2018-03-27T09:16:52+00:00March 12th, 2013|Tags: , , , |

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The Career of Paul Thomas Anderson in Five Shots

Absolutely engrossing, educational, and reaffirming my previous statement that Paul Thomas Anderson is the most important living filmmaker of our times.

Watch, watch again, and let us learn.

Another delightful example of PT Anderson at his best.

SteadiShots.org will blow your mind

2013-03-08T02:02:39+00:00March 8th, 2013|Tags: , , |

I don’t think this shot could have been accomplished except for the huge and enthusiastic crew we had in China. It took a very large crew to pull it off. A conventional crane could not get over the wall – we had to use a motorized hoist system that ran on overhead tracks that first lifted me up and then tracked along on top of the wall above Uma, crossing the wall at a slight angle until reaching the bathroom set and then lowered me down as Uma entered a stall to change into her “killing” costume. A custom chair was suspended from the winch that I could sit down for the flight over the wall operated by key grip Herb Ault who managed to get me up over and down with only a few minor collisions with the set. I then »

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