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Steven Spielberg on how he felt being involved in making both "E.T." (1982) & "Poltergeist" (1982) at the same time: "Both movies were very good for me to make so in such close proximity to each other, because both being rooted in Suburbia in a kind of middle class Suburbia; both essentially employing similar kinds of tract housing and yet one movie being about a scream, and the other movie being about a kind of soft whisper. It was very good for me because I was able to trade off objectivity which I think is very important for a movie director or a writer or anybody who has to stand away from his work and look back and say I know how to make that better. It's good to have diversions and I was very lucky because I was able to have a hostile diversion with 'Poltergeist', with spiritual warmth in places and I was able to have a very warm tender diversion with 'E.T' and I kept putting one into the other, not meaning I didn't share a tea with Poltergeist but It cleared my mind. When you eat sushi, the Japanese say You must take the ginger and eat a little bit of the ginger between Sushi courses because it clears the palate and it makes you more receptive to the taste of the food. It was the same way with these two movies. So, in that sense I think both films so close helped each movie individually, but it didn't help me. I'm ready for like a year off now." (Steven Spielberg's interview with Brian Linehan, 1982)
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This is up there with some of the greatest endings of all time.
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When Sigourney Weaver was sent the script of "Aliens" (1986), she had no idea that a sequel was being made for "Alien" (1979) as the studio didn't inform her. After reading the script, Weaver thought it was "Magnificent" and "The Greatest script" she had ever read. She was blown away by the humour, humanity and action. Cameron was initially afraid to meet Weaver as he feared she would be as stern and intimidating as her Ripley character. After their meeting he was relieved. He said, “She was just this wonderful person, and I was so relieved that she saw some value in the script and where I was proposing to take the character.” Cameron was open to some of the changes to the script mentioned by Weaver. However, on the first day of the shoot, there was one hiccup. The shoot was in England and the sets were built. When Weaver arrived, she told Cameron that she was Anti-Gun advocate and she wasn't touching a gun. Cameron asked her, "Did you read the script?". She replied, "I read it. I understood there were guns in it, I just didn’t think Ripley had to pick up a gun except for a flamethrower.” Realizing that the script would require a major rewrite if he couldn’t convince Weaver to use the machine gun, Cameron took Weaver behind the studio and had her fire off the weapon a few times. Cameron said, “I’ll never forget her blasting away with this thing. And then there was this kind of sly look over to me, like ‘This is fun.'”. Weaver said, “It just shows how addictive guns are." while noting that she felt ashamed of the pleasure she took in shooting the rounds. ("James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver on Their 40-Year Collaboration", Jim Hemphill, Indiewire, 2025) P.S: On this day, 40 years ago, "Aliens" (1986) premiered at Westwood, California, USA.
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Jamie Lee Curtis on how she felt about this famous scene in "Trading Places" (1983): "My bre@ sts are beautiful, and I gotta tell you, they`ve gotten a lot of attention for what is relatively short screen time. I make no excuses and have no regrets for my past work in films. I am very proud of the work I did in 'Trading Places'. And if they have become the topic of dinner conversation at frat houses, God bless 'em." ("The Feminine Fistique", The Chicago Tribune, 1990) In 2022, Jamie Lee Curtis said, "I was 21 years old and the part required it. Did I like doing it? No. Did I feel embarrassed that I was doing it? Yes. Did I look OK? Yeah. Did I know what I was doing? Yeah. Did I like it? No. Was I doing it because it was the job? Yes. I wouldn't do it today, it's the last thing in the world I would do now. I also am married for 37 years, I wasn't married then. I'm a mother of children. Absolutely not."
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Paul Verhoeven was very dissatisfied with "Hollow Man" (2000). He became so depressed that it took him 6 more years to make his next movie. It was also his last American film. He considers it the "Worst film" he has ever done & regrets making it. He said, “I decided after "Hollow Man" (2000), this is a movie, the first movie that I made that I thought I should not have made. It made money and this and that, but it really is not me anymore. I think many other people could have done that. I don’t think many people could have made 'Robocop' (1987) that way, or either 'Starship Troopers' (1997). But 'Hollow Man', I thought there might have been 20 directors in Hollywood who could have done that. I felt depressed with myself after 2002.”
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To film this scene in "Death Becomes Her" (1992) where Meryl Streep's bre@ sts rise higher & become firmer after drinking the anti-aging potion, a pneumatic bra was built to create the effect. But it didn't seem realistic enough. They also tried various other methods but failed to get the desired effect. Finally, Meryl Streep's makeup man got behind her, lifted her bre@ sts into position while being hidden from the cameras. It worked to perfection. (Meryl Streep conference at the French Premiere of "Death Becomes Her" & IMDb) P.S: On this day, 34 years ago, Robert Zemeckis's "Death Becomes Her" (1992) premiered in New York City, USA.
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The first choice for the role of Tina Carlyle in "The Mask" (1994) was Anna Nicole Smith who had agreed to do the movie and then at the last minute, backed out to do "Naked Gun 33 1⁄3: The Final Insult" (1994). Director Chuck Russell was crushed and thought that the movie shouldn't be made, but they kept looking for another actor. One day, coming out from an Academy party, the producer and the team saw Cameron Diaz on the runway and everyone said, "Yeah, that’s the kind of person we’re looking for." Producer Robert Engelman turned to the casting agent and said, "Get her. Let’s at least interview her." Cameron Diaz was a model with no acting experience. Since the Studio wasn't convinced of her acting ability, they made her audition 12 times. Diaz said, I was ready to have a nervous breakdown. I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t sleep. I got an ulcer.” Getting the job made it worse for her. ”I thought I was going to throw up my first day. I kept thinking, ‘I’m going to disappoint them and they’re going to fire me.”’ P.S: Happy 54th birthday, Cameron Diaz!
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When Robert De Niro arrived for the filming of "American Hustle" (2013), he met every cast member and shook their hands. De Niro met Christian Bale first and kind of blew by him like he was a nobody. Afterwards, he asked David O. Russell, "Who is that fat guy?". Russell replied, "That’s Christian Bale." He said, ‘No, no, no, the fat guy, the guy who’s talking to Jeremy Renner right now.’ Russell reaffirmed that it was Christian Bale. Finally, De Niro was convinced—“Wow, he looks really different.”—and Russell had to take him back to reintroduce him. This time De Niro looked Bale in the eye and said, ‘Oh my God, so nice to meet you.” ("David O. Russell Reveals That Robert DeNiro Didn’t Recognize Christian Bale on the ‘American Hustle’ Set", Film Independent, 2013)
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Character introduction scenes in movies seldom get hotter than this one.
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![Jamie Lee Curtis recalls how the iconic str!ptease scene in James Cameron's "True Lies" (1994) was filmed & her experience watching this scene with her dad, Tony Curtis in the theater: "The thing that nobody knows [about the scene]: There was no rehearsal, there is no choreographer. Jim [Cameron] said to me, 'What do you want to dance to?' It was when John Hiatt's Bring the Family album was out and I said, 'There's a song called 'Alone in the Dark' that has this really funky rhythm, And I said, 'I really like that song.' And that's what they played. I don't think Jim had seen me in my underwear. We were doing it over and over and over, and it got quieter and quieter. At one point, Jim walked up and he whispered in my ear, 'If I get a pad, will you let go of the pole?' I said, 'Sure.' So they just wheeled in a little thin mat, on the ground, and we did it again, and I let go." The scene of her character Helen falling during the steamy dance garnered her "the single biggest laugh [she] will ever get in [her] life." "It's because Jim knew that the dance was too sexy; it was too real, It started to actually be good, and he knew he needed to break the spell of what the husband had put his wife through. I think we did two takes where I let go of the pole. [My dad Tony Curtis] was sitting next to me, in Westwood, at the big Fox Theater there, Thousands of people — and you know, it gets really quiet during that sequence, because it's a little sexy. Then when [Helen] falls and then gets back up, oh my God! The place, it was a huge … because you're anxious. Then the laugh, and it's all Jim. To his great credit, it's all him. He knew, it's a comedy. It's a comedy." [Jamie Lee Curtis Reveals How Her Iconic Striptease in 'True Lies' Came to Be: 'No Rehearsal', Jen Juneau, People, 2021]](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2040875080826421271/amplify_video_thumb/2040874501937016832/img/NG23_2m0dcTnHr9R.jpg)
Jamie Lee Curtis recalls how the iconic str!ptease scene in James Cameron's "True Lies" (1994) was filmed & her experience watching this scene with her dad, Tony Curtis in the theater: "The thing that nobody knows [about the scene]: There was no rehearsal, there is no choreographer. Jim [Cameron] said to me, 'What do you want to dance to?' It was when John Hiatt's Bring the Family album was out and I said, 'There's a song called 'Alone in the Dark' that has this really funky rhythm, And I said, 'I really like that song.' And that's what they played. I don't think Jim had seen me in my underwear. We were doing it over and over and over, and it got quieter and quieter. At one point, Jim walked up and he whispered in my ear, 'If I get a pad, will you let go of the pole?' I said, 'Sure.' So they just wheeled in a little thin mat, on the ground, and we did it again, and I let go." The scene of her character Helen falling during the steamy dance garnered her "the single biggest laugh [she] will ever get in [her] life." "It's because Jim knew that the dance was too sexy; it was too real, It started to actually be good, and he knew he needed to break the spell of what the husband had put his wife through. I think we did two takes where I let go of the pole. [My dad Tony Curtis] was sitting next to me, in Westwood, at the big Fox Theater there, Thousands of people — and you know, it gets really quiet during that sequence, because it's a little sexy. Then when [Helen] falls and then gets back up, oh my God! The place, it was a huge … because you're anxious. Then the laugh, and it's all Jim. To his great credit, it's all him. He knew, it's a comedy. It's a comedy." [Jamie Lee Curtis Reveals How Her Iconic Striptease in 'True Lies' Came to Be: 'No Rehearsal', Jen Juneau, People, 2021]
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Pam Grier on why she appeared n*de in her films: "Interviewer: Given your personal history*, was it hard to act in movies that often featured the threat of s€xual v!olence? Grier: It’s in a lot of the blaxploitation films. Sure, but by being n*de in those movies I was trying to help men understand. Society created this mystery about the v@g!na, the breasts. When you create a mystery, people want to see it and attack it if they can’t have it. So I was like, here’s the mystery. I hope I bore you and you’ll never get a hard-on again." *Pam Grier was s€xually assaulted at the ages of 6, 18 and 21. ("Pam Grier on maintaining her independence and identity in showbiz", David Marchese, NY Times, 2019) P.S: On this day, 53 years ago, "Coffy" (1973) was released in the USA.
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![Shannon Elizabeth on how important "American Pie" (1999) was for her career & on how the Webcam scene was filmed: "If I hadn't done 'American Pie' (1999) and I hadn't done the role of Nadia and the n*d !ty that came along with it, I might not have a career today. I didn't really think about the fact that my character had n*d !ty. I was a struggling actress auditioning for everything I could, so when I got the role I was so excited to get it." On filming the Webcam scene, "It was a closed set and it was just me in this room and the boom guy above me. I was like, ‘This is so weird.’ It was square room they had built in the middle of a warehouse and we made everyone that didn’t need to be there leave set. That’s the main thing I remember, just me and the boom guy, and trying to make jokes with the directors and make light of it because if I wasn’t nervous maybe they wouldn’t be so nervous … I just tried to make it no big deal.” If this had come out after the MeToo movement, there would definitely be a problem. I think that it would have gone down differently.” ["Skin: A History Of N*d !ty In The Movie" (2020) & Shanon Elizabeth's interview with Lindsey Kupfer, Page Six, 2019] P.S: On this day, 27 years ago, "American Pie" (1999) premiered in Universal City, California, USA.](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2074213319041524195/amplify_video_thumb/2074212573512441856/img/rlBAi1WBiknVFkLI.jpg)
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Shannon Elizabeth on how important "American Pie" (1999) was for her career & on how the Webcam scene was filmed: "If I hadn't done 'American Pie' (1999) and I hadn't done the role of Nadia and the n*d !ty that came along with it, I might not have a career today. I didn't really think about the fact that my character had n*d !ty. I was a struggling actress auditioning for everything I could, so when I got the role I was so excited to get it." On filming the Webcam scene, "It was a closed set and it was just me in this room and the boom guy above me. I was like, ‘This is so weird.’ It was square room they had built in the middle of a warehouse and we made everyone that didn’t need to be there leave set. That’s the main thing I remember, just me and the boom guy, and trying to make jokes with the directors and make light of it because if I wasn’t nervous maybe they wouldn’t be so nervous … I just tried to make it no big deal.” If this had come out after the MeToo movement, there would definitely be a problem. I think that it would have gone down differently.” ["Skin: A History Of N*d !ty In The Movie" (2020) & Shanon Elizabeth's interview with Lindsey Kupfer, Page Six, 2019] P.S: On this day, 27 years ago, "American Pie" (1999) premiered in Universal City, California, USA.
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According to Werner Herzog, during the filming of his debut movie, "Signs of Life" (1968) in Greece , there was a coup d’état in Athens and the new regime didn't like the tone of Herzog's script & the shooting was nearly upended. In what Herzog describes as a "Confrontation with the Greek Military", when the shooting permits of the movie was revoked, Herzog told a local Army officer that he would continue filming illegally saying, "I will not be unarmed tomorrow" and promised him that the first officer who touched him would be shot dead. It was a ruse, and it worked: soldiers hovered but did not interfere with the filming. ("The Ecstatic Truth", Daniel Zalewski, The New Yorker, 2006) P.S: On this day, 58 years ago, "Signs of Life" (1968) premiered in Munich, West Germany.
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Roger Ebert gave a negative review of Mel Brooks's "Dracula: Dead and Loving It" (1995). One day, when Mel Brooks ran into Ebert, he said, "Listen, you, I made 21 movies. I’m very talented. I’ll live in history. I have a body of work. You only have a body.” Roger Ebert was saddened by the encounter as he was a big supporter of Mel Brooks' works from his debut. Ebert later wrote, "I was surprised he didn’t realize himself that 'Dracula: Dead and Loving It' (1995) just didn’t work. Yes, Brooks has put together a body of work and yes, a lot of it has made me laugh, but I would not be doing him a favor if I did not tell the truth."
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A test audience, who saw "Top Gun" (1986) before it was released were annoyed that there was no love scene in the movie. Five months after the production had wrapped, the producers summoned Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis to Chicago to film the infamous elevator scene and the s€x scene. During their time away from the set, McGillis had lost approximately sixteen pounds, and Cruise was filming "The Color of Money" (1986), so his hair was much longer in those two scenes. McGillis' hair was also much darker. That's why she hid it underneath a cap in the elevator scene & in the lovemaking scene, it was all silhouette because of the colour of her hair.
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Masahiro Shinoda explains why it was impossible for the Jesuits to impose their religion in Japan: "Interviewer: Is 'Silence' (1971) critical of the very fact of the Catholics coming to Japan and imposing an alien culture on the Japanese? Shinoda: Japan is an island surrounded by the sea. Many cultures from outside have come here. Japan could not refuse them. The sea current itself conveyed these foreigners to Japan’s southern shores. Japan’s culture thus consists of many, many foreign cultures in a mixture. Sometimes it caused us to lose our essential Japanese culture. I’m not even sure sometimes what Japanese culture is. In the sixteenth century Christianity and the gun were introduced into Japan. The introduction of the gun was a traumatic event and had a much deeper impact than did Christianity. The Japanese people were perplexed, but they are a realistic people and they made their choices pragmatically, giving up the metaphysical. We are empiricists, materialists. Interviewer: If I had made that movie, I would have questioned the right of the Jesuit priests to come to Japan and impose their ideas on the Japanese. Shinoda: No, it was impossible for the Jesuits to impose their religion on the Japanese because of the animism believed in by this insular, island people. It was not to be destroyed by so severe a religion as Christianity. Christianity destroyed the Roman gods, but the Japanese gods were protected by the softness of Buddhism. Buddhism is so soft that it was absorbed into the Japanese culture of the time. The Japanese people believed that Buddhism could easily marry with Shinto, and thus Japanese culture is a mixed breed of both religions. Then Christianity came, but by this time the native animism of Shinto and Buddhism were already coexisting in harmony. I think that there was no room for an additional religion. All Eastern religions are in accordance with a belief in the oneness of man and nature, whereas Christianity deals with the relationship between one man and another. When movies, or film culture, were introduced into Japan they were already based on modern Western thought. But Japanese culture influenced the kind of films that would be made here, despite the Western origins of the cinema. I must categorize the films of the world into three distinct types. European films are based upon human psychology, American films upon action and the struggles of human beings, and Japanese films upon circumstance." ('Voices from the Japanese Cinema', Joan Mellen, 1975)
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