Most of these posters (all but Mulan and Tarzan) were designed by the late, legendary poster designer John Alvin. He's also responsible for the original Blade Runner poster, Gremlins, ET, Blazing Saddles, and a ton more.

I cover his legacy and career in a documentary I'm producing about film poster art (titled Twenty-Four by Thirty-Six) and have been fortunate enough to interview his widow, Andrea and a number of his friends about his legacy.

John was a truly fantastic talent and I feel honored to be able to cover his work on film.

http://www.johnalvinart.com/Filmography.aspx

EDIT - Wow, top comment. Rad. I should let you guys know that a book of John's art, featuring both released posters and unreleased works, will be out soon. His wife Andrea, a really lovely and amazing lady, worked insanely hard to get all of the licensing together in order to release it. If you're into this kind of stuff be sure to check it out. Here it is on Amazon Thanks to /u/acog for tracking it down.

A few people have asked about the doc. If you're interested you can find more info at www.twentyfourbythirtysix.com The trailer on site is old, made before we went full tilt into production, but we have another trailer coming soon.

EDIT 2 - Thanks for the Reddit Gold, anonymous donor!

Cool. Stay in touch if you want. Always happy to talk about movies.

If you were referring to The Dreamers by Bertolucci, I adore that movie. And Das Boot and The Lives of Others are also great.

If you like colour have you seen In the Mood for Love or The Darjeeling Limited?

I really like this book, as far as a list of what to watch if you want to ensure you've seen a lot of the greatest movies. The book is excellent because there is a concise blurb about each movie that explains why it is considered special or important. It has a good cross section of titles from around the globe.

http://www.amazon.com/1001-Movies-You-Must-Before/dp/0764167901/ref=sr_1_1

Have a good sleep.

Glad my points didn't come across as snarky. The movie, in my opinion is somewhere between fair and good. The changes they made were alright and I'm glad they got the musical on film, but it does not stand up to the original stage production.

If you ever come across, and are so inclined, you should check out the original cast production with Bernadette Peters and an amazing ensemble cast. If you enjoy musicals, I think you could enjoy it. If you aren't a musical fan, you may want to steer clear.

Take care.

http://www.amazon.com/Into-The-Woods-Stephen-Sondheim/dp/B000W0VA3E

Alright, after reading part of The Science of Interstellar apparently it's because the fifth dimension is very much compressed compared to the lower dimensions.

I'm going to type this all up, a summary of the chapter about bulk space. Gimme a few minutes.

Explanation

So, first, gravity. Gravity in our regular universe decreases by the inverse square law, and you can visualize this by drawing lines out (see diagram on the left) outwards from any body with gravity, let's say the sun.

Now, if I am at distance r, the number of tendex lines over a certain area at that distance will give me the strength of gravity. This means in three dimensions, it correlates to the increase in surface area of a sphere. So, let's say at 1 meter from an object the gravity is 4πr (r in this case is 1) m/s^2. At 2 meters, it would be 4π4, or 16π, since 2^2 = r^2.

Now, since gravity can transcend dimensions, this means that gravity would also propagate in higher dimensional space. This means instead of the surface area, the strength of gravity will fade based on the change in volume of the sphere. (Integrating surface area) which would be 4/3πr^3. This means gravity would run by an inverse cube law, which means it would be incredibly weak and the planets would fly off.

So how in interstellar can people traverse meaningful distances in the 4th dimension, but not fuck up the rest of physics? Well that results in the ante-de-sitter warp of the bulk. So let's assume we go back to Romilly's paper universe, where our universe is two dimensions (paper thin) and the "bulk" or hyperspace is three dimensional. We can't have gravity escape away from the paper, so we instead only allow it to escape an infinitesimally small amount by having the amount of traversable space in the bulk decrease with its distance from our universe.

Here is a diagram of how this works. The lines are tendex lines of gravity, and the out-back direction is the direction of hyperspace. Our universe (or "brane") is the orange plane. This basically prevents the volume of the sphere being significant and prevents it from dispersing gravity.

This also presents another possibility - that the space in the bulk between Gargantua and Earth is much smaller than the distance in real space, although this is technically not a wormhole.

The distance would shrink by a factor of a few trillion, changing the distance between Coop and Earth from billions of light years to only tens of millions of miles (1 AU)

The "confining branes" 1.5cm from our universe are at the distance necessary to allow for gravity to not screw up, but allows for space to accomplish meaningful actions outside of our brane. (This is where the tesseract was located)

Therefore once the tesseract collapsed, Coop had already travelled the distance back to earth due to the excessive time dilation he had already experienced around the black hole. As a fun thought experiment, ante-de-sitter warping is actually one of the theories used to unify string theory and it's 11 dimensions and the escape of gravity as a way to account for dark energy repulsing the universe. (Gravity forces could be leaking into our universe from the bulk, and it's only noticeable on very large scales such as galaxy clusters)

tl;dr Space inside the tesseract was smaller than regular space because physics, and this with the time dilation meant Cooper was already home by the time the tesseract collapsed. Hyperbeings just needed to push him in the right direction.

Also the pictures are from a later chapter of the book that my sister got me for Christmas. Thanks Karen!

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I'd have him read something to get himself situated with the filmography and technical aspects of a scene, shot, and film as a whole. This is what distinguishes a good film from other mediums (I'd recommend The 5 C's of Cinematography, which can be found free online, or in print.)

Then just show him films you enjoy. Point out why you enjoy them. Long shots, editing, acting, whatever. Once he finds something he enjoys, he'll go out and find his own favorites and be able to intellectually convey why he believes they are good.

Hard to tell since the Bluray is not out.. but I would assume i would enjoy the movie.. that leaves 3 other discs of content. I can also assume i would enjoy the HD Free Digital download...

The digital download soundtrack would be nice on my Ipod, i would enjoy that.

I may even buy

http://www.amazon.com/Marvels-The-Avengers-Four-Disc-Combo/dp/dp/B0083SBMGW

since it contains all the Avenger Movies in Bluray

It's really not "revisionist history."

There was a book published a while back called "The Secret History of Star Wars." It goes through every incarnation of the screenplays, and includes interviews with most of the important figures behind the original trilogy (Lucas, Kurtz, Marcia, Kershner, Kasdan, etc.) and really pinpoints who inspired who and when.

Kurtz was a major influence on the early drafts. He told Lucas what would and wouldn't be possible, and gave Lucas regular tips on his screenplays (which changed drastically through every draft). Without Kurtz, the main character would be a kid named Mace Windu, Han Solo would be an alien, C-3PO would be a "used car salesman"-type droid, and there would have been a lot more political influences (Palpatine was originally heavily inspired by Richard Nixon).

Seriously, go check it out. It's a great book, and highlights that Lucas had a TON of great ideas, but he (self-admittedly) had trouble translating them to paper. He hated writing, and Kurtz was one of his major encouragements to keep at it.

I think Lucas is/was a genius for creating SW. I adore the man. But I also recognize that he had a lot of help, and - just like the story of the main characters - SW was a saga of many moving parts. It was Lucas' grand vision, yes, but... without Kurtz, Kasdan, Kershner, etc., Star Wars would be very different from what it is today.

Here are my recommendations:

1) If you have a last-gen console, pick up the Deadpool game - it's completely faithful to the character. It was my first lengthy exposure to Deadpool, and it's fucking hilarious. I'd suggest the PC version for the best experience, but some deal with the publisher being bought or whatnot caused them to remove all of the online sales of it. It's cheap on last gen consoles.

2) Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe and Deadpool Killustrated.

3) A good intro to the character is this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzcuh118f2s

Hope this helps.

Seriously. Get the game. It's fucking hilarious, and chopping people up is a lot of fun.

I recently discovered Making Movies, written by one of the most innovative American directors of our time, to be a great layperson's walkthrough of the experience (from a director's point of view, from pre- to post-production).

This is a little more technical and specialized, but The Five C's of Cinematography is a great breakdown of how and why cameras affect a movie.

Otherwise, I'd say looking up BTS featurette videos gives some fascinating insights. HBO released one for a very complex sequence in the latest episode of Game of Thrones (spoiler alert, obviously) here

As mentioned by /u/hereisatoptip , Prometheus, Avatar and LOTR are positively stuffed with goodies. The Alien Anthology and Star Wars complete saga box sets are amazing, although navigating the bonus material in both is a bit of a PITA. The Star Trek 'classic films' box set actually included some great bonus features, even though the remasters of the films themselves left a bit to be desired. Also, the Blade Runner five-disc Collector's Edition has pretty much everything a BR fanatic could want, including the original workprint and the tremendous 'Strange Days' documentary.

>Why do people always say this? How did Lucas become what he hated or like the empire at all? I really don't understand this."

Sorry, but your position is uninformed.

Let's begin with George Lucas in 1970, a fresh USC grad about to begin work on THX-1138 with Francis Ford Coppola. The movie ultimately flops badly. He then moves on and tries to get American Graffiti made, but no one wants it. Even after it's a surprise hit, it's still hard to get his dream made, Star Wars, because no one believes in Sci-Fi films because of Ed Wood (among other reasons). Lucas, then, was much like Luke Skywalker, the underdog taking on the big studios in order to score a Death Star-sized hit. He was passionate about his films and getting them made and nothing else, at least professionally.

Star Wars eventually gets made by Fox and is a hit. The rest is history and the franchise generates nearly $30 billion from 1977 to 2012, before the Disney deal. To get there, Lucas signed multiple deals with multiple gigantic corporate conglomerates to pimp out the franchise and grow Star Wars into the consumerist wet dream it is today. As one example, of many, in 2012 (before the Disney deal), VW ran a Superbowl ad that featured a cutesy Darth Vader kid trying to use the Force. Want to know what else the company was doing at this time? It has something to do with violating the Clean Air Act and deceiving the American people into believing their cars were environmentally friendly.

Star Wars, under Lucas, did promotions with nearly every big company you have ever heard of. The list of affiliations and partnerships and tie-ins with companies that have done horrible things in the name of profit is endless. Star Wars-themed products, under Lucas, have ranged from toilet paper to Jar-Jar Binks lollipops. And all of those decisions go back to Lucas, who acquired the merchandising rights to the series back before A New Hope was made, by giving up $500,000 in directing fees to Fox.

Ultimately, Lucas WAS Star Wars until he sold it off to Disney (he would later seemingly regret the decision in an interview with Charlie Rose and refer to Disney as 'white slavers').

Lucas did help make the Indiana Jones series with Spielberg, but he never made another film until the prequels because he was busy maintaining the empire he had built through all of the toys, promotions and tie-ins. Lucas had successfully turned his beloved property into a cash machine.

Yes, he was also expanding ILM and Skywalker Sound at this time (with SW money), and while expanding your vision and making sure your creation stays in your hands (until Disney calls with $4 billion), is admirable, especially in this day and age of no-shame franchise movies, Lucas became the worst of that extreme. Filmmaking is widely referred to as a collaborative process by those who know it best, and Lucas, during the prequels, exercised complete control. He did not listen to (or did not hear) any suggestions from colleagues, who were too scared to question the giant. And look how those films turned out. The Secret History of Star Wars reportedly details how this came to be, speaking to George's discomfort with Irvin Kershner's handling of ESB and the effect this had on him not taking anyone else's opinion in the future. Hence the flaws of Return of the Jedi and the prequels. It's also worth noting that ESB was the film Lucas was furthest removed from, and it is commonly acknowledged as the best Star Wars film. Lucas, on the other hand, believes it's the worst Star Wars movie ever made, including the prequels.

To add to the list, try to find a home video release of the originals. They don't exist. Why? Because Lucas believes his crummy special editions are superior. All of the films have been re-released multiple times in both theaters and on home video, but never in their original forms, save for some Laserdisc bullshit and a re-release on the special edition DVDs that featured low-quality audio, perhaps on purpose.

Look, I like the guy. Star Wars is my favorite thing. I think he was noble in his intentions of wanting complete control, but I also think, somewhere down the line, this got the better of him and he, at very fucking least, sold out.

So, um, yeah... that's why people always say this.

So, I feel that some movies really benefit from detailed explanations. Primer being one of my favorites. When you start to look at the layers and causality in Primer, it becomes a better film.

For me, The Fountain is better experienced as is. I never ask "What is really going on?" during any particular scene, I just accept it all as part of the experience. And I very much enjoy the overall tale it weaves.

Same thing when you look through the book Aronofsky put together for The Fountain.

The only additional interpretation I would layer on to the Fountain is loosely based on Tibetan Buddhism, but articulated best for me by Laurie Anderson in her film Heart of a Dog, which is:

"Death is the release of love."

I think The Fountain is a much better movie than people give it credit for. After watching it and reading the graphic novel I think that The Fountain tells a great story in an novel way. It could have been better, but it was still pretty good.

A few of these endings are handled in the musical "Into the Woods". I saw the play put on by my high school when I was younger and remember being disgusted but entertained by the misfortune of many of the characters. I highly recommend.

EDIT: Here's a link to the best performance IMO: Amazon Instant

I have worked it out... well I googled it and now my popcorn tastes like it was fresh popped in a theater.

You need to:

1. cook in coconut oil
   
2. use Flavacol salt added to the oil before popping
   
   There is special coconut oil but I just use plain the special stuff is just colored.
   
   I use a fancy schmancy popcorn popper that lets the steam out but you should get excellent results following this advice (but still add the Flavacol to the oil with the kernels)
   

I know this is an old topic, and this comment will probably never be seen, but this film was not a "flop" because there's really no such thing as a "flop" anymore.

Effectively no blockbuster movies that are made nowadays don't make back the money they cost. Many Hollywood films have broken even before they are even released. Hollywood financing is fascinating and incredibly elusive, and one thing you can be sure of is that the box office "figures" released are nothing but part of the marketing campaign.

If you're interested in the business side of big movie making, you absolutely must read The Hollywood Economist by Edward Epstein

If you are a fan of Wes Anderson this one is pretty great.

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A book like this may be of help to you. It suggests the best films from nearly every year from 1902 onwards.
https://www.amazon.com/1001-Movies-You-Must-Before/dp/0764166131

The look on Rick McCallum's face is priceless.

Also, I LOVE the Plinkett reviews.

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FACE?!" I couldn't stop laughing. I spit out this line every now and then as a reaction to something minor, and it still gives me a good giggle.

BTW, I would heartily recommend "The Secret History of Star Wars" by Michael Kaminsky:

https://www.amazon.com/Secret-History-Star-Wars/dp/0978465237/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2X43O7YDRXML1&keywords=the+secret+history+of+star+wars&qid=1551223399&s=gateway&sprefix=the+secret+history+of+star%2Caps%2C183&sr=8-1

It's a superbly researched and annotated book that focuses specifically on just the writing and production of the first six films. Kaminsky's prose is concise and dispassionate, and really just lets the facts stand by themselves.

I read it in less than a week and it's one of my favorite books of its kind.

John Alvin was one of the all-time great movie poster artists -- up there with Struzan and Peak and Amsel, IMHO. Here is his official webpage, and here is an art book collecting some of his work.

(The website used to have more content, but is still worth a look. Neither the site nor the book feature one of my favorite of his works: his unused poster design for Hook.)

Well I found it on Amazon, great movie:
https://www.amazon.com/Blade-Runner-Anniversary-Collectors-Blu-ray/dp/B008M4MB8K

Edit: Also another off Amazon that's currently in stock:
https://www.amazon.com/Runner-Five-Disc-Complete-Collectors-Blu-ray/dp/B000UBMWG4

How to Write Movies For f̶u̶n̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ Profit
By Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant

Great look at why movies can be crappy, but also how to exploit that to get money and do the things you love.

http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Movies-Fun-Profit-Billion/dp/1439186766

I completely understand your concern, because to someone not familiar with the musical, one might look at this as a potentially terrible modern take/mashup of classic Grimm fairytales.

But the reason this movie is so stacked with talent, is because it's the film adaptation to one of the most popular musicals of all time (arguably). Even in the featurette you see Stephen Sondeim and James Lapine, which leads people to think the film will stay fairly true to the musical. And if you're interested I'd suggest watching the 1988 Broadway version: http://amzn.com/B000W0VA3E

There is a comic Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero where, if I remember well there is a explanation about why they need two pilots or why they don´t use nukes.

PD: Also it is a great choice to warm up for the movie

Win.

However to those who expected something substantial, I recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Five-Cs-Cinematography-Techniques/dp/187950541X

He won't get 20% of the box office. The studio gets only a little more than 50% (the percentage changes week to week, so the total depends on exactly how well it holds over its entire run). Additionally, "gross" is usually a number defined by the contract; there's no standard definition. The studio has baked into the contract that they make a certain amount of money first before revenue gets shared. See The Hollywood Economist for more details.

He's certainly going to make a ton of money, don't get me wrong. But it's more complicated than looking at Box Office Mojo and multiplying by 0.20.

I love reading all these interpretations. This is one of my favorite movies and I get choked up through almost the entire film. I can't think of another story where the bond between characters is so strong. His love for her is the driving force behind his immortality and breaking the cycle of death and rebirth. The only way he can accept death at the end is to let her go.

If you are a fan of the movie, there is also a graphic novel based on the script before the movie was made.

I LOVE the Fantastic Mr. Fox release but I'm kind of irked it doesn't fit next to the others as it's in this nice thick cardboard casing.

BUT it goes well with this book I picked up, and then this one that starts it off!

One story corroborating

This article quotes a book specifically about the history of Star Wars.

How about another article?

Marcia Lucas even has an Oscar for her editing of Star Wars

Marcia Lucas had a significant hand in Star Wars.

George got lucky with marrying Marcia, just as much as he got lucky with Star Wars.

If you have other links/sources that can demonstrate that Lucas was the only brains behind all of Star Wars, I'd love to see them. Until then, I'm pretty sure the books and the Academy's awards will stand.

If you're looking for a totally creative experience that like no other before, go check out HER COMPOSITION starring the lovely Joslyn Jensen. Never seen anything like it...https://www.amazon.com/Her-Composition-Joslyn-Jensen/dp/B07BPFB594

Whether you're a screenwriter or not, this is a fun book to read

In that book, I learned:

1. Yes. When you write a screenplay, you always have someone in mind. Whether it's "the rock", or jack black, or Will Farrell. Knowing that actor and how they speak, helps write the dialogue.
   
   
2. Just about every A-list actor has their own personal writer (or writing team) who will re-write the dialogue once said Actor is signed on. This is to have the actor's scenes fit the actor's style/voice.

Thank you for posting "Way of the Gun"! It's my favorite movie! Just bought the Blu-Ray off of Amazon for $5.

I don't even need to click the link. I know from the thumnail exactly what this is.

Hard Ticket To Hawaii.

And it's not alone in its batshit bonkers style. Filmmaker is Andy Sidaris, and he is responsible for this along with Malibu Express, Fit To Kill, and more. I highly recommend you spend all of $6 and buy this 12 movie collection of his work. It's the same as this previous collection I'm not really sure what the difference is between the two.

Do yourself and humanity a favor. Buy that collection of trash, grab a couple 12 packs, kidnap some friends, and start watching these.

> I still like Interstellar despite the backlash

Oh fun, I have a book for you! Link to it on Amazon

And yeah, listen to the commentary Lindelof does for the film if you want to feel the urge to gouge your eyes out. The guy is super full of himself and sees his stories as infallible, but I maintain that all the answers were still there. He left very little ambiguous, the most ambiguous thing I saw was "What in god's name was the reasoning for that guy just yanking off his helmet?"

Extra salt n extra butter.

But the secret to movie theater popcorn is the bomb ass powder known as Flavacol. Instantly makes all popcorn better.

Generally it's added to the kernels before popping but I also sprinkle a little on top after too.

The film had some scenarios ranging from extraordinarily unlikely to fantastically hopeful, then again it is a science fiction film. Time dilation can be a property of relativistic velocities, gravitational fields, or both. Here are a few links that my or may not assist you with the concept of what you define to be "pretty lame".

http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/RelativisticTimeDilationInMuonDecay/

http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/72173/was-the-time-dilation-caused-by-millers-planet-or-the-close-proximity-to-the-ga

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/equation-for-time-dilation-of-body-in-orbit-around-kerr-black-hole.781691/

http://www.amazon.com/Science-Interstellar-Kip-Thorne/dp/0393351378/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417905655&sr=8-1&keywords=kip+thorne+interstellar

For what it is worth, I am pretty much in disagreement with everyone on this planet as to the nature of black holes because I am unwilling to believe that our perceived universe is inherently irrational so much as it is not fully understood.

Your guess is as good as mine. If you search amazon I have found some additional information about the pacific rim universe, this book appears to be official.

http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Rim-Man-Machines-Monsters/dp/1608871827/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1381973576&sr=8-7&keywords=pacific+rim

And it appears there is more mecha than was actually included with the film.

This book also looks official, and interesting.

http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Rim-Tales-Legendary-Comics/dp/0785153942/ref=pd_sim_b_1

Buy it up, vote with you rdollars. Show the industry we want this and they will make more of it.

That's true, his wife I think (as attributed by many associated with the film) saved the film from mediocrity.
There's a great book that includes an entire chapter about her
http://www.amazon.com/The-Secret-History-Star-Wars/dp/0978465237

Theres also a fantastic article online out there about her, but I can't find it right now.

http://www.amazon.com/Runner-Five-Disc-Complete-Collectors-Blu-ray/dp/B000UBMWG4/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1311394383&sr=1-1

I'd say the wealth of extra content is easily worth the extra $10 than the standard edition.

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Here's a fantastic book that I used for a film class. It's great and goes through all the periods and innovations of film, up until about 2010. It's a bit expensive, but I think it was worth it:

http://www.amazon.com/Film-History-Introduction-Kristin-Thompson/dp/0073386138/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1416711681&sr=8-5&keywords=history+on+film

It's called flavacol, a salt that sticks to popcorn better, and you can buy it on Amazon.com. Add it to Snappy white popcorn and you'll have something better than the movie theater.

The standard textbook is Film History: An Introduction. Pretty thorough and a good read.

And for viewing, let the Criterion collection guide you.

I recommend you read The Science Behind Interstellar book as well, it goes into much greater detail of Kip Thorne's research than the choppy documentary did.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Science-Interstellar-Kip-Thorne/dp/0393351378

I heard Tales from Year Zero is a pretty good prequel. Haven't read it yet myself, though.

Not at all, that's the fun of the movie. There was a book published on the science of Interstellar. I recommend you check it out! amazon link.

10 year theater veteran checking in...

You need both proper seasoning and a proper device to make it in.

To make the popcorn, you'll need a popcorn maker that agitates the kernels. Most have this as a manual function. That means that, yes, you have to actually turn that knob for like three minutes. However, you'll get a great batch. This is the most important piece. Every commercial movie theater popper operates that exact same way, albeit in an automated mechanical fashion.

The second thing you need is proper seasoning. You can get pretty good taste with standard salt, but for authentic flavor you'll need butter salt.

So, toss in a cup of kernels and about four tablespoons of canola oil. Then put in a spoonful of butter salt. Turn on high and agitate at a consistent speed. Once popping starts, keep agitating until there are around three to five seconds between pops. Remove from heat and place in a bowl. Enjoy.

Completely untrue. It was because Lucas wanted a primitive army to defeat the technologically superior Empire, but Chewbacca had already been established as being as advanced as anyone else, so he made them tiny rather than huge. Source.

Amazon Link for those interested. Not sure if it's been posted yet. If so, oh well. :)

You can't go wrong with Bordwell and Thompson's Film History: An Introduction. It's not really concise but really easy to read and navigate through.

Get This edition. All five cuts. I got it for like $15 at best buy

They're most certainly not coincidence. Wes Anderson is on record about each and every one of these shots and the movies that inspired them. It's all in Matt Zoller Seitz' book The Wes Anderson Collection.

As I said in an earlier comment, Anderson does tons of these recreation shots from classic French New Wave films and their cinematic children (Hal Ashby in particular...) and this video is only the tip of the iceberg.

With regard to the Hal Ashby influence on Anderson... just look at the trailer for Harold and Maud (1971). If that doesn't read like a Wes Anderson movie, I don't know what does.

A few Andy Sidaris movies.

Hard Ticket to Hawaii comes to mind immediately.

I recommend this set. Lot of fun movies in there for $5.

Currently $158.20 on Amazon, with free shipping. Link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083SBMGW/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0083SBMGW&linkCode=as2&tag=furblo-20

Thompson and Bordwell wrote what I've heard is the quintessential history of film book called Film History: An Introduction. It's a textbook so it's textbook expensive but if you shop around you might be able to find a cheap copy. It is pretty readable and goes very in depth.

If you liked this, you might like Kip Thorne's book The Science of Interstellar.

He did make a graphic novel of it which will give you some insight. He did the same with Noah as well. Amazon link for you: https://www.amazon.com/Fountain-Darren-Aronofsky/dp/1401200583/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503922489&sr=8-1&keywords=the+fountain+graphic+novel

This book. It's great.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Hollywood-Economist-2-0-Financial/dp/1612190502

Not based on one, but there will be a graphic novel prequel anthology released in June.

Amazon link HERE

I might check it out at my local shop when it comes out.

Yes, Aronofsky says the illustrated version is his original script and designs --before the budget got chopped:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401200583.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V36074304_.jpg

But it seems he always imagined the Doctor's "fantasy Zen spacecraft" as a bubbleship: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/51/94/a1/5194a135e9f3fd70a3c21d0ecdba583e.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/1001-Movies-You-Must-Before/dp/0764166131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398178320&sr=8-1&keywords=1000+movies+to+see+before+you+die

I got an older version of this for Christmas one year and I loved it.

For anyone curious about the book that /u/AnonyMouse32 refers to, here it is on Amazon. Looks like it'll be released in late August.

Kip Thorne (executive producer of Interstellar and Astrophysicist) has a book titled "The Science of Interstellar"

Going to read it after watching this movie. Hopefully it's easy to understand for those of us without a strong knowledge of wormholes, blackholes, etc.

Anyone here read it yet? Only one review on amazon.

Here it is on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393351378/

"Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero" is a prequel graphic novel. del Toro has said that he built a huge world for the movie, but obviously wasn't able to fit it all in. He said that there is a possibility to make this single release graphic novel into a series.

If anyone wants to read about all that went into the science of this film, I bought this book off Amazon last year and adored it:

The Science of Interstellar https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393351378/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_g8NRCbHT5WHFF

Back in 2009, I got that exact five disc set, except it was the Blu Ray, for $20 after shipping from Amazon. True story.

The opposite is actually true. To get the time dilation they needed for the story, Kip Thorne had to go to extremes. Nearly 100% of the theoretical limit on a black hole's spin was used to achieve the needed lorentz transformation. Gravity is actually on the lowest end of the fundamental forces hierarchy.

It's a bit aggravating having the uninitiated casually dismissing the science behind the film. Some of the film was impossible and some was implausible. This is addressed in The Science of Interstellar. It's harsh to say but layman should be careful about dismissing qualified scientists' models in favor of their feelings and common sense.

Here are some links for the product in the above comment for different countries:

Amazon Smile Link: http://smile.amazon.com/The-Way-Blu-ray-Benicio-Toro/dp/B002NPY7EU/ref=sr_1_1


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You can get a similar machine for pretty cheap, and just use Flavacol.

https://www.amazon.com/Gold-Medal-Prod-Flavacol-Seasoning/dp/B004W8LT10

Boom. Movie theater popcorn.

For anyone wondering how much this costs, (Trailers like this conveniently leave out the price) it's $219.00 "list price" and 139 on Amazon.

Source

Book is written by the script writers, and has some really good storys


http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Movies-Fun-Profit-Billion/dp/1439186766

> My personal reason. My home theater falls into the category of "just good enough"

A growing issue is it is becoming more and more affordable for people to own home theater setups that surpass the theater experience. The only thing that I feel my personal setup doesn't beat is a true imax. Other than that being able to cuddle on the couch in my jammies with popcorn that cost under a dollar far beats any experience a theater can deliver.

Pro-tip: Flavacol your popcorn.

The Incredible Hulk is most definitely in the Phase One Box Set https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0083SBMGW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_QOYyxbK6TQTJD

Get one of these and ensure you use this with it and it's exactly the same and much cheaper.

It takes about 5 minutes to make a large popcorn that's movie theater quality.

a book that you may like.

it's actually a good read.

Tales from Year Zero is a prequel comic book that goes into detail about the very first year the kaiju appeared.

Probably the closest we will get to a true prequel, unless the animated series goes into this sort of stuff.

I bought that same book around 10 years ago as well. My intention was to watch as many as I could, no matter how long it took, and to write a short note in the book on what I thought of the film and date the entry. Seemed like it would be a cool project to work on.

Unfortunately I got lazy and never got around to it. It is still sitting untouched on my bookshelf.

Here is a link to buy the book if anyone is interested.

It is a newer version than the one I have, which has Jack on the cover.

always feel the need to mention the graphic novel, which is stunning in its own right. now just need a vinyl release of the OST.

Get this or the dvd version. The collectors edition has all 3 cuts of a fantastic film. Between Theatrical, Directors, and Final cut you can really see all of the different versions of the film. Plus there is a lot of cool extras.

You forgot nearly every movie in the complete Andy Sidaris catalogue, pretty much the industry luminary for boring jet ski and RC action scenes

For your viewing pleasure, the jet ski chase scene from the 1998 classic "The Return To Savage Beach"

There was a movie theater employee AMA or something like that, I think they put this thing in them.

Looks like it includes Incredible Hulk to me

You can get 12 of his movies for next to nothing on this dvd set (http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Guns-G-Strings-Sidaris-Collection/dp/B004HHX9OQ) It is really worth it!

Forgot the most important thing!

UK Link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fountain-SC-Darren-Aronofsky/dp/1401200583

US Link - https://www.amazon.com/Fountain-Darren-Aronofsky/dp/1401200583

Here you go. EDIT: Since I explained it wrong, here's my original source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/comments/27tygi/whats_the_closest_i_can_get_to_cinemastyle/ci4cldp/

Found a previous comment about this and used the guy's amazon links and replicated movie popcorn at home...

Popcorn Maker
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Northern-Popcorn-Original-Popper/dp/B005T3P6PM/

Popcorn Oil - Coconut variety (don't worry it doesn't taste coconutty)
https://www.amazon.com/Paragon-Coconut-Popcorn-Popping-Gallon/dp/B002YLI9E2

Popcorn Salt
https://www.amazon.com/Gold-Medal-Prod-Flavacol-Seasoning/dp/B004W8LT10

This setup will last you forever, you'll get sick of popcorn before you get through any of these. You do need to season the popper, just follow the directions. Its a metal pot after all.

My personal was to store the oil in my pantry so it was cool and dark. I had to icecream scoop a giant dollop of it into a cup and microwaved it to be liquid. Then you pop the popcorn like usual.

Then I would empty the popcorn into a giant bowl. I would stir it around and use the popcorn salt for about half the time, and then used finely ground Walmart type popcorn table salt.

> its not like writing a comedy is easy,

Ahem

Do or Die by Andy Sidaris.

I've just gotten into his stuff and as a lover of B-movies he is the epitome of the stereotypical 80's movie. Long hair, unnecessary sex scenes, cheesy lines, over-the-top action.

Not my favorite of his I've watched I'd say it goes
Malibu Express>Dallas Connection>Hard Ticket to Hawaii>Do or Die>Picasso Trigger

For those interested this set is an incredible deal for $4 for 12 movies.
http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Guns-G-Strings-Sidaris-Collection/dp/B004HHX9OQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369077074&sr=8-1&keywords=andy+sidaris

Nope often times it's even more than double. You should give The Hollywood Economist a read. Great book and it covers why you're wrong.

http://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Economist-2-0-Financial-Reality/dp/1612190502/ref=pd_sim_14_26?ie=UTF8&dpID=41Bllui2UbL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR110%2C160_&refRID=0PKEVMFMTNNW7V9VE4WC

Kinda embarassing, I got this 12 film Andy Sedaris collection on DVD. ($6 on Amazon, baby!)

The Secret History of Star Wars by Michael Kaminski (here )
does a pretty good job of showing you that Lucas really had no plans beyond the first movie! Everything else was made up later on!

Here's the link.

http://www.amazon.com/Science-Interstellar-Kip-Thorne/dp/0393351378/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427839931&sr=8-1&keywords=the+science+of+interstellar

Tomorrow I will address your other issues.

Apparently there is a book coming out on the science http://www.amazon.com/The-Science-Interstellar-Kip-Thorne/dp/0393351378/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415225801&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=kip+torne

This is a long shot but it might be from 'The Science of Interstellar',

http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Rim-Tales-Legendary-Comics/dp/0785153942/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373752832&sr=8-1&keywords=pacific+rim

Because they've already done a prequel.

here's the prequel, just ordered it myself

Enjoy

Here.

The comic goes into that a bit. Tales from Year Zero.

Here.

Y'know, in case you were thinking aboot buying one.

That was made into the visual novel.

Here's the book they wrote

I'd get this one. It's 3 bluray discs and the extras are on two DVDs.

*Blade Runner http://www.amazon.com/Five-Disc-Complete-Collectors-Edition-Blu-ray/dp/B000UBMWG4/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1367857985&sr=8-9&keywords=Blade+runner

http://www.amazon.com/Five-Disc-Complete-Collectors-Edition-Blu-ray/dp/B000UBMWG4/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1330763303&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Runner-Five-Disc-Complete-Collectors-Blu-ray/dp/B000UBMWG4/ref=sr_1_4?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1394429633&sr=1-4&keywords=blade+runner

I bought this collection a couple years ago: http://www.amazon.com/Five-Disc-Complete-Collectors-Edition-Blu-ray/dp/B000UBMWG4

This is the secret sauce to movie theater popcorn. http://www.amazon.com/Gold-Medal-Prod-Flavacol-Seasoning/dp/B004W8LT10/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1415239438&sr=8-1&keywords=Flavacol

How to make theater popcorn. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004W8LT10?pc_redir=1406834900&robot_redir=1

https://smile.amazon.com/Gold-Medal-Prod-Flavacol-Seasoning/dp/B004W8LT10

I work at a movie theatre this and coconut oil are what we use when we pop popcorn

http://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Cinematic-Universe-Assembled-Collectors/dp/B0083SBMGW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1343324134&sr=8-2&keywords=avengers+bluray

I found it at Wal-mart, but try Amazon

I'm just gonna leave this here.

No. The blu-ray copies are either a standalone final cut or the Five-Disk set with every cut of the film in it. I don't know of any other blu-rays existing.

Oh FFS! It's £216.54 in the UK! Dammit!

Man, this brings back such memories. I worked at a local theater and we would routinely oversell Titanic by roughly 30-40 tickets (per management directive) so it was my job to tell 30-40 angry people they couldn't get in. 17 year old me got yelled at so much. As much as it sucked, I learned a lot dealing with all that.

BTW if you want authentic movie theater popcorn at home buy some Flavacol

I'm fairly sure there's still some early versions of Empire floating around where Anakin Skywalker is a completely different person to Darth Vader. IIRC, Luke was originally going to meet up with Anakin to complete his training rather than Yoda. Even going back to the original film it's clear that when Vader is addressed as Darth that they're using his forename rather than a title, that was a later retcon.

On a similar note, when Empire was being made George Lucas was talking about making another 3-6 films (he even talked of 20 films at one point as I remember) following on from the original trilogy. Yoda's line about another would have led into the follow-up trilogy but was shelved when Lucas got burned out from filming the originals, plus he couldn't work out how to insert another jedi into the story without damaging the existing story since everyone would simply ask where they had been in the first trilogy and how no one had noticed a second jedi aiding the Rebellion.

Lucas' answer to that was to make Leia & Luke siblings, which tied up the looming plot hole. There's even some hints that Leia was already using the force without realising it during Return of the Jedi when she chokes Jabba - that chain around his neck wasn't going to be enough to choke him, but her latent powers allow her to perform the same type of force-choke that Vader does throughout the films.

Anyone who is a Stars Wars nerd to the same degree as myself might want to read The Secret History of Star Wars which goes into a lot of details about the creation of the films.

No, that one is canon within the MCU. The Hulk movie that isn't canon within the MCU is simply Hulk staring Eric Bana. The Incredible Hulk is within the MCU as demonstrated by:

1. General "Thunderbolt" Ross is played by the same actor in The Incredible Hulk and Captain America: Civil War
   
2. Tony Stark talks to Ross in the credits of The Incredible Hulk about the Avengers Initiative.
   
3. A Marvel one-shot shows Phil Coulson deciding on Stark to talk to General Ross.
   
4. The Incredible Hulk is included in the Marvel Phase One box set
   
   The reason Edward Norton has not been in an MCU movie since is that he has some disagreements on how things should be played out. In particular, he was upset that an attempted suicide scene was cut from The Incredible Hulk and replaced with the one-off "Oh crap" gag when he jumps out of a helicopter. Norton himself recommended Mark Ruffalo to take his place.