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Director-Composer Collaboration in “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” by Scott Essman Director-composer relationships have long resulted in some of the most memorable collaborations in movie history. Of course, there was Hitchcock and Herrmann. Spielberg and Williams. Zemeckis and Silvestri. Burton and Elfman. Now, a relatively more recent partnership has evolved between a director… …
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Interview with Elias Merhige by Scott Essman Elias Merhige, born in 1964, grew up in Brooklyn, and went to school in Tenafly, New Jersey before attending film school at State University of New York at Purchase where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1987. Best known to mainstream audiences for his 2000 film Shadow of… …
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by Scott Essman Although he’s only 45, Marcus Nispel has been making TV commercials and music videos for 20 years, as he says, “to pay the bills.” But, obviously, Nispel’s heart has been to make feature films. He burst onto the scene with a revised Texas Chainsaw Massacre, starring Jessica Biel, in 2003. That version… …
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By Scott Essman In the 1980s, Mickey Rourke was among the handful of hottest actors on the planet. After his Body Heat cameo and explosive work in Diner, he was perhaps more in-demand than any of his mid-Baby Boomer peers. A series of interesting if not always successful choices followed: Rumble Fish, The Pope of… …
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By Scott Essman After just a quick glance at his wildly diverse credits, one might easily describe director Danny Boyle’s career as eclectic. After debuting with the 1995 indie sensation Shallow Grave, he quickly segued into another critical darling, Trainspotting. Although his next movies were curious choices – A Life Less Ordinary and The Beach… …
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by Scott Essman As evidenced in films including The Wolfman, the new modus operandi in visual effects production for feature films includes a hybrid of techniques and the use of several vendors to service all of the needs of a genre film. To execute the 2010 Wolfman’s “transformation” sequences, most memorably featured in the confines… …
