In 1997 Harvey Weinstein acquired the U.S. distribution rights for Princess Mononoke and proposed cutting the film to make it “more marketable” as he had previously done with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind which led to Hayao Miyazaki’s immediate refusal as he was still upset over the earlier edits and walked out of the meeting without negotiation.

Days later Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki sent a katana to Weinstein’s office with “NO CUTS” engraved on the blade the gesture was delivered in a conference room full of Miramax employees who were stunned by the direct and symbolic message defending artistic integrity.

The film was released unedited and when Miyazaki was asked about the incident he simply smiled and said “I defeated him”.

"Desperado" (25. 8. 1995) - Behind the Scenes










src: https://www.reddit.com/r/Moviesinthemaking/comments/1n0087m/desperado_released_30_years_ago_today_in_1995/

DRAGON: BALDA_CHYN: Mimochodom, dneska v Aeru.
Kino Aero – Program kultovního kina na pražském Žižkově
https://kinoaero.cz/?projection=38984

Garry Donnellan

The last large scale foam carving project I worked on in Australia for the film Alien Covenant, or what's commonly known as the "one after Prometheus." I moved out of the sculpture community for health and safety reasons 20 years ago constantly working with resins and plaster and clay was starting to show signs, I lost my sense of smell for a few years, also I was concerned with silicosis which has become well known in recent years, even something seemingly benign like clay dust can smash your lungs. Another factor was the creeping use of technology where 3D printing and scanning was seemingly taking over, robots are also capable of carving. Strangely enough this pattern keeps repeating itself and what happens is all the skilled people leave nothing gets passed down and we are left with a bunch of dim witted technicians that really have no idea of the artform. On this project 3d scanning was made of 1:10 ratio maquettes and the horizontal contours were cut out of foam on a CNC type process, I believe they use pressurized water to cut the foam the layers that were stacked up glued and sculpted. The process was super fast making up to 10 meter high heads within a week. Being a film it didn't need much of a hard coat it was covered and sealed in shellac and painted over. If you skip to 5:18 in the following video you will see a time lapse of the process.

"Alien: Covenant" Movie - Set Construction Time Lapse
https://youtu.be/PXIupM277lc

Alain Delon behind the scenes of La Piscine. Photograph: LE TELLIER Philippe/Paris

SIRLOON: Mrtví kocovinou netrpí.

During the filming of Gladiator, Oliver Reed (Proximo) died in a bar after challenging a group of sailors to a drinking contest. Reed consumed 8 pints of beer, 12 shots of rum, half a bottle of whisky, and shots of cognac. This photo of him was taken shortly before he died.

Žhavé výstřely 2

matt a ben telefonuji maminkam, ze vyhrali oskara (dobry will huning)

KEB: Kdyby si zavázal rukavice, mohl ještě zit.