“That was my idol”: the icon Eddie Murphy called the greatest entertainer who ever lived
His biggest hero.
Cutting Room Floor Archives: 08/2024
A ruinous prophecy: the filmmaker who compared Mel Gibson to a “violent demon”
Fictionally, at the time.
The movie that taught Martin Scorsese about on-screen violence: “The biggest influence”
A transformative inspiration.
“It bugged the shit out of me”: the Oscar-nominated performance Brad Pitt wasn’t happy with
The Academy would disagree.
The three writers who inspired Quentin Tarantino’s signature style of dialogue
A trio of disparate influences.
“Mark my words, they’ll break through”: Steven Spielberg’s scarily accurate prediction on the next crop of great directors
Hollywood’s very own Nostradamus.
“It was so different”: the classic TV show Ray Winstone called ahead of its time
From the guy who turned down ‘The Wire’.
The Wong Kar-wai film inspired by John Cassavetes: “There’s no rehearsal, no control”
Greatness knows no borders.