Guns & Ammo, the world’s most widely read firearms magazine, makes a cameo appearance in this summer’s blockbuster movie – “Terminator Genisys,” the fifth installment in “The Terminator” franchise. Arriving in movie theaters on July 1, “Terminator Genisys” is a Paramount Pictures production.Paramount contacted Editor Eric R. Poole for the opportunity to profile firearms used throughout the movie created by Iss Armory’s legendary gunsmith Harry Lu. The profile can be found in a behind-the-scenes feature written by Jeremy Stafford titled “Terminator Genisys…A Gun Story.” This bookmark-worthy August issue of Guns & Ammo magazine will be on newsstands July 2. Paramount […]...
- 7/1/2015
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
From cinematographer Wally Pfister to Bane's body double, meet the brains and the beefcake who brought the Batman series to such a spectacular end
The Beginnings
Wally Pfister, cinematographer
Chris [Nolan] and I evolved our process of how to approach action pictures together, and it was very helpful that what we did in between were very different kinds of projects. There's a bit of release between these movies that allowed us both to grow in different directions and explore different approaches. After Batman Begins, we did The Prestige, a 19th-century period piece about magic; it had very little action but an awful lot of fascinating character studies, so we applied some of the things we learned to The Dark Knight. Then we shot Inception in lots of different countries, and Chris really applied that to The Dark Knight Rises, which opened up a fresh approach to scale. I believe there's only...
The Beginnings
Wally Pfister, cinematographer
Chris [Nolan] and I evolved our process of how to approach action pictures together, and it was very helpful that what we did in between were very different kinds of projects. There's a bit of release between these movies that allowed us both to grow in different directions and explore different approaches. After Batman Begins, we did The Prestige, a 19th-century period piece about magic; it had very little action but an awful lot of fascinating character studies, so we applied some of the things we learned to The Dark Knight. Then we shot Inception in lots of different countries, and Chris really applied that to The Dark Knight Rises, which opened up a fresh approach to scale. I believe there's only...
- 7/16/2012
- by Alex Godfrey
- The Guardian - Film News
link: http://makingof.com/vault/media/the-weapons-of-public-enemies/875
Hollywood Armorer Harry Lu conducted this interview in the warehouse that holds the thousands of weapons his team uses for feature film production. During the segment, Lu pulled examples of the guns he worked with Director Michael Mann to select for the film "Public Enemies." He also talks about dissecting a scene, the importance of using historically correct equipment and compliments Actor Johnny Depp by saying "He is a natural talent, a great shot and a pleasure to work with."
In "Public Enemies," filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary outlaw John Dillinger - the charismatic bank robber whose lightening raids maid him the number one target of the FBI. The action packed film was released on DVD on December 8th.
click here to watch the interview.
Hollywood Armorer Harry Lu conducted this interview in the warehouse that holds the thousands of weapons his team uses for feature film production. During the segment, Lu pulled examples of the guns he worked with Director Michael Mann to select for the film "Public Enemies." He also talks about dissecting a scene, the importance of using historically correct equipment and compliments Actor Johnny Depp by saying "He is a natural talent, a great shot and a pleasure to work with."
In "Public Enemies," filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary outlaw John Dillinger - the charismatic bank robber whose lightening raids maid him the number one target of the FBI. The action packed film was released on DVD on December 8th.
click here to watch the interview.
- 12/14/2009
- Makingof.com
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