Alex Garland Picks a Favorite Shot From Each of His Most Iconic Movies | My Best Shots

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
  • From Civil War and Ex Machina to Dredd and Annihilation, Alex Garland picks his best shots from each of his movies, as well as one from his TV show, Devs. Here are the director, screenwriter, and novelist's favorite shots from his filmography.
    Civil War arrives in US theaters and UK cinemas on April 12, 2024.
    #Movies #Film #CivilWar

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  • @marktwain7339
    @marktwain7339 5 місяців тому +155

    Love how much he name drops production staff and their contributions.

  • @paradisecity0406able
    @paradisecity0406able 5 місяців тому +159

    So, this video confirms that he did direct 'Dredd' (2012)

    • @drewmcgill5290
      @drewmcgill5290 5 місяців тому +7

      Right lol

    • @manulito2
      @manulito2 5 місяців тому +5

      Was looking for this comment :D

    • @pdzombie1906
      @pdzombie1906 5 місяців тому +20

      Karl Urban pretty much said it in an interview not long ago...

    • @crys383
      @crys383 5 місяців тому +3

      Exactly. Was waiting for this.

    • @directedbyxanderjones8329
      @directedbyxanderjones8329 5 місяців тому +1

      Nope. It was directed by Pete Travis. It was written and produced by Alex Garland though.

  • @BaconbuttywithCheese
    @BaconbuttywithCheese 5 місяців тому +28

    Dredd is so underrated.
    Excellent comicbook adaptation.

  • @gilpinsteven
    @gilpinsteven 5 місяців тому +4

    I love the way Alex Garland's work always has a serenity and beauty with a menace lurking just underneath all of it. Excited to see Civil War.

  • @folarinosibodu
    @folarinosibodu 5 місяців тому +60

    For some reason, the director's fav shots is never what we would think. It's usually what the audience doesn't notice.

  • @kierenmoore3236
    @kierenmoore3236 5 місяців тому +5

    Dredd and Ex Machina were both epic.

  • @SeanBreathnach
    @SeanBreathnach 5 місяців тому +1

    That was great.

  • @astuteacademics6456
    @astuteacademics6456 5 місяців тому +1

    Great voice...could listen to Garland break down anything or just read off phone book.

  • @trevortimmermans6457
    @trevortimmermans6457 5 місяців тому

    he sounds exactly like idris elba

  • @ManishBharti-c6p
    @ManishBharti-c6p 5 місяців тому

    Bro you made home made movies but this time I see your channel was very different 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

  • @MariaVosa
    @MariaVosa 5 місяців тому +44

    A good director is good at directing.
    A GREAT director surrounds himself with people who are good at their job, and includes them in the creative process.
    And an even greater director acknowledges their invaluabe contributions to the final product. Love this.

  • @riparianlife97701
    @riparianlife97701 5 місяців тому +39

    The flight path of the helicopter in Ex Machina is a Fibonacci spiral.

  • @jsnell126
    @jsnell126 5 місяців тому +24

    Devs is really underrated. That show stuck with me for weeks after.

  • @PilsnerGrip
    @PilsnerGrip 5 місяців тому +20

    I love Annihilation, Sonoya Mizuno really sold that creature that imitates Natalie Portman's character. For me it's a great modern sci-fi horror with classic cosmic horror elements. Some of the visuals are burned in my mind for ever.

  • @forgotn42
    @forgotn42 5 місяців тому +31

    Kudos to the set designer for coming up with the bathtub idea in Dredd, because it was a brilliant way to show how Ma-ma found a way to be opulent in the slums. There was very little to be had in the way of creature comforts in a rundown tower block, but a place to sit and enjoy a bath without a care in the world shows just how powerful Ma-ma is.

  • @martind.5257
    @martind.5257 5 місяців тому +8

    So cool you have him on! I admire Ex Machina like few other films! To me it is perfection in every aspect. Never ever have I seen a film before or since that deals with the question of consciousness and humanness in such a profound and philosophical way and the filed of movies that deal with these topics is fortunaly vast and I've seen many of them, which shall just emphasize my compliment! 🙂
    It was Ex Machina on which I wrote my first ever paper in Universitiy here in Germany, that's how far my passion for this film reaches

  • @RatedRKO269
    @RatedRKO269 5 місяців тому +6

    Such a big fan of his. Really looking forward to Civil War and hope the rumors of him leaving directing aren’t true…

  • @danielbarrero2815
    @danielbarrero2815 5 місяців тому +5

    the shot of Wagner in Civil War is also my favorite. it’s so powerful!

  • @TomJones-wx5on
    @TomJones-wx5on 5 місяців тому +7

    Wild he chose the helicopter scene for ex machina. The red outline of ava, the reverse shadow of ava to close the movie, Caleb and Nathan by the waterfall, that whole movie is beautiful

  • @YoungLochinvar
    @YoungLochinvar 5 місяців тому +6

    What a generous director to his crew Alex Garland is. Brilliant. Just like his movies.

  • @winterhtech
    @winterhtech 5 місяців тому +3

    Silence is well used in Civil War and that scene with Joel is powerful.

  • @travisspaulding5835
    @travisspaulding5835 5 місяців тому +4

    Love this series

  • @wysiwyg2006
    @wysiwyg2006 5 місяців тому +2

    Annihilation is underrated and hypnotic, the end terraforming alien thing and themes stay with you

  • @oops6876
    @oops6876 5 місяців тому +2

    I’d love to hear him talk about Sunshine

  • @williamhornabrook8081
    @williamhornabrook8081 5 місяців тому +1

    I thought Gavin Free from SloMo Guys did the high speed photography on Dredd.

  • @Owlbot
    @Owlbot 4 місяці тому

    I've done nearly 300 hours of interviews with the best cinematographers in the world on my channel in the past 4 years, I'm so mad I never thought of this format lmfao

  • @movieace1295
    @movieace1295 5 місяців тому +9

    get tarantino, fincher and nolan for this series!

    • @FramesPerSecond
      @FramesPerSecond 5 місяців тому

      Usually it’s Director’s who have a film to promote so maybe when The Movie Critic comes out Tarantino can do it. Fincher and Nolan we’ll have to wait longer for.

    • @KenTWOu
      @KenTWOu 5 місяців тому +1

      Get Fincher and ask him to pick the worst shot from each movie, that would be more entertaining.

  • @zam6877
    @zam6877 28 днів тому

    This knowing what you can't control

  • @roel.vinckens
    @roel.vinckens 4 місяці тому

    This was so good.

  • @Ineddiblehulk
    @Ineddiblehulk 5 місяців тому

    There was initially a shot at the end of ex machina from the AIs POV and it was just totally alien, and digital. It didn’t make the Final Cut. I wish it had, cos I have to admit I don’t totally understand the story until I heard about that shot.

  • @BriGuyThompson1
    @BriGuyThompson1 5 місяців тому

    When I saw that shot in Civil War it instantly became one of my favorites. Glad he mentioned it

  • @itshelpa
    @itshelpa 5 місяців тому

    This is your most interesting and best recent video format in my opinion! More of that please!

  • @AwesomeCrackDealer
    @AwesomeCrackDealer 5 місяців тому

    bro those shots were nothing special when watching and now i love them as well

  • @yifengliu6704
    @yifengliu6704 5 місяців тому

    Alex Garland really likes screaming!

  • @GregHuffman1987
    @GregHuffman1987 5 місяців тому

    AG

  • @ashbeech7785
    @ashbeech7785 5 місяців тому

    We really need a drokking Dredd sequel!!! 🔥😍😎

  • @izored
    @izored 5 місяців тому

    doesnt seem like its the biggest moment in the film but did he just spoil his own upcoming movie?

    • @edwardgyan7586
      @edwardgyan7586 5 місяців тому

      oh cmon lol. it couldnt possibly.

  • @Enniomonet
    @Enniomonet 5 місяців тому

    pls more

  • @4gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt
    @4gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt 5 місяців тому +1

    If you don’t like this movie you’re a terrible person

  • @rijzone
    @rijzone 5 місяців тому

    Anhilation is one of the worst movie I have seen. That movie takes itself too seriously and doesn't make a single sense.

    • @KenTWOu
      @KenTWOu 5 місяців тому

      It does. Check out Dan Olson's analysis of the movie - Annihilation and Decoding Metaphor.

    • @edwardgyan7586
      @edwardgyan7586 5 місяців тому

      each his own, i think im going to rewatch it for like the tenth time.