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Good Eye... Justice is my fav of all his pics... peace mink

Sony JP were behind the picture from the getgo. They put up money, product placement and secured some of the A list japanese talent. It was a pleasure to work with them and I will hopefully work with them again soon... peace mink

Anytime... peace mink

If the studio had chosen so yes. When I shot the movie I framed super 35. So they could have done a lot of things. We also talked about a DI at one point as well. Super 35 is just nice because you can use almost any lens and then the conversion is done later as opposed to using the anamorphic...

No it was shot super 35 but transfered 1:85 in post by Sony when they mastered it... I prefer to shoot super 35 when at all possible. peace mink

I wanted to use as much of Steven's music in the movie as possible. He was recording the album during the prep of the movie so I fell in love with a couple of the songs and they really fit the movie and he was cool enough to let us use them. The other groups are friends of mine and Stanley...

Hey O... Theyre should be subtitles on all the DVD's when I saw the final print master it had the subtitles on it. I know the Japanese DVD which is the best presentation of the movie definatly has them as well as a 45 min making of the movie, deleted scenes and trailers for other japanese...

Thanks ... I love that scene. The pebble is something that I saw in fight when I was kid... peace mink

Doomo Latin Jazz... mink-san

I watched all of Steven's pictures, The original Yakuza(Sydney Pollack), Black Rain, Thief, Clear & Present Danger, Heat, A bunch of Japanese Yakuza Films, Icchi the Killer, Battle Royale, Crouching Tiger, Hero(Original version), Ghost in the Shell, Sleepless nights, Tokyo Godfathers, Tears of...

Boo-ya ... Whats up wrist snapper? Great ID.... peace mink

Opinions are never wrong they are as they sound... opinions. Film is an art as in all art 50% of the audience will love it and 50% of the audience will hate it and thats the way it works... Im glad you enjoy the directors work that you have mentioned and keep enjoying them...You also seem...

Excellent point Syd... Check out the Soprano's to even further your point. Steve Buscemi's work this last season was light years ahead of the rest the episodes. His camera placement, blocking, timing and pacing was hands above the rest. One could assume all those years of being around a-list...

Like I said these directors except the parameters(even in B movies) and yes I assume that some of these type of movies may even be directed by producers or other third parties. You are talking about an extreme case and specific type of film but if you as a director were told the parameters that...

Latin Jazz(cool name) I see your point. I respectively disagree about the puppet thought from this point though... if as a Director(working in Hollywood) you accept a job then you accept the parameters within that job completey. When your name is on the titles as director you take responsibilty...

Good question... In my opinion The Director is ultimatly responsible for everything or at least he or she has influenced everything. Granted in todays film making process it is a far more collaborative process and perhaps the amount of total control a director has today is decided on a case by...

What's up syd?... Thank you very much I am glad you enjoyed Into the Sun. Again it's so great the true Seagal fans get what I was doing and how much I respect the guy so it's a pleasure to answer your questions. Let's see FULL CLIP. I did enjoy shooting Full Clip it was a tremendous...

Doomo rita-san... Ganbatte!! jaa ne mink-san

The Budget was around 15 mill. Keep in mind thats the total for everything including all the cast, Steven, writers and other above the line(none filming costs). Typicaly the above the line on all movies way out weighs the physical cost. So when you see a movie budget its actual physical shooting...

No Franchise was totaly cool to work with. They were having some internal struggles at the time of the movie but it didnt effect us at all. Eli and staff were behind me and the picture 100%. peace mink