Fuck-Up #68
“Money, Fame, Power: Here I Come!”
Why it’s never easy, no matter how many films you’ve made
“Renew your passions daily.”5
—Terri Guillemets1
The Fuck-Up…
When new filmmakers set out to make their first movie, they often think that if they can just get this movie made, the acclaim will roll in and be followed by future movie after movie. The reality is that although having a movie under your belt is a huge advantage, you will likely have to keep fighting to get your second, third, or hundredth movie made.
How to Do It Right…
Steven Spielberg set out to make a feature-film adaptation of the beloved comic Tintin in 1984. That attempt failed. In 2007, he teamed up with Peter Jackson, the acclaimed director of the Lord of the Rings ...
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