Sunday, December 8, 2013

Blog 10: One of the people a look up to.

As a film student and a movie lover, I have some favorite directors and movies that I'm very protective of. I know that my taste might not be what everybody else enjoys to watch, I may be a little bit too gore for others, and that's ok. 
I think that's why I get so infuriated when some people talk about gore/horror movies I like when they're not even able to appreciated them. One example of this is Braindead, a horror/gore comedy directed by Peter Jackson. Yes, the same man who directed The Lord of The Rings. This is one of his first films, back in the day when he used to make low budget gore movies.
 What I really admire about Peter is that he is always really compromised to his job, he’s very passionate. He spent almost all of his money to make his first movie.
He had a very humble beginning, and after a lot of hard work, he got what deserved, recognition.

I read that he had been a movie fan since a very early age, and when he was in high school a family friend gave him a super 8 camera. After this, Peter started making his own short films. When he was older, he bought a 16 mm camera to shoot his very first feature film, Bad Taste. He made that movie through out the course of four years. He would only shoot during the weekends. He even starred in it with two different roles, he also had all of his friends help him too. But in the long run it was all worth it, because this film made Peter known in the industry and started opening doors for him. Well, and after a couple of years, we all know what happened with The Lord of The Rings.

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