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My First Feature Film Is Almost Done
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I’ve told this story a billion times so this time I’m going to try to include some more details. When my late grandpa, Tom Easton, was ten years old, he saw Fantasia in the theater. He always wanted to be a cartoonist but his dad was cold and distant and thought cartoons were for kids and no way to make a living. But despite that lack of encouragement, Tom did some cool things. He avoided combat in the Korean War by teaching art on base and drawing army posters.
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Tagged 100 best movies of all time, adam mckay, afi, afi 100 best movies, back to the future, close encounters of the third kind, david way, duel, freddy got fingered, greg deliso, hectic knife, indiana jones, indiegogo, james earl jones, jaws, jurassic park, kill bill, king kong, peter litvin, plan 9 from outer space, raising arizona, rob fortucci, robert mckee, roger ebert, signs, smug film, smugfilm, star wars, steven spielberg, syd field, the velvet autumn, tobe hooper, tom easton, tom green, tremors, wet hot maerican summer, will ferrell
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Advice Column #1 (3/18/13)
Critically acclaimed, visually striking, black and white movies that aren’t fucking boring. For example: Dr. Strangelove, Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo, The Night of the Hunter. – Nikul B.
Cody Clarke: ‘Boring’ is kind of relative, so here are some visually-striking black and white movies that are ‘not boring’ for completely reasons. I think you might enjoy them, based on the ones you listed:
Editor’s Note (12/4/14): We no longer answer movie questions through our advice column. We answer them in the mailbag segment of our podcast. Send them to Cody@SmugFilm.com and we will answer on the show!
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Tagged adventures of tin tin, adventures of tintin, advice column, barcelona, bridesmaids, china, close encounters of the third kind, damsels in distress, deadwood, doctor strangelove, dr. strangelove, film advice, film advice column, fitzcarraldo, free film advice, free film advice column, free movie advice, free movie advice column, good hair, hidden fortress, indiana jones, jane eyre, jason and the argonauts, jurassic park, king kong, kingpin, last days of disco, man who would be king, master and commander, master and commander: the far side of the world, metropolitan, movie advice, movie advice column, naked jungle, naked prey, night of the hunter, religulous, secret of the incas, seven samurai, smug film, smugfilm, sweet smell of success, sword of doom, tarzan and his mate, teh black stallion, the hidden fortress, the killing, the last days of disco, the man who would be king, the naked jungle, the naked prey, the night of the hunter, the right stuff, the valley of gwangi, twister, valley of gwangi, yojimbo
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Jurassic Park Was Almost Ruined By The Technology That Made It Possible
After Jaws, Jurassic Park is my favorite Spielberg. By and large, it’s a great big piece of blockbusting cinematic magic. So what if its plot does little beyond getting characters where they need to be in order to get attacked by dinosaurs in the most spectacular of fashions—and often ungracefully? (Where exactly did that goat come from?) It ain’t Tarkovsky, guys—it’s purely entertainment for its own sake. It’s a creature feature about a dinosaur zoo going haywire. If this prospect alone isn’t enough to excite you, go back to your art films you pretentious tosser, because if you’re not too full of yourself to buy into it, this movie is a serious treat. Even almost 20 years after its theatrical release, Jurassic Park remains one of the greatest cinematic thrill rides ever released.
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Tagged alex hiatt, cg, close encounters of the third kind, david koepp, jaws, jurassic park, jurassic park cgi, jurassic park cgi effects, jurassic park cgi or animatronic, jurassic park effects, jurassic park special effects, michael crichton, phantom menace, ray harryhausen, review, smug film, smugfilm, steven spielberg
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