Hideo Nakata schools foreigners on Hollywood filmmaking -UPDATED-
Posted by Kevin Ouellette on January 20, 2009 7:15pm EDT (3 years ago)
Filed under: Documentary, Future releases
Hideo Nakata, the man behind “Ring” and the sequel to its subsequent Hollywood remake, “The Ring 2”, has created a documentary to help other foreigners understand what the Hollywood filmmaking process is like and what it takes to succeed there. The project is appropriately titled “Foreign Filmmakers’ Guide to Hollywood” (Hollywood Kantoku Gaku Nyumon) and will be screened at Shibuya’s Image Forum in March 2009.
Obviously Nakata draws heavily on his own experiences on “The Ring 2” from 2004-2005, but the documentary also includes interviews with other foreign-born filmmakers that have experienced some degree of success such as Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge), Jonathan Liebesman (The Killing Room), and producer Takashige Ichise: a guy who has been through the Hollywood wringer quite a few times over the years and knows all the angles.
Update:
As logboy points out, the trailer is now up at this link. That is some seriously dramatic music for low-key interview scenes.
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