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IN 1975 I EDITED A FILM directed by Brian De Palma called Obsession. It was an independent production, and upon its completion, no studio in Hollywood would agree to release it because of an edgy plot development. After some thought,…
Continue reading Film Editing According to the Editor of STAR WARS
My plan was to create 2 posts about actor Michael Caine’s wisdom from the book Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life (2018). But there’s so much in it, that I decided to do a third one.…
Continue reading More About Film Acting from Master Michael Caine (& Part 3)
From the book Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life (2018), legendary actor Michael Caine shares a few tricks of his trade. For Part 1, click here. Acting is reacting When I’m learning my lines, I put…
Continue reading More About Film Acting from Master Michael Caine (Part 2)
Caine retiring? Recently a bit of news appeared that made me sad: Michael Caine, one of the best actors ever, was retiring. Of course, he has the right the withdraw from his profession and take it easy. Still, when I…
Continue reading More About Film Acting from Master Michael Caine (Part 1)
Reflections on the acting trade by a very popular actor Who is B.C.? For most, it means Before Christ, for the rest it means Bruce Campbell. Campbell is a film actor, basically a huge figure in the B-Movie world. His…
Continue reading The King of B-movies, Bruce Campbell, on Film Acting
Los Angeles, October 1971. A small film, made for television, is being shot near LA under the direction of a young and unknown director. The movie tells the story of “a man, a truck and an open road”. It has…
Continue reading DUEL’s 50th Anniversary: Let’s Celebrate the Most Unknown Classic
We’ve been asked by fans to keep the campaign open, as they will be able to help in a later date. We decided to do so.SO, YOU STILL CAN HELP!Please, donate at thedevilonwheelsmovie.com, IN EXCHANGE WE OFFER YOU YOUR NAME…
Continue reading Campaign for Documentary on Spielberg’s DUEL STILL LIVE NOW!!
(according to Arthur Miller, Henry James, Robert McKee, and Aaron Sorkin) In fiction, characters are not what they say but what they do. Action defines character. Some even say that action = character. Let’s check first what a couple of…
Continue reading For Screenwriters: How to Define Characters
This is an 8’29” video essay about the way colour is used to tell the story in Joker. More about JOKER’s look? Click here and you’ll get the Joker’s cinematographer himself, Lawrence Sher, telling you about his career and the…
A few weeks before this post has been written, on July 5th, 2021, Richard “Dick” Donner passed away. He had been the director behind very popular titles like The Omen (1976), Superman (1978), Ladyhawke (1985), the Lethal Weapon series (1987,…
Continue reading Film Director Richard Donner: In Loving Memory
