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This is the continuation of the Blade Runner (1982) episode. Part IV will include segments on post-production through to release and reception: editing, sneak previews, the voiceover and happy ending; the score, more sneaks and screenings; and the release, reception, legacy and reflection of and on the film. All that and more on this episode of The Cinephiles.

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This is the continuation of the Blade Runner (1982) episode. Part III is on the special effects of the film and will include segments on the effects generally, scene specifics and reflections on the work. All that and more on this episode of The Cinephiles.

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This is the continuation of the Blade Runner (1982) episode. Part II will include segments on the making of the film from the remainder of pre-production, through to the end of shooting principal photography: a fresh voice to the story, financial drama, Philip K Dick voicing his opinion, building the sets and the vehicles, then trouble on the shoot with – time and money, the actors, the crew, and a t shirt war, closing with the final days of the shoot and firings. All that and more on this episode of The Cinephiles.

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This episode is on Blade Runner (1982). The future sci-fi neo noir starred Harrison Ford as a detective – or Blade Runner – charged with hunting and ‘retiring’ rogue slave labour synthetic humanoids known as replicants, who have dared to return to an Earth which has banished them, in search of answers. Led by Rutger Hauer’s Roy Batty, these replicants will not go quietly into that good night.

This first part of the episode will include segments on the film’s preproduction: story, finance, directors, deals, design and casting. All that and more on this episode of The Cinephiles.

Making the Movie Source Books, Articles and Documentary

Future Noir (Revised & Updated Edition): The Making of Blade Runner, by Paul M. Sammon

All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners, by Rutger Hauer, with Patrick Quinlan

From the Blade Runner Special in the American Society of Cinematographers, July 1982 edition

Production Design and Photography, by Herb A. Lightman and Richard Patterson

https://theasc.com/articles/blade-runner-set-design

Special Photographic Effects, Excerpts from an Interview with David Dryer

https://theasc.com/articles/blade-runner-photographic-effects

Also from the American Society of Cinematographers, Beyond the Frame: Blade Runner, by David E. Williams,

https://theasc.com/articles/beyond-the-frame-blade-runner-1982

Ridley Scott Will Never Stop Directing: “Shut Up and Go Make Another Movie”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/ridley-scott-interview-gladiator-2-alien-blade-runner-1236049190/

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner, Director Charles de Lauzirika

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This episode is on Dirty Harry (1971). A cop and killer thriller, which saw Clint Eastwood’s obsessively determined title character go up against Andy Robinson’s psychotic Scorpio – even while a bureaucratic system does its best to hold him back.

The episode will include segments on the making of the film: story, casting, production to release and reception. Further making of stories will be included along with narratives of specific scenes and sequences. All of that and more on this episode of The Cinephiles.

Making the Movie Source Books and Articles

Clint Eastwood: A Biography, by Richard Schickel

Eastwood, Directing is Knowing the Concept you Want and Getting It.’ Kodak Professional Forum, 1982

An Interview with John Milius, by Ken Plume, IGN, 2003

An Interview with John Milius - IGN

Siegel at 59: Director, Rebel, ‘Star’, by Paul Gardner, New York Times, 1972

Siegel at 59: Director, Rebel, ‘Star’ - The New York Times

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This episode is on The Terminator (1984). An action-thriller-horror-sci-fi-chase extravaganza that solidified star status for lead Arnold Schwarzenegger and put writer/director James Cameron definitively on the map.

The episode will include segments on the making of the film: story, casting, production, release and reception. Further making of stories will be included along with narratives of favourite scenes and sequences. All of that and more on this episode of The Cinephiles.

Making the Movie Source Books and Articles

BFI Film Classics, The Terminator, by Sean French

https://shop.bfi.org.uk/the-terminator-bfi-film-classics-paperback.html

Total Recall, My Unbelievably True Life Story, by Arnold Schwarzenegger

https://www.schwarzenegger.com/totalrecall

James Cameron Interview, Film Comment, Jan-Feb. 1985

https://www.filmcomment.com/issue/january-february-1985/

Terminator Feature, Cinefantastique, Oct. 1985

James Cameron, Films and Filming, Aug. 1986

The Low-Budget Hit that Made a Name for James Cameron, Martin Perlman

Creator James Cameron on Terminator’s Origins, Arnold as Robot, Machine Wars, Wired.com

https://www.wired.com/2009/03/ff-cameron/

The Terminator at 30: An Oral History, Entertainment Weekly

https://ew.com/article/2014/07/17/the-terminator-oral-history/  

The Terminator Came to me in a Dream: A New Interview with James Cameron, British Film Institute

https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/terminator-james-cameron

Adam Greenberg on The Terminator, American Society of Cinematographers.

https://theasc.com/articles/the-terminator

Big Effects from Small Packages, The L.A. Times

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-17-ca-11310-story.html

State of the Art of F/X, MovieMaker

https://www.moviemaker.com/state-of-the-art-of-fx-3271/

The Making of The Terminator’s Laser-Sighted .45 Pistol, Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2010/03/just-what-you-see-the-story-behind-the-45-long-slide-laser-siting/

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This episode is on Rocky (1976). Though known for being the quintessential underdog sports movie, it’s as much a study of the main character and his struggle for relevance in a hard world. The episode will include segments on the making of the film: story, casting, production, release and reception. Further making of stories will be included along with favourite scenes and sequences. All of that and more on this episode of The Cinephiles.

Making the Movie Source Articles

“The Right Hook” (Entertainment Weekly)

https://ew.com/article/2002/02/19/how-rocky-nabbed-best-picture/

“Reel Life” (ESPN)

https://www.espn.com/page2/s/closer/020529.html

“’Rocky Isn’t Based on Me’ Says Stallone, ‘But We Both Went the Distance’” (New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/28/archives/rocky-isnt-based-on-me-says-stallone-but-we-both-went-the-distance.html

“Henry Winkler Revealed How the Fonz saved Rocky” (MeTV)

https://www.metv.com/stories/henry-winkler-revealed-how-the-fonz-saved-rocky

“The Photography of Rocky” – James Crabe (American Society of Cinematographers)

https://theasc.com/articles/the-photography-of-rocky

“Rocky – The Man Behind the Theme Tune” -Bill Conti (BBC News)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38381858

Steadicam Letter Vol 1, #3, from Dec. ’88; and Vol 1, #3, from Mar. 89

https://www.stabilizer-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/v1n3dec88.pdf

https://www.stabilizer-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/v1n4mar89.pdf

“The Invention That Shot Rocky Up Those Steps” (New York Times)

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/movies/steadicam-movies-garrett-brown.html

“Interview with Garrett Brown, Inventor of the Steadicam (The Wayback Machine)

https://web.archive.org/web/20091027051147/http://www.geocities.com/steadicamjr/garrettinterview.htm

Garrett Brown Interview (No Film School)

https://nofilmschool.com/2016/12/garrett-brown-steadicam-inventor-interview

“A Million to One: Remembering ‘Rocky’ on its 40th Anniversary” (The Digital Bits)

https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/history-legacy-showmanship/million-to-one-remembering-rocky-40th

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This episodes film is 2003's Owning Mahowny, starring the late, great, Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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