Today in Movie Culture: The Death Star's Other Flaw, How to Make the Most Thrilling Fight Scene and More
Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Movie Science of the Day:
The Death Star from Star Wars had a major flaw in its design, obviously, but in this Because Science video Kyle Hill explains the superweapon’s other big problem:
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Filmmaking Lesson of the Day:
Studio Binder shows you how to shot list an awesome fight scene like the bathroom brawl in Mission: Impossible – Fallout (via /Film):
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Reworked Movie Scene of the Day:
Mashable redid the sound design for an iconic sequence from Back to the Future so it totally loses its thrill:
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Movie Comparison of the Day:
Dimitri Bitu compares scenes from Oliver Stone’s Nixon and footage of the actual Richard Nixon side-by-side:
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Vintage Image of the Day:
Robert Shaw, who was born on this day in 1927, with co-star Roy Scheider and director Steven Spielberg on the set of Jaws in 1974:
Filmmakers in Focus:
For Fandor, Q.V. Hough celebrates the creative partnership of Sound of My Voice and The East collaborators Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij:
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Video Essay of the Day:
For Mubi, this Storytellers video essay looks at the symbolism of masculinity in Michael Mann’s Collateral:
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Supercut of the Day:
In honor of National Book Lovers Day, IMDb put together a supercut of books in movies:
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Cosplay of the Day:
Also in honor of National Book Day, here’s the cosplaying cat dressed up as Ash from Evil Dead, with the Book of the Dead:
A post shared by Cat Cosplay (@cat_cosplay) on Aug 9, 2018 at 7:27am PDT
Classic Movie Clip of the Day:
This weekend is the 30th anniversary of the release of Young Guns. Watch a memorable clip from the classic Western below.
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