James Cameron on "Terminator 2", "Titanic" and "Aliens"
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- One of our first famous guests at Hollywood's Master Storytellers was James Cameron. One of the most incredible evenings as we discussed how "Terminator 2" came about, the creation and challenges of "Titanic" and even the fun simple, intimate moments of his movies. Enjoy. Nadine Christine Hamdan
Just by hearing Cameron you can see the kind of mind that wrote and made Aliens and Terminator, he understand the audience and has the finest taste for the emocional and monumental experience that cinema must provide.
Hands down my fav director of all, from the terminator 1&2 or the terrifying aliens. ( one of the only
Movies as a kid I had nightmares from) true lies titanic to avatar. All great in my opinion and versatile
James Cameron shows, in this interview, that he has a keen intellect, he is a studious observer of his audience, and he continually applies a rational and consistent thought process to his decisions. It makes sense that all other directors who tried to continue the franchises he began failed miserably. He may not make "arthouse Oscar bait" but I can't think of a single film he made which wasn't extremely successful.
+erentheca The Abyss?
Paul Staker The Abyss didn't do as well as his other major blockbusters, but it still recouped its production budget (cost $70 million, made $90 million), it was critically well received, and it did better than any other film in its genre (Leviathan, for example, cost $20 million and only recouped $15 million). Underwater thrillers are, as a whole, not very popular, so if there was a misstep, it was making a film in an unpopular category. The Abyss was clearly a passion project for James Cameron. Yes, you are correct, it wasn't "extremely successful", but under a lesser director it would have bombed.
+erentheca Well, if the film only made $90 million on a $70 million budget, then the studio didn't break even. At least, not at the box office. Don't forget there are the marketing costs and also the theatre's cut. Not to mention if anyone got a percent off the top.
the marketing costs were 20 million
James Cameron is a master at what he does!
I love him, he's so magical and he's the best realisator.
Battle Angel yeah! Only Cameron has the brains, passion and emotional sensitivity to make that movie a hit. He's never made a movie I didn't like.
Jim Cameron - a legend
I`m not a huge fan of Cameron`s promoting 3D adventures.
But apart from that, his movies and skills as a filmmaker are INCREDIBLE.
I never saw a movie from him, that didn`t appeal to me, it always did, and always will.
A real Talent at work, and I am very glad he is in Movies.
Bless the Man.
I felt Titanic was his last great movie. I enjoyed Avatar... but the story and acting was lacking and it focused too much on the CGI (which was amazing) and the message.
ivanthelovehammer yeah, people just hate when you force them to look in the mirror. but make a movie about a group of blue Aliens called engineers whom claimed to have created the human race and they love it. 😐 it's like sharing space with a extremely narcssistic female.
ivanthelovehammer I've heard of Avatar but wasn't interested in it. So for me, Titanic was his last film. I heard he's working on a new Terminator film.
my favorite director ...love Aliens and Sigourney Weaver just perfect ...grrrrr.... Titanic kate leonardo... terminator 2 amazing ... Avatar wow wow ... this guy is a God ...
cool interview, thanks for posting
You're so welcome :), thank you.
Aliens... Seriously, one of the BEST movies every made.
Jen Haley True but Terminator 2 is miles better.
I know Cameron is enjoying this moment of great digital effects BUT Aliens was his best movie and has NONE of digital effects and that movie hasn´t dated a day.
I agree. That's why I love film. When they age greatl.
@@johanjonasson4188 Like most movies back then, the matte paintings, optical compositing, miniatures and rear projection shots are obvious and totally dated. I'm not suggesting they're distracting or take me out of the experience, but let's not pretend the VFX from that era hasn't aged poorly. They absolutely have, but nostalgia has a way of blinding us because we want to suspend disbelief for the things we love. It wasn't really until the 90s with digital compositing that they were able to truly combine shots and elements together seamlessly.
Terminator 2 is THE greatest action movie of all time .....the man might be a dictator, but he’s also a genius
I went to see ALIENS EXPO , which was first time all ALIENS cast got together after 30 years.
Paxton said that he was told when James was writing Terminator and Aliens (etc) in his garage..
He would eat sweet/sour candy when doing Aliens and savoury chips and food when writing Terminator.
I can see how he succeeded alot of passion and great story telling won the fans over forever Michael J and Cameron fan ;)
Despite some of the effects being aged, the original Terminator remains a much tighter and focused film than T2. The Cyberdyne subplot initially meant to be a part of T1 too makes the antagonist in T2 disappear completely for like a fully 30+ minutes plus, which never once remotely happend in the original. It seems to be in general that working around constraints is actually one of Cameron's biggest strenghts, as his movies alongside to rising budgets went more bloated. Maybe something he picked up from working at Roger Corman's studio, the king of budget restraints.
I mean, even the liquid metal terminator -- he was brilliantly portrayed by Robert Patrick. But the focus on the struggle of a vulnerable human against a seemingly unstoppable machine is a dramatically more interesting one than the machine vs machine clash in T2.
Plus, to this day nothing conveys the Terminator's terror as a force better than the badly damaged T-800 at the end of T1, barely able to walk, his skin smelling of of burn, rot and decay -- but still carrying on with his mission until he's finally truly terminated, fucker. The more any sequel tried to infuse the Terminators with even more advanced tech and gadget in a bid to top what's come before -- the more they feel like the generic kind of action you get from any kind of over the top super hero movie these days.
that microphone picks up breathing really well.
Yep, it sure does. Especially when enhanced :).
Aliens was legend because there wasn't major cgi used if any. If aliens were remade with full cgi it would be awful and would never honor it's original.
Nonsense. Quality CGI by passionate artists would look so convincing that you wouldn't even realize it wasn't real. It's a sad reality for VFX artists that only the worst CGI gets noticed and all the good stuff flies by unbeknownst to the viewer.
Dammit Cameron why did you have to enslave yourself to 3 more consecutive Avatars?
Cameron knows how to make sequels that feel fresh (Terminator 2, Aliens). Let the man work.
gw!z But Jesus Christ 3 more in a row. That'll take like a decade each.
Four more, and he's doing it simultaneously: www.cinemablend.com/new/James-Cameron-Plan-Filming-His-Four-Avatar-Sequels-Sounds-Overly-Complicated-125827.html
I do feel as if the man is wasting away his career on these films. I get it he has side projects with deep sea exploration (probably from making The Abyss and Titanic) but he is an incredibly talented and gifted film maker who his just pouring his time into 3d movies with blue people...what the fuck? Make some hard R rated Sci Fi action films for us fans! I couldn't stand Avatar. But his early work is my favorite ever. Wish he would've made more movies with Arnold in his prime too.
great interview though, characters really are the key to an engaging movie, though I think Cameron made better movies when he didn't limit himself with a rating and pushed boundaries.
He sure did, fantastic observation.
My favorite part of this interview is when he loudly catches his breath between every sentence.
+Narthumpulous The sound is fucked up, obviously.
He doesn't. We amplified the audio for this video on CZcams. People like to rip the video and post it on their sites. This helps with that. Sorry about the fucked up sound. But he's awesome.
my inspiration
Can we have 3 hours of James sucking in after every single sentence.
Music comes out of nowhere, watch your ears!
LOL.. oh yes it does. :)
He says how Terminator 3 was all about money and not about story but he also once said he thought T3 was great..?
What happened to the rest of the questions?
i honestly think he is from the future to make some money
Jim you should have stayed in the R-rating
who?
Has anyone ever met him in person? Is it true he has a bad attitude?
Yes, we met him and had dinner with him prior to his Q&A. He is easy going and a lot of fun. He was a wonderful guest at our show. I don't know about the bad attitude, but he certainly didn't have one when we were with him.
@@NadineChristine There have been stories where he argued with people on the sets of his films.
@@kytim89 I hope not. I'm in the entertainment industry and it's challenging. All I know is how he was with us. It couldn't be easy being a director. But totally get what you're saying.
@@NadineChristine What exactly is his job as director?
Bull only to support Arnold
this video is giving me hyperventilation
OMG..so sorry about that. Don't watch it, we don't want that.