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bhrgunatha  ·  3379 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Superior Firepower: The Making of 'Aliens'

sigh fine.

I'll do my own legwork then :(





ButterflyEffect  ·  3379 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've got a few suggestions. Heading out for the rest of the afternoon though, check this later tonight for an edit with suggestions.

bhrgunatha:

Jodorovsky's Dune. This one's about a film that wasn't made, but talks about the process leading up to that point, and leaves you wondering what could have been. Amazing film.

Burden of Dreams. The making of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, and shows the extraordinary lengths that the crew went through to realize this film. Pretty sure Fitz almost killed Herzog.

American Movie. Documentary about the attempted making of a low budget film. Kind of like the Joe Dirt of film-making documentaries.

That's what I got, between those and the Apocalypse doc you should be set, all are in my opinion great pieces of film in and of themselves.

bhrgunatha  ·  3379 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time. It might take some weeks but I'll get round to watching them all. For example I haven't seen Fitzcarraldo yet so I'll have to watch that first.

Jodorovsky's Dune: Santa Sangre is one of my all time favourite movies. There is no better love story. It always has such a profound effect on me even after watching it 10 times or more. The trailer for Dune is so intriguing.

    I didn't read Dune. But I have a friend who say me it was fantastic

Gotta love Jodorovsky.

Two other strong suggestions that caught my attention:

Overnight about the making of Boondock Saints and

Lost in La Mancha - Terry Gilliam's unmaterialised dream project.

user-inactivated  ·  3379 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd forgotten about Burden of Dreams, I second that suggestion. Haven't heard of the other ones, I'm gonna check them out!