Abdul Rahman Jamous Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 I have always had a soft spot about movies that talks about film making. I thought may be I should share my list with you guys and hopefully you may tell me some of your recommendations. 1- Hugo 2011 2- The other side of the wind 2018 3- The Fabelmans 4- The fall 2006 (it doesn't talk about film making but it features the power of story telling) 5- Stranger than fiction (This movie truly depicts how it feels like to be a writer) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted August 4, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted August 4, 2023 8 1/2 Day for Night The Bad & The Beautiful The Stunt Man Living in Oblivion Ed Wood 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted August 4, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) Heart of Darkness is my favorite. It's about the making of Apocalypse now. I haven't seen very many movies about the "film industry" which come close to that, narrative or documentary. Edited August 4, 2023 by Tyler Purcell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Ian Vu Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 The Wizard of Speed and Time 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Switaj Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) I remember "And God Spoke" from 1993 In theory a comic mocumentary about the making a big Biblical epic, but in practice actually a documentary of every real film I've ever worked on. Edited August 7, 2023 by Steve Switaj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Eader Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Recently: Babylon, Mank Older: The Day of the Locust, Contempt, Sunset Blvd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart McLain Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 Bowfinger Once Upon A Time in Hollywood American Movie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Eader Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 The Maestro Trumbo (2015) Hitchcock The Big Knife 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Eader Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 In a Lonely Place 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Uli Meyer Posted August 17, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted August 17, 2023 'The Player' 1992 Robert Altman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 If you're including documentaries, "Burden of Dreams" about Werner Herzog making "Fitzcarraldo". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon O'Brien Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 'Super 8' 2011. About some young filmmakers with a camera, etc. Not feature movies, but TV series from the 70s that I loved (as I saw them just as I was getting into filmmaking myself): An episode each from 'The Brady Bunch' and 'Gilligan's Island', where the regular characters make a movie. I remember 'Day for Night'. Haven't seen that film for years. I saw it on late-night TV as a teenager. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon O'Brien Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 King Kong, the original version (1933?), and the second re-make with Jack Black in it. The 70s version of King Kong which in my opinion was a great film and a ripping adventure yarn with a lot of unique qualities didn't feature the movie-making plot detail but instead went with having one of the main protagonists played by Jeff Bridges as a stills photographer complete with Nikon model F and motordrive, several lenses in his camera bag, etc. A good film from Dino De Laurentiis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Shannon Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 A contribution I haven’t seen on this list: “Inserts” by John Byrum starring Richard Dreyfuss Also I saw it a bit higher up but And God Spoke is excellent and like Steve said, almost every doc I’ve ever worked on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 "Berberian Sound Studio" is a psychological horror film set in a post production sound studio. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 There's also "Newsfront" about Australian newsreel cameramen in the late 1940s to mid 1950s 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles pappas Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 (edited) Does anyone remember the title of this film about filmmaking that I can't remember. I think it came out just before "Living in Oblivion," and had a very similar plot: the misadventures of a small group of low-budget indy filmmakers. I remember the film being almost as funny as Living in Oblivion or maybe funnier, but it appeared to be truly low budget. Like 20 -25 400 ft. rolls of b & w neg plus lab costs and that's it low-budget. Anyway, it did get a release and I saw it then and maybe someone else remembers it. Edited August 18, 2023 by charles pappas correction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 There's also "Adaptation", which is about script writing and the main character having writer's block. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Eader Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Jailhouse Rock as Elvis Presley becomes a movie star. The Girl: about Tippi Hedren and Alfred Hitchcock during filming of "The Birds" and "Marnie." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Eader Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 One can't forget the hilarious: S.O.B. with William Holden and July Andrews directed by her husband Blake Edwards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Eader Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Also by Blake Edwards: "10" With Bo Derek and Julie Andrews, and Dudley Moore (a Hollywood composer). Sorry for misspelling Julie's name in above post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Jeff Bernstein Posted August 22, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted August 22, 2023 Show People (1928) Man With a Movie Camera (Человек с киноаппаратом, 1929) Make Me a Star (1932) Movie Crazy (1932) What Price Hollywood (1932) Crashing Hollywood (1938) Fassbinder, Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (1971) Fedora (1978) Swimming With Sharks (1994) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Jeff Bernstein Posted August 22, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted August 22, 2023 The Cameraman (1928) The Oscar (1966) Ivansxtc (2000) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Jeff Bernstein Posted August 22, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted August 22, 2023 Hollywood Story (1951) The Making of The Shining (1980), by Kubrick's daughter Vivian Full Tilt Boogie (1997) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Jeff Bernstein Posted August 22, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted August 22, 2023 Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965) The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002) Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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