Tony Scott's final movie was an instant classic. The late and great Tony Scott was a filmmaking giant whose movies gripped the audience viscerally, and who favored lots of cuts, amazing cinematography, and incredibly punchy dialogue. Scott's final movie was Unstoppable, a runaway train epic that did well at the box office, but has become heralded in the later years as maybe one of the last great disaster thrillers. We called it one of the best films in the last decade, and we meant it. It helps that Tarantino agreed with us as well. This is a movie that is firing on all cylinders, frenetic and exciting, it holds you on the edge of your seat for the short runtime and allows character actors to shine in small parts, while stars Denzel Washinton, Chris Pine, and Rosario Dawson flaunt their chops. There are way more than eight filmmaking lessons we can glean from this masterpiece, but I figured we would start there. Let's release the airbrakes and get this thing going. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 3 June, 2021