Pizzolatto on Noir
"How can you look at life and not feel like it's a noir? There's only one end to this, and you're doomed."
- Nic Pizzolatto
Tony Zhou's Video Essays
I recently stumbled onto a few of these video essays by Tony Zhou and they're brilliant dissections of the craft of directing.
If I didn't feel like I should spend more time writing, I'd be keen to make some of these one day. Till then check them out!
Casualties Crew Shot
It took the efforts of these people, (and a few others) to help make Casualties a reality.
I'm still really proud of what we were able to achieve over those 4 days in the bush.
Frankfurt, Germany
In the aftermath of WWII, Frankfurt was a levelled city.
With the intention of gaining support from the rest of Germany and the world for their rebuild, they built a model of the town, which is on display in the Frankfurt Museum, to depict the scale of the destruction.
They exaggerated a lot of the details to drum up increased support.
Sometimes we all build model towns.
