The thing about '48 Hrs.' that really isn't thought about much is that's the first film where the black and the white criticize each other.
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You think of movies like 'Midnight Run' and '48 Hours', those are great movies, especially 'Midnight Run.'
Every film is faced with the enemy of time. Only so much story can fit into the 90-150 minutes of time that moviegoers are willing to stay in their seats. Naturally, compression is necessary. So are the exclusion and amalgamation of characters so that the viewer does not become bewildered.
Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
After I directed for the first time, I wanted to call every director I'd ever worked with and apologize. In television you are tasked with shooting 42 minutes, or whatever, in eight days. That's not a lot of time.
When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work.
I didn't want people to sit there and watch 10 minutes of film,and all they write about is 48 frames.
If you go to a bad movie, it's two hours. If you're in a bad movie, it's two years.
I think the context of an hour-long drama gives breathing space that you don't get in a film.
The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd love to make a black-and-white movie one day.
People don't realize how long hours are when you're shooting a movie.
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