This animated short set in the Star Wars Universe but done in Japanese anime style is awesome. I’d love to see the entire original trilogy done like this.
via Neatorama
This video is long — three hours long — but if you ever wanted to know how The Price is Right gets made, it will show you.
Awesome article on how the movie, Ghostbusters, nearly didn’t make it — several times — yet became one of the most iconic comedies of the 1980s (and in my opinion, of all time). Everything magically came together for this film and despite its age, I never grow tired of watching it.
The other day I watched a quick piece on how Akira Kurosawa influenced George Lucas and his Star Wars filmed; seeing the two minute clip was almost uncanny when you see those elements show up. But Kurosawa wasn’t the only influence on Lucas. And Michael Heilemann created a two hour feature on the movies that shaped the franchise:
via Kottke
This week, Narratively has been posting stories about "invisible people" who work or exist behind the scenes of the everyday or are just one of thousands but still with a unique story to tell. This one about a limo driver in Hollywood caught my attention:
Donal “Sully” O’Sullivan unlocks the door to his gleaming black Lincoln town car, a majestic vehicle that stands out in a row of smaller, dusty economy cars. The new-car smell wafts throughout the limo, with its leather seats and complimentary water bottles for passengers. Sully climbs into the driver’s seat and closes the door, disappearing, along with the secrets of his clientele, behind dark tinted windows.
Sully has been a limousine driver in Los Angeles for the past ten years. He is fifty-eight years old, tall and lanky with a chiseled jaw and grey-blue eyes. His Irish brogue makes everything sound like it will have a punch line. He has driven Hollywood executives, B-list actors and world-famous celebrities. “Every time I look at the telly, I see somebody that I have a story about,” he says. But Sully won’t gossip or divulge their secrets. “If somebody takes you into their confidence in a really personal way, especially the rich and famous, you have to rise to that level of trustworthiness.”