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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Has anyone ever managed to track down the script for ONCE UPON A TIME … IN HOLLYWOOD? Reading Jay Glennie’s incredible ‘making of' book and really keen to follow it up with the script. I guess after THE HATEFUL EIGHT script leak it was kept under lock and key but has anyone had a luck finding it?

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Surely this is a solid contender for greatest blood squibs ever in a movie gunfight? Dread to think how long the reset times were! Also worth noting how effectively backlighting works to show the blood. And what a track!

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Rewatching DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE. This is McTiernan at the height of his powers. Impeccable big movie/action direction throughout. This is just about the coolest zoom I've ever seen in a film. The camera op deserves a raise!

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

A BETTER TOMORROW is nearly 40 years old and this scene is still one of the best examples of intercutting between slow motion and 24fps I've ever seen. Works so well, and I think this whole sequence (with the build up and guns in plant pots) is one of the best action set-pieces John Woo's ever done.

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Two films that really need to be lovingly restored and released on 4k UHD. Two stone cold classics.

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Just finished watching Na Hong-jin's THE WAILING. What a film! Incredible atmosphere and stunningly photographed. The shots of scenery and nature are something else. Hopefully this inspires your Wednesday.

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Jeremy Saulnier does not fuck about when it comes to his visuals. There's an un-showy, impeccably framed, muscularity to his cinematography that I really appreciate. Not easy to do, but immensely satisfying when you see it done right.

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Somehow got to 45 without ever watching The Searchers. So I ordered the 4k from USA. What a film! And such a beautifully restored transfer. I said 'Jesus!' out loud when I saw this kick. Genuinely gnarly bit of fight choreography. Jeffrey Hunter & Ken Curtis really went for it in this sequence.

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Rewatched Munich for the first time in years. Not my fave Spielberg by a long shot, but his direction here is some of his very best. It's a masterclass in blocking and shot design. And the scene transitions are so creative and well thought out. Must have been an absolute dream to edit this film.

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The best criminal gang in cinema history. Charismatic, hilarious, psychotic. What more do you need?

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I had a film come out last year called JERICHO RIDGE. An action-siege-thriller set in a rural Sheriff's office. So obviously comparisons to Carpenter were made. The best one was courtesy of YouTube - "Assault on Precinct 13 with the emphasis very much on ass."

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

John Woo really didn't fuck around when it came to shotgun squibs. The amount of pyro and debris in the air is incredible. And now this is getting a 4k blu-ray release courtesy of @shoutstudios.bsky.social The greatest action film ever made!

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Saw a clip of Secret Level on Corridor Crew's YouTube and then watched it on Prime. So blown away by the lighting and shot design here. The muzzle flashes and glow in the dark blood are such a creative way to illuminate the scene. Just a really impressive and creative piece of action filmmaking.

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

4k Blu-ray rewatch of Seven complete. Blown away by how beautiful this looks. My mouth was hanging open whilst watching. Incredible restoration. Every shot is stunning and it's so beautifully cut together. Think this is Fincher's high water mark for me. Love his work but this is as good as it gets.

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I think this was my fave cinema experience in 2024. A proper epic, beautifully designed and performed. Lots of honourable mentions - Monkey Man, Anora, Cvil War - but it feels like Dune: Part Two is the one I'll revisit most at home. Although Civil War dropping De La Soul was my fave 'moment'.

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

A while back my son announced "I love movies that are bloody, have bad language, and have buff people shooting people." I thought, crikey, do I have just the film for you. As the credits rolled he turned to me and said, "That's the best film I've ever seen." One of the great moments of my life...

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Watched VIOLENT NIGHT last night with a big, goofy grin on my face. So funny and some really cool Santa-themed action. The Santa versus Frosty fight is one of my fave fight scenes in ages. Violent, funny and really imaginative. Bravo! A little too long is my only complaint. Should've been 95 mins.

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Lost Bullet 2. What's not to like?

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Completely epic practical helicopter crash.

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Really cool 'hidden' cut from close up to wide shot. Uses the movement so well to conceal the edit. Had to stop and rewind this a couple of times.

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Love this push in & tilt up on Rutger Hauer. What a shot!

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Just rewatched THE HITCHER for the first time in about 25 years. Robert Harmon directed the hell out of this film - all the more impressive when you consider that it's his debut feature. This double canon roll is a thing of totally exquisite beauty.

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Finished my rewatch of Civil War. Looks jaw-dropping in 4k. Not sure I loved the very ending (maybe I didn't quite get it) but think this might end up being by one of my fave films of the year. Emotional, really well acted and great use of sound and music. Gunshot sound FX are Heat level brilliant.

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Here's a vfx breakdown by POD (LDN) for JERICHO RIDGE. They did some great work. We had a fairly high number of vfx shots for such a low budget film-something like 340. Mostly screen replacement for dashcams and CCTV, adding snow when it all melted, and actiony stuff like muzzle flashes, sparks etc

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Will Gilbey @willgilbey.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

For my money, this is the single greatest moment of action choreography and editing ever. Had the widescreen VHS of this as a teenager at school and rewound this with my mate Bob about twenty times on our first viewing. This is the movie that made me want to get into filmmaking. So good!!

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