“Because to me, what is interesting about this movie [Real Steel] is its combination of relationship naturalism with. It's like a single conceit movie. The world and the people are very much the way we know them to be, but this sport has evolved.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayRealSportsInterestingCombinationSteelConceitNaturalismReal Steel Author:Shawn Anthony Levy
“As opposed to a movie [Real Steel] where everything feels fantastical, it was really important to me, and I recognise it's not the first movie with robots in it, but that blend of naturalism in performance, writing and design with the futurism of this sport. That was the idea.” FeelsWritingFirstsImportantIdeasRealSportsDesignPerformancesSteelRobotsRecogniseNaturalismFuturismReal Steel Author:Shawn Anthony Levy
“And this movie [Real Steel] definitely looks like nothing else I've made, which was the point. I think also, Evangeline and Hugh are such a fantastic... Their chemistry is so genuine. And also it's a good balance to all those visual effects. It'll give you more of the tone.” ThinkingGivingLooksMadeRealEffectsBalanceGenuineFantasticToneVisualsChemistrySteelVisual EffectsReal Steel Author:Shawn Anthony Levy
“We know it's being referred to as the robot boxing movie [Real Steel], but truth is, 70% of the movie is the relationships.” KnowsRealTruth IsBoxingSteelRobotsReal Steel Author:Shawn Anthony Levy
“There is a reality to the way the actors play the scenes, given that there is a real, animatronic, moving robot in the room. So the level of nuance and realism in performance was higher because we built the real ones, and it keeps the visual effects guys honest.” WayRealPlayRealityMovingGuyActorsGivenLevelsRoomsEffectsHonestHigherSceneBuiltPerformancesVisualsRealismRobotsNuanceReal OnesVisual Effects Author:Shawn Anthony Levy
“The dozens of people working on this at Digital Domain, they knew that you couldn't get away with almost photo real, because we had real real in the room. You have real real in the cut every four or five shots, so you have this constant yardstick built into the footage by virtue of there being no real robot there. So it became the standard of photo reality that the VFX team had to match.” PeopleRealRealityRoomsVirtueFiveFourCuttingTeamStandardsShotsBuiltConstantDigitalGet AwayDozenRobotsDomainYardsticks Author:Shawn Anthony Levy
“There's a very interesting article or symposium to be written on just the real difference between comedy filmmaking and non-comedy. Because, you know, when you work in comedy, you depend on audience screenings to tell you about your movie.” KnowsRealDifferencesInterestingAudienceComedyWrittenDependsArticlesFilmmakingVery InterestingScreeningSymposium Author:Shawn Anthony Levy
