Inneresting 58
issue 58
July 2nd, 2021
Every storyteller learned from someone else
Everything is a Remix takes a deeper look at The Force Awakens and J.J. Abrams’s influences. In this interview with Vanity Fair, J.J. talks about the impact of Steven Spielberg on his filmmaking (in general and on Super 8 specifically).
Speaking to the AFI, Spielberg talks about how Lawrence of Arabia got him into filmmaking. The Ringer looks at the relationship between Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick during the making of A.I., while Joel Gunz breaks down how Alfred Hitchcock influenced Spielberg’s Jaws.
The British Film Institute has a list of ten films that influenced Hitchcock, which includes Luis Buñuel’s Un Chien Andalou.
Harald Sack’s short biography on Buñuel includes some of the films and filmmakers that influenced him.
Small References -> Large Influences
In a recently released interview clip, Dave Grohl confesses he re-used a drum beat from The Gap Band for the introduction to Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Webcomic XKCD offers some new perspective on the evolution of repurposed memes using terms from evolutionary biology.
Discovering New Influences with Weekend Read
Weekend Read for iOS makes it easier to read screenplays on your iPhone, which opens up the opportunity to study the craft or proofread your own work anywhere or anytime you have your phone with you.
You can find plenty of scripts to review, including many award nominees and winners from the past several years, in the script library on the Weekend Read app.
Other Cool Things
The internet’s favorite time capsule to the 1990s, the official Space Jam website is still online, and gets its due in this NYT article.
MA Consultancy explains why they are replacing the phrases ‘allyship’ and ‘privilege’ in their anti-racism work.
If you find yourself staying up later and sleeping less, consider this article on fighting Revenge Bedtime Procrastination.
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