Film Theory
Best Film Schools in 2025: The Top 9 Best Film Schools In The World
Should you go to film school? And, if so, what are the best film schools in the world? We’ve asked the question here on Filmmaking Lifestyle. The answer, in my opinion, is that going to film school is far from a necessity. BEST FILM…
How Michael Bay Got His Start in the Movie Industry
We all know Michael Bay as the hyper-active director of full-on action, and huge budget, flicks like Transformers, Armageddon and The Rock. But it wasn’t always like that. Like everyone, he had to start somewhere. Bay often traces his interest in action films back to…
How Shane Carruth Made Primer: A Look At Carruth’s Early Career
Interesting article by Shane Carruth about the making of his first feature, Primer. Says Carruth: The first thing I did when I set out to make Primer was to make sure I could get it finished as well as feed myself for six months on the small…
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe: The Crazy Story Revealed
You ever hear the one about when Werner Herzog eats his shoe? I always found this story both bizarre and inspirational. It’s also incredibly fascinating and gives a glimpse into the passion needed to be a world-famous filmmaker: Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe is a short…
El Principios – How Robert Rodriguez Got His Start
The story of the making of Robert Rodriguez’ first feature, El Mariachi, is one of those infamous guerrilla filmmaking stories and is chronicled in the excellent book Rebel Without A Crew. The film was shot in numerous locations in Acuña, Coahuila, located in Northeastern Mexico. Rodriguez had a…
Herzog on the Obscenity of the Jungle
Some interesting comments from fabled German filmmaker Werner Herzog during the making of Fitzcarraldo: “Kinski says [the jungle] is full of erotic elements. It’s not so much erotic, but full of obscenity. Nature here is vile and base. I wouldn’t see anything erotic here. I…
Francis Ford Coppola and His Apocalyptic Shoot
You may have heard some of the crazy stories from Francis Ford Coppola’s frenzied production of Apocalypse Now. It’s lauded as one of the great films of the 1970s now, but during production many people didn’t even believe the film would ever see the light…
Without Commitment, You Ain’t Got Nothing
Following up from this post on Loving The Process earlier this week, just wanted to make a few clarifications after getting some interesting email on it. More On Loving The Process I’m not trying to insinuate that someone has to be working on their filmmaking four…
20 Directors and How They Made It Part II
Continuing from yesterday’s piece about directors and how they made it, we continue the list of interesting cases of filmmakers making their start in the business… Christopher Nolan As a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States, he spent his childhood in…
Spike Lee’s Gotta Have It: A Look At The Making Of The Film
“Don’t think that because you haven’t heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.”
