Dredd (2012)

[Teivion]

What's with the silver ball at the end?

If you see grey ones, they are used to use for scene lighting/ shading matches in CG scenes, chrome ones can be used to pull almost a complete reflection 'map' which also is used for lighting, the image in the ball is mapped back into a scene so some light reflections match in colour and hue as well - ie if you have a green wall that green can bounce back onto skin, shiny objects etc.

[junox]

really enjoyed that Showreel  some quality shots ... just's makes you hungry for more

sorry about quality just lifted them off the video

anyways 

[Bat King]

With dredd doing well on bluray/dvd dont worry i aint going to bore y`all with the sequel thing
but i was thinking that surely a special editon of the move will be put out. I would like to see
extended interviews with the cast and crew maybe even some commentary from carl and alex
and how about deleted scenes. And then box that baby up in a limited edition steelbook 

There were no deleted scenes. The film was shot very economically and AFAIK they only shot what they were going to use.

I think that is the case, there may be bloopers, but no deleted scenes from what I understand. Indeed there is reused footage in part of the film.

[shaolin_monkey]

It was really interesting hearing Alex discuss how they had to get creative and re-use the same take but from different camera angles to extend the length if a set piece. The gas/stairs scene was a great example.  Apparently they only walked up one flight, but shot it from as many angles as possible, then edited it to make it look like it was two flights! Amazing!

[Bat King]

Yup. My fiends dad still ses I shoulda took splosivs or summat with me cos like Judge Pal was there, an Dredd an Judge Birdses. An lots of narks an such.

[radiator]

The older I get, the more I really appreciate economy and deftness in film making. With a handful of exceptions, I'd much, much rather watch a tight 90-odd minutes than some overblown two hour plus epic. I don't understand the mentality of those who queue up to see Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean etc etc when they are so clearly little more than expensive fx reels with no satisfying connective tissue.

Sooner or later, people will realise that the reason we still love The Terminator, Die Hard and Robocop isn't just because of the sci-fi trappings, the gore, the stars, the catchphrases - it's because those films are beautifully constructed. Every scene pushes the plot forward, everything has a setup and a pay-off. There's no fat on them, and they never get boring, even in their quieter moments.

And we can add Dredd to that list of great, self-contained, endlessly rewatchable genre pieces. That's the highest compliment I can give a film, really.

[Bat King]

Nicely put.

It'll be ratcheted in my house regularly for exactly that. It is a well crafted movie.

[Fisticuffs]

I think you hit the nail on the head there radiator. I haven't seen Django yet thanks to its runtime, just can't be arsed to waste (when you include trailers) 3 hours of my life on QT's smugness. Twice now I've put Dredd on just to watch the Lawmaster at the beginning and I've just sat there and watched the rest of the film, it just flies past, but in a good way.

[Keef Monkey]

Spot on Radiator. I don't mind long films if it's warranted, but they are by their very nature less rewatchable. The discipline and craft that went into the films of my childhood (3 of which you've mentioned there) are one of the reasons I can still watch them now and never get bored.

[strontium71]

just to watch the Lawmaster at the beginning...

Strange isn't it? All that hoo-haa at the first site of Judge Porky on that photo , and here is one of my bestist parts of the film as well! Love that Lawmaster 

[strontium71]

*sight , obv 

[shaolin_monkey]

just to watch the Lawmaster at the beginning...

Strange isn't it? All that hoo-haa at the first site of Judge Porky on that photo , and here is one of my bestist parts of the film as well! Love that Lawmaster 

Same here!! Dredd blasting between lanes, sirens screaming, particularly that scene where it's a full frontal between two cars, rushing towards the screen at you - it's just pure Dredd porn!!!


Radiator - couldn't agree with you more re your comparison to the original Terminator, Robocop etc.  I'd also add The Thing and Escape from New York to that list.  Tight, engrossing, hugely rewatchable, just like Dredd.

[Danbo]

^This and ^^^that.

[Bat King]

Plus I got to watch it with John Wagner & Carlos Ezquerra. Got to chat with Alex Garland. & ate pizza with fellow boarders!

[JOE SOAP]

Talk a little about deleted scenes and stuff like that.

GARLAND: No deleted scenes.

I was going to ask you, with being an indie, you know-

GARLAND: Yeah, no deleted scenes. I mean- Sorry I should let you finish that question.

Oh no, no. By all means.

GARLAND: We had a ninety-seven minute assembly cut, all right? We could not delete any scenes. One of the real challenges in the edit was how to do a proper job editing the movie, whilst not really letting anything hit the cutting room floor. So that's why scenes were repurposed, and shots were repurposed, and sometimes flopped and flipped, and played backwards or re-sped and put in different places. So, I don't think there will be another cut of the movie. This is it. In fact, in the end we did re-shoots because we needed, we kind of needed some more material, so we did some re-shoots like a year later. And that helped us turn a corner in the edit, I think.


http://collider.com/alex-garland-dredd-3d-interview/197656/