Stanley Kubrick Explains the Ending of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ In Unreleased Documentary
Stanley Kubrick wanted the meaning of 2001: A Space Odyssey to be ambiguous, left open to interpretation by the audience. He told Playboy magazine in…
From Russia With Love’s Helicopter Attack Vs. North By Northwest’s Crop-Duster Sequence: Why The Bond Sequence Isn’t a Rip-Off of Hitchcock’s Famous Set Piece
The helicopter attack in From Russia With Love is often unfairly dismissed as a rip-off of the celebrated crop-duster chase in Alfred Hitchcock’s North By…
Alfred Hitchcock Subverted 1 Common Thriller Cliche In The Crop-Duster Sequence in North By Northwest
The man gunned down by thugs in a car while standing on the street corner in the middle of the night is a cliche Hitchcock…
Camera Angle Diagram For North By Northwest’s Crop Duster Sequence
North By Northwest hit theaters sixty-five years ago instantly earning its reputation as one of Alfred Hitchcock’s top spy thrillers. While filled with iconic imagery and…
Spielberg’s 3 Failed James Bond Movie Pitches Led To Indiana Jones
In the 1970s, Steven Spielberg approached EON Productions three times to direct a James Bond movie, and each time Bond’s producer Albert R. Broccoli turned…
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10 Ways X-Men: First Class Is Based On 1960s James Bond Films
Matthew Vaughn has made numerous British spy films over the last ten years, most of which originated from comic books. Kingsman, The King’s Man, and…
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How Editor Peter Hunt Saved ‘From Russia With Love’
James Bond’s licence to kill came close to expiring on his second big screen adventure. During the post-production of From Russia With Love, editor Peter Hunt…
Tippi Hedren’s Ordeal Filming ‘The Birds’ Climactic Attic Scene Delivered a Classic Hitchcock Suspense Scene
In The Birds, director Alfred Hitchcock deliberately mimicked the claustrophobic shower murder scene in Psycho, when Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) is trapped in an attic…
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‘Galaxy of Terror’: How The Low-Budget Alien Rip-Off Influenced James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’ And The Alien Franchise
Learn how this low-budget film influenced the plot, the production design, and even the lighting of Aliens and the rest of the Alien franchise. Plus, discover how…
Before Coppola, George Lucas Planned To Direct ‘Apocalypse Now’ Like a Black And White Documentary
Apocalypse Now earned its status as the greatest war movie of all time, a brutal and darkly comic examination of the double standards of war….
