Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of The Terminator, a movie that we could say almost didn’t happen. But isn’t that the case with most movies from the 1980s, a decade when there wound up being companies like Orion and New Line rising outside the major studio territory for the very reason of distributing now-classic and cult-classic genre films like this one? The sci-fi action/horror flick is famous for launching and breaking the careers of many involved, bumping up the fame of writer-director James Cameron, star Arnold Schwarzenegger and make-up effects artist Stan Winston. It’s influenced numerous movies since and reached a certified level of prestige in recent years by being added to the National Film Registry. It’s hard to imagine what the world would be like if The Terminator hadn’t happened. Not that we want to go back and kill it before it could be born in order to find out...
- 10/27/2014
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Los Angeles quintet, Wires in the Walls, concoct jangly folk pop with joy and optimism that defies the times. Their true to form Diy approach must be their secret. The band's debut LP, "New Symmetry" dropped in October, with this nostalgic ditty "Ysa," featuring Warren Sroka on vocals/guitar, Nick Tracz on bass/vocals, Bryan King on drums/horns, Dave Irelan on guitar/vocals, and multi-instrumentalist Dave Sicher cementing their presence in west coast Americana.
"A few years back, Warren played me this song on the guitar in his living room and I thought it was excellent," director Brent Willis recalls. "For me it brought up all this really powerful nostalgic teenage imagery."
Now, years later when the band asked Willis to direct the video he didn't hesitate. But the director admits, "When I pitched the concept, the band was like, 'huh?' And yet, they trusted me enough to...
"A few years back, Warren played me this song on the guitar in his living room and I thought it was excellent," director Brent Willis recalls. "For me it brought up all this really powerful nostalgic teenage imagery."
Now, years later when the band asked Willis to direct the video he didn't hesitate. But the director admits, "When I pitched the concept, the band was like, 'huh?' And yet, they trusted me enough to...
- 11/22/2011
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
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