watching a mini documentary on how they made The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, and I know this is like obvious but I think what really makes or breaks a movie is if it's a collective passion project for everyone involved, not just the director.
its fun listening to the behind the scenes of TCM2 or Bride Of Reanimator because the teams worked so hard not because they were pressured to by the director or under threat of losing their jobs, they worked so hard (like getting little sleep to work on things, working in bad conditions, etc) because they genuinely wanted to see a movie get made
and I really think thats the difference between like. what we see now where workers get treated terribly *without their permission*. these guys worked their tails off because it was fun and they were paid enough and they were excited about the movies
I think a lot about Pacific Rim where Del Toro individually treated every cgi artist like a genius, and let them do their own thing, and thats why the movie looks fantastic literally like 12 years later
even in something like TCM2, which is kinda like a b-movie sequel deal, the team talks about how much fun everyone was having on set and if someone genuinely didnt wanna do something, then they did something different. and even though the movie isnt "good", its a great movie. yknow
sure theres been lots of movies made where a lot of people didnt have fun or were treated terribly and the movie turned out *good* (like The Shining, or even the first TCM), those movies just have a different feel to them than something everyone was having a good time making
I think it humanizes movies in a way and takes them out of the weird hollywood idol pedestal when individual workers are recognized, not just actors
