Director Neil Burger takes us behind the scenes of Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro's new thriller.
By Eric Ditzian
Robert DeNiro and Bradley Cooper in "Limitless"
Photo: Universal Pictures
There is a scene midway through "Limitless" in which Abbie Cornish's character is running through a park, attempting to escape a guy intent on gutting her like a fish. Unsure how to get away, she swallows a black-market drug called Nzt — a little pill allowing her to access 100 percent of her mind — and scans the park for possible weapons: a pair of gardening sheers or a baseball bat, perhaps?
Then she sees a little girl on ice skates off in the distance. Bingo! She races toward the rink as the evil dude gives chase, then picks up the girl and uses her ice skates to slice her enemy's face. It's a wackily kinetic scene in a thriller filled with such moments.
By Eric Ditzian
Robert DeNiro and Bradley Cooper in "Limitless"
Photo: Universal Pictures
There is a scene midway through "Limitless" in which Abbie Cornish's character is running through a park, attempting to escape a guy intent on gutting her like a fish. Unsure how to get away, she swallows a black-market drug called Nzt — a little pill allowing her to access 100 percent of her mind — and scans the park for possible weapons: a pair of gardening sheers or a baseball bat, perhaps?
Then she sees a little girl on ice skates off in the distance. Bingo! She races toward the rink as the evil dude gives chase, then picks up the girl and uses her ice skates to slice her enemy's face. It's a wackily kinetic scene in a thriller filled with such moments.
- 3/18/2011
- MTV Movie News
Director Neil Burger takes us behind the scenes of Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro's new thriller.
By Eric Ditzian
Robert DeNiro and Bradley Cooper in "Limitless"
Photo: Universal Pictures
There is a scene midway through "Limitless" in which Abbie Cornish's character is running through a park, attempting to escape a guy intent on gutting her like a fish. Unsure how to get away, she swallows a black-market drug called Nzt — a little pill allowing her to access 100 percent of her mind — and scans the park for possible weapons: a pair of gardening sheers or a baseball bat, perhaps?
Then she sees a little girl on ice skates off in the distance. Bingo! She races toward the rink as the evil dude gives chase, then picks up the girl and uses her ice skates to slice her enemy's face. It's a wackily kinetic scene in a thriller filled with such moments.
By Eric Ditzian
Robert DeNiro and Bradley Cooper in "Limitless"
Photo: Universal Pictures
There is a scene midway through "Limitless" in which Abbie Cornish's character is running through a park, attempting to escape a guy intent on gutting her like a fish. Unsure how to get away, she swallows a black-market drug called Nzt — a little pill allowing her to access 100 percent of her mind — and scans the park for possible weapons: a pair of gardening sheers or a baseball bat, perhaps?
Then she sees a little girl on ice skates off in the distance. Bingo! She races toward the rink as the evil dude gives chase, then picks up the girl and uses her ice skates to slice her enemy's face. It's a wackily kinetic scene in a thriller filled with such moments.
- 3/18/2011
- MTV Music News
Sometimes a great shot can be attained through the wonders of visual effects -- the fine folks at Ilm can do just about anything with a computer these days. But there is a certain brutality, a certain aesthetic beauty that can only be achieved in the practical realm. Such is the scene in Zombieland when Columbus, the character played by Jesse Eisenberg, explains survival rule #4: "seatbelts." In the accompanying scene, we see an overweight soccer mom being chased by several zombie kids in her minivan. Upon crashing into a truck, this pink-sweatered lady is hurled out of her windshield, landing on the pavement right in front of the camera and sliding a few feet before she comes to rest right in front of the audience. It is one of the many awesome, fun and gruesome scenes that make Zombieland such a fun ride. Over at The Envelope, stunt coordinator Jill Brown writes about the process of...
- 11/19/2009
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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