episode #293 Hereditary (2018) “I am your MOTHER!” Man…this movie brings the noise. Toni Colette stars in the debut feature from newly minted scare-master Ari Aster. It’s a film about family trauma, grief, and how those two forces can...
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