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

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  • Опубліковано 7 кві 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 2 місяці тому +146

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

  • @folarinosibodu
    @folarinosibodu 2 місяці тому +55

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

  • @paradisecity0406able
    @paradisecity0406able 2 місяці тому +152

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

    • @drewmcgill5290
      @drewmcgill5290 2 місяці тому +6

      Right lol

    • @manulito2
      @manulito2 2 місяці тому +5

      Was looking for this comment :D

    • @pdzombie1906
      @pdzombie1906 2 місяці тому +17

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

    • @crys383
      @crys383 2 місяці тому +3

      Exactly. Was waiting for this.

    • @directedbyxanderjones8329
      @directedbyxanderjones8329 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @MariaVosa
    @MariaVosa 2 місяці тому +41

    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.

    • @K.C-2049
      @K.C-2049 2 місяці тому +3

      Alex G and Denis Villeneuve are two of my favs. apparently Denis is very kind and collaborative and it shows in how favourably people speak on working with him, and the quality of his films. I think those two are really something special in trusting their crew/casts.

  • @jsnell126
    @jsnell126 2 місяці тому +18

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

  • @forgotn42
    @forgotn42 2 місяці тому +29

    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.

  • @riparianlife97701
    @riparianlife97701 2 місяці тому +35

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

  • @BaconbuttywithCheese
    @BaconbuttywithCheese 2 місяці тому +26

    Dredd is so underrated.
    Excellent comicbook adaptation.

  • @gilpinsteven
    @gilpinsteven Місяць 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.

  • @user-yx3mo3vl8u
    @user-yx3mo3vl8u 2 місяці тому +6

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

  • @danielbarrero2815
    @danielbarrero2815 Місяць тому +5

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

  • @martind.5257
    @martind.5257 2 місяці 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

  • @winterhtech
    @winterhtech Місяць тому +3

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

  • @TomJones-wx5on
    @TomJones-wx5on 2 місяці тому +6

    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

  • @PilsnerGrip
    @PilsnerGrip 2 місяці тому +18

    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.

    • @K.C-2049
      @K.C-2049 2 місяці тому

      Annihilation has weirdly become one of my favourite movies. it's one that just kind of hangs out in my brain until I re watch it.

  • @kierenmoore3236
    @kierenmoore3236 2 місяці тому +5

    Dredd and Ex Machina were both epic.

  • @RatedRKO269
    @RatedRKO269 2 місяці 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…

  • @travisspaulding5835
    @travisspaulding5835 2 місяці тому +4

    Love this series

  • @BriGuyThompson1
    @BriGuyThompson1 Місяць тому

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

  • @itshelpa
    @itshelpa 2 місяці тому

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

  • @oops6876
    @oops6876 2 місяці тому +2

    I’d love to hear him talk about Sunshine

  • @SeanBreathnach
    @SeanBreathnach Місяць тому +1

    That was great.

  • @Owlbot
    @Owlbot 26 днів 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

  • @roel.vinckens
    @roel.vinckens Місяць тому

    This was so good.

  • @wysiwyg2006
    @wysiwyg2006 2 місяці тому +2

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

  • @astuteacademics6456
    @astuteacademics6456 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @williamhornabrook8081
    @williamhornabrook8081 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @ashbeech7785
    @ashbeech7785 2 місяці тому

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

  • @Ineddiblehulk
    @Ineddiblehulk 2 місяці 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.

  • @movieace1295
    @movieace1295 2 місяці тому +9

    get tarantino, fincher and nolan for this series!

    • @FramesPerSecond
      @FramesPerSecond 2 місяці 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 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @Enniomonet
    @Enniomonet 2 місяці тому

    pls more

  • @yifengliu6704
    @yifengliu6704 2 місяці тому

    Alex Garland really likes screaming!

  • @trevortimmermans6457
    @trevortimmermans6457 2 місяці тому

    he sounds exactly like idris elba

  • @AwesomeCrackDealer
    @AwesomeCrackDealer Місяць тому

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

  • @user-pw8my5dp7c
    @user-pw8my5dp7c 2 місяці тому

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

  • @redaizo
    @redaizo 2 місяці тому

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

  • @greghuffman3061
    @greghuffman3061 2 місяці тому

    AG

  • @4gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt
    @4gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @rijzone
    @rijzone 2 місяці 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 2 місяці тому

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

    • @edwardgyan7586
      @edwardgyan7586 2 місяці тому

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