Imagine if ‘Bruce’ (the prod nickname for the mechanical shark) had actually worked as planned. How different the film would be. Would Spielberg have the career he had following ‘Jaws’? As it stood, he pulled an ace out of a shit show and as a result we’re thankful of the many cinematic memories his career has given us to date. What a genius.
Imagine if ‘Bruce’ (the prod nickname for the mechanical shark) had actually worked as planned. How different the film would be. Would Spielberg have the career he had following ‘Jaws’? As it stood, he pulled an ace out of a shit show and as a result we’re thankful of the many cinematic memories his career has given us to date. What a genius.
In the 1931 "DRACULA", Van Helsing and others see something through the window. They just describe it because they can't actually shoot what the audience needs to know is there. "Oh look, it's a wolf, that's weird, so creepy, am I right?" - not quite those words. I always think of this scene when the subject you just brought up is brought up. In 1931, director James Whale was largely a point and shoot or point-and-move guy who used editing in a very conventional way (I love him and he was light years ahead of most of his contemporaries, but by today's standards...simplistic). In 1975, Steven Spielberg was told "there's no shark (wolf)" and more or less said, "Hold my beer." This anecdote might only make sense to me, but it's a glimpse inside what I think about cinema, I guess.
Imagine if ‘Bruce’ (the prod nickname for the mechanical shark) had actually worked as planned. How different the film would be. Would Spielberg have the career he had following ‘Jaws’? As it stood, he pulled an ace out of a shit show and as a result we’re thankful of the many cinematic memories his career has given us to date. What a genius.
In the 1931 "DRACULA", Van Helsing and others see something through the window. They just describe it because they can't actually shoot what the audience needs to know is there. "Oh look, it's a wolf, that's weird, so creepy, am I right?" - not quite those words. I always think of this scene when the subject you just brought up is brought up. In 1931, director James Whale was largely a point and shoot or point-and-move guy who used editing in a very conventional way (I love him and he was light years ahead of most of his contemporaries, but by today's standards...simplistic). In 1975, Steven Spielberg was told "there's no shark (wolf)" and more or less said, "Hold my beer." This anecdote might only make sense to me, but it's a glimpse inside what I think about cinema, I guess.