Now that James Cameron has officially directed the two most globally profitable motion pictures of all time, Titanic and Avatar, the question remains: how did he do it? Especially Avatar (see my review here).Yahoo Movies just posted a fascinating 22-minute documentary on their site, regarding the making of this extraordinary film. Interviews include Cameron, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, and many of the brilliant artists who brought Pandora to breathtaking life.If you loved A...
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It takes some mighty big balls to stand before tens of millions of television viewers, raise your Oscar-filled hands, and exclaim “I'm the King of the World!” James Cameron was quoting Titanic – the film for which he had just won a record-tying 11 Academy Awards – but still, no one has ever accused this man of overt humility. Yet after Titanic went on to earn $1.8 billion in global box office, perhaps the visionary filmmaker had earned the right to such a claim. His pre...
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20th Century Fox revealed the teaser trailer for director James Cameron's loooooong-awaited Avatar today, and it is nothing less than a wonder to behold. This looks and feels like a Cameron movie, and boy has it been awhile since we've seen one of those. A dozen years since Titanic, 15 since True Lies, 18 since Terminator 2 ... you get the idea.While the Apple site officially hosting the trailer crashed this morning, I have the link to the French version which is just as splendiferous. Cop a ...
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At the E3 gamers expo hosted by G4, über-director James Cameron (Terminator 1 & 2, Aliens, Titanic) talked at length about his upcoming film Avatar (his first since that little boat movie in 1997). While much of his discourse covers the interrelation of the film to the simultaneously created video game, this is the most forthcoming Cameron has been regarding the plot and details of this 14-years-in-the-making film.AVATAR PRODUCTION ARTJames Cameron has always been a visionary director ...
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In a new interview conducted by CBC's The Hour, über-director James Cameron talked at length with George Stroumboulopoulos (ye gads, what a moniker!) about his past films and about the upcoming Avatar.Cameron rarely does interviews, so this is pretty interesting. Have a look.JAMES CAMERON ON THE HOUR - OCTOBER 2008 ...
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... AND THE FUTURE OF 3-D FILMMAKINGIf you don't already know, über-director James Cameron is finally making another movie. It has been more than 11 years since Titanic swept the world, the record books, and the Oscars, and by the time his new film comes out, it will be closer to 13 years. Yet buzz about the 3-D sci-fi epic (like every other Cameron film) has been ginormous.JAMES CAMERON ON TITANIC SETSet for a December 2009 release, Avatar stars Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldaña (...
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