“If you take a movie like Easy Rider which everyone counts as the beginning of New Hollywood, that is a big movement. And then, when you really dissect that film and the people that were behind that movie, you realize that it has Roger Corman written all over it. Easy Rider is a hybrid film, taking The Trip and The Wild Angels and making a new explosion. And the people that were making it, guess what, they were all [people who had worked with Roger Corman].” PeopleIfsBigsFilmEasyRealizingBehindsWrittenMovementAngelHollywoodOver ItExplosionsRogerRidersHybridEasy Rider Author:Alex Stapleton
“We need to take a step back and realize that what happened in the 1950s, when he started his career, is exactly where we are today. Everything goes in a cycle, and right now, distribution is changing. Audiences might be kind of sick of these giant blockbuster movies with all these special effects where blue people are running around and the hero is some non-human entity. These are all great movies, but I think that there's definitely room for new voices to come out.” PeopleThinkingNeedsHumansKindMightRunningTodayVoiceRealizingRoomsStepsCareersAudienceHappenedSpecialEffectsHeroRight NowSickBlueGiantsCyclesBe KindEntityDistributionSpecial EffectsBlockbuster Author:Alex Stapleton
“I think being really open to this new world of online and what it means to be online. Also, understanding that maybe it's time to let go of the 90-minute experience and realize that all of the content that comes on top of the 90-minute film experience, [that] there's a lot of that, especially with documentaries.” ThinkingWorldMeanFilmUnderstandingRealizingMinutesLetting GoOnlineNew WorldBeing RealDocumentariesTime To Let Go Author:Alex Stapleton