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CinemaStix is a series of filmmaking stories & video essays,

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the budget was so low, they couldn't even afford...
10:39
when literally every scene in the movie is iconic
02:15:15
when the person does the thing
10:58
when you're actually a pretty good actor
10:44
when the comic book movie dialogue is actually realistic
08:45
when you realize you’ve been watching the cropped version this whole time
10:52
when the movie is too quotable to fail
10:58
when the director is overqualified for the job
10:25
when the movie's average shot length is more than literally 3 seconds
09:55
this is the tightest comedy dialogue ever
06:38
a $4M period film shouldn’t look like this
10:59
yay, modern filmmaking...
08:33
when green screen actually makes the movie better
08:42
when you hire the author to direct the movie
10:59
when the director forgets to call cut
10:05
when the director actually listens to feedback
05:38
the first mission impossible had no business looking this good
09:59
when the director is reeeally good at their job
10:59
when the audience doesn't get the joke
10:58
back when Vin Diesel was an indie filmmaker
10:19
when the animators are given half the time and money that disney gets
08:59
when you hire a genius to compose your movie score
08:06
when the filmmakers get stuck with an unlikable character
09:13
when you hire stunt guys to direct the movie
06:30
when christopher nolan makes a "small" movie
05:38
when you find a way to dance in every movie you're in
07:57
when the director dabbles in some color theory
08:29
that moment you realize tarantino only co-wrote pulp fiction
09:05
when you shoot your movie like it’s a stage play
10:44
when the filmmakers respect the communities they're depicting
10:20
when the sequel surpasses the original
07:03
when the actor and the writer are the same person
07:57
when you stop casting your actors off the street
03:32
when the director actually lets the tension build
08:46
when a great director satirizes his own genre
05:16
when you’re actually a pretty decent filmmaker though
09:24
when the original voice actor is just too iconic
03:43
because green screens are for suckers
08:28
when you only cast non-actors in your movies…
08:08
if it ain’t broke… break it
06:54
when the director just sticks the camera onto whatever
07:18
when a modern director makes a fake old movie
08:39
no wonder star wars never got any better than this
07:55
when your protagonist has no name
05:52
when you have the wrong voice for darth vader…
10:56
one of the only scary movies to win an oscar, and it won five
09:00
when you’re basically the first marvel movie villain
06:55
Heath Ledger talks about playing The Joker