Steve Soderbergh's Exit Interview

Steve Soderbergh's Exit Interview

Ken Burns: On Story

A concise but very insightful look into his process and motivation, and a great interview with the documentary makers Sarah Klein and Tom Mason

‘Yes Man’ Rick McCallum On The Star Wars T.V. Series

‘Yes man’ Rick McCallum discusses ‘Underworld’ the potential Star Wars T.V. series…

‘Judge Dredd’ creator: Three reasons I’m excited about new film

‘Judge Dredd’ creator: Three reasons I’m excited about new film

Interview: George Lucas

Interview: George Lucas: 

"Why would I make any more when everybody yells at you all the time and says what a terrible person you are?"

We don’t want you to stop making films George, just stop making shit ones…

How To Last in a Tough Business Filled with Rejection.

A thoughtful article on How To Last in a Tough Business Filled with Rejection.
 
“A man of knowledge knows that his life will be over altogether too soon. He knows that he, as well as everybody else, is not going anywhere; he knows that nothing is more important than anything else. … Under these circumstances his only tie to his fellow men is his controlled folly. Thus a man of knowledge endeavors and sweats and puffs and, if one looks at him, he is just like any ordinary man, except that the folly of his life is under control. Nothing being more important than anything else, a man of knowledge chooses any act and acts it out as if it matters to him. His controlled folly makes him say that what he does matters and makes him act as if it did, and yet he knows that it doesn’t. So when he fulfills his acts, he retreats in peace and whether his acts were good or bad, or worked or didn’t, it is in no way part of his concern.”

Guillermo Del Toro's Pan’s Labyrinth Sketch Book

See and hear Guillermo Del Toro speak about his sketch book for Pan’s Labyrinth

Interview: William Gibson

From The Paris Review, this rather extensive interview with cyberfather William Gibson.

Rage Against The Interview

I’m not sure if this developer interview with the makers of RAGE is the worst or best ‘reviewer’ interview I’ve ever read… but it IS certainly the most honest, and kind of highlights (perhaps unfairly) the assumed truths of the first person shooter genre. 

An Interview with Tom Waits

A fantastic interview with one of my favourite musicians; TomWaits by Elizabeth Gilbert who gives her own very intersteing talk.

Jack White School of Business

I'm a big fan of the White Stripes but was still surprised by the insightful Jack White School of Business

"True creativity is born of a struggle of some kind. Build a strong framework you believe in and the limitations will empower you. Put a deadline on that meeting. Limit that product to only three features. Constrain. Ship the damn thing."

Short Interviews With Famous People.

Short interviews with famous people.

"Do you ever feel any pressure to keep things fun on set?"

I feel that pressure in life. Actually I don’t feel like it’s a pressure, it’s sort of an obligation – not to entertain and be funny but to have a certain levity. I don’t mean in terms of just being jocular, I mean that there’s got to be a lightness in your way. There has to be a lightness; you have to be as light as you can be and not get weighed down and stuck in your emotion, stuck in your body, stuck in your head. You just want to always be trying to elevate somehow. Bill Murray"

The Gilliam Process

Terry Gilliam talking shop...