Sometimes you want a film to just do the fundamentals well, and for a movie that gets some of the basic filmmaking things right, maybe without too much flash or flair, you have to go backward. Not every movie needs to be a special effects jamboree shot totally on IMAX—while story and character suffer.
Sometimes you want a film to just do the fundamentals well, and for a movie that gets some of the basic filmmaking things right, maybe without too much flash or flair, you have to go backward.
Not every movie needs to be a special effects jamboree shot totally on IMAX—while story and character suffer.
Steven Spielberg's early work is a great example of grounded storytelling that starts with character and builds a universe around them.
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Sometimes you want a film to just do the fundamentals well, and for a movie that gets some of the basic filmmaking things right, maybe without too much flash or flair, you have to go backward. Not every movie needs to be a special effects jamboree shot totally on IMAX—while story and character suffer. Steven Spielberg's early work is a great example of grounded storytelling that starts with character and builds a universe around them.
You know Steven Soderbergh, who is also a highly revered director?
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