His films are some of the greatest Box Office draws of all time. But rarely is he mentioned when a conversation is sparked about the cinematic greats. He has a Spielbergian way of being unappreciated by cinephiles.
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The Toronto Boys get back in the swing and BS + laugh about Interstellar and Christopher Nolan's craftsmanship, Oblivion and Joseph Kosinski + Claudio Miranda's rear screen projection magic, classic filmmakers and singular visions, The practicality of the First Matrix, Martin's story of seeing the Matrix on opening weekend on Mushrooms,
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If you love modern crime cinema and you haven't seen HEAT yet, you get no SPOILER WARNINGS. It's over 20 years old now and as badass and sophisticated as ever.
I first tried to sneak into HEAT with my two homies when we were 16 -- but even with peach fuzz above our lips, we couldn't pass as the coveted 18 years old that we needed to be. So instead...
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n Part 1 of 2, The Toronto boys are joined by MIKE AMBS and ERICA HAMPTON, the charming co-founders of the BUREAU of CREATIVE WORKS (@bureauworks), and together they BS about Erica's drunken Podcast, Energizing Filmmakers, The awesomeness that is Oakley Anderson-Moore, Kickstarter feature request, The Origins of THE BUREAU ie. "The Mike & Erica Variety Show Folder," Project Underwear, Soul Train for White People, Erica's Dreams, Laundry lists of Unused Good Ideas, The Value of Short Films, VHX, The powerful roster of Women Filmmakers on the Bureau, Creativity enhancing Road Trips, Filmmaker Buses, Their experience at IFP, Mike's feature "FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES," Mike's obsession with details, getting lost as an Artist, Fear of Other Professionals, and Impostor syndrome. (RELEVANT LINKS BELOW)
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Since we appreciate everyone, and want to motivate other filmmakers to do their own thing, here's a FREE PRODUCTION BREAKDOWN by Mcfly to give you a sense of how we made LOOT for $500. It includes gear lists and ...
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On one of their favorite episodes so far, The Toronto boys are joined by Comic Artist David Brame in PART 2 of 2. Together, they BS and share laughs about Dave's move to Nicaragua, the reason he left working Academia, Going all in, Workers vs Work ethic, People who like to do their own thing, Visible output as an Artist, Finding other cool Artists on Kickstarter, KS as a marketplace, Investing in yourself, "Cool" Projects, Dave's secret Samurai project, Columbus Ohio, New Hip Hop Freshness, The great Hip hop drought of yesteryear, California kids in Rap, Dr Dre's new album, OG Artists, Martin Scorcese, Drake vs Meek, The Dubstep Tragedy, Old school beefs, Michael Rappaport, Kingdom Anime, and Rick and Morty. (RELEVANT LINKS BELOW)
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FT. Ayz and Martin
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The boys from Toronto BS about Podcasts, The Wild Machine INTRO CONTEST (sort of..?), Se7en's anniversary, 1999 in Cinema, 70's era directors, Denis Villeneuve, Next Generation of Radical Filmmakers, The Out of Touch Emmy's, Kids getting Youtube, The 90's rap explosion, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Human Operating Systems, Martin's formerly wild cat, Rats and Cocaine, Being alone with your thoughts, Matt Damon and Spielberg, 2:1 shooting ratios, and good old Clint Eastwood.
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The guys BS and laugh about Robert Rodriguez, The BUREAU of CREATIVE RIGHTS, Rocketjump's Lens off, Furious 7, Chris Nolan movies, Entourage, Mike Ambs's debut film "For Thousands of Miles," and some cool updates on our just released short film LOOT. (Relevant LINKS at the bottom)
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