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 previous film...
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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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WORDLSINGER'S NOTE: Here's another example of categories being limiting. Should this documentary be filed under Pop Culture, DVD reviews, Steven Spielberg? I think, given the visionary über-directors involved, I will put it under The Auteurs.Critic and film historian Richard Schickel's documentary, Watch The Skies! Science-Fiction, The 1950s and Us is a fascinating look at Hollywood sci-fi films, post-World War II. Produced in 2005 by TCM, the hour-long doc features George Lucas, Steven...
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If you've been keeping up with posts on this site, you already know I am a big fan of Fox Television's Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I reviewed this show after the first two episodes. After the first season wrapped up (only nine shows due to the writer's strike), I not only stand by that review, I can tell you it very much lived up to its promise.Season Two begins on September 8th -- if you need to get caught up, Season One has been released on DVD and Blu-Ray.Extras include:* Creat...
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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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In regards to film debuts, few directors announce themselves with the authority that James Cameron did in 1984. The Terminator, besides being A Little Movie That Could, and launching Arnold Swarzenegger's career into the stratosphere, screamed that this writer/director was someone to be taken seriously.Filmed on a very low budget (6.5 million), by a director whose only previous credits were effects work on Roger Corman films and a seven day stint as director of Pirahna II - The Spawning (he was...
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Despite the fact I am a huge fan of James Cameron's first two Terminator movies, when I first heard about this Sarah Connor Chronicles project, I was pretty skeptical. I think it had more to do with the fact that 2003's Terminator 3 (the first without James Cameron at the helm) was simply ... okay. It had enough thrills and spills to satisfy your average action junkie, but what it was truly lacking was the Cameron touch. Not to mention, Linda Hamilton as the toughest madonna around ~ trying t...
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