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What Work Went Into Northwest Passage
An accounting of the amount of preparation and production that went into shooting this 1940 Technicolor adventure.
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Filming Ben-Hur Chariot Race Scenes
Remarkable results registered by ASC members on “Circus Maximus.”
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Stirring Up Big Trouble in Little China
Dean Cundey, ASC elaborates on his seventh pairing with director John Carpenter.
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Boldly Captured: Star Trek Into Darkness
Cinematographer Dan Mindel, ASC, BSC and director J.J. Abrams combine anamorphic 35mm with 8-perf and 15-perf 65mm.
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Power/Rangers Redux
Cinematographer Christopher Probst breaks down some key scenes in this 14-minute short that became a viral video sensation.
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Shadow of a Doubt: Using an Actual Town Instead of Movie Sets
“Now that we’re limited as to set construction, we may find on our part that while we’ve lost something we have considered indispensable, we’ll have gained an element of realism which will more than offset it.”
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Steven Spielberg on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
“Every director, in order to be responsible to the people who have hired him to make a good movie, has to be a good producer, as good a producer as he is a director.”
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The Rock Offers No Escape
Director Michael Bay and cinematographer John Schwartzman join forces to assault viewers with a hyperkinetic, star-studded action extravaganza.