Hardcore Henry : Episode 51
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Hardcore Henry
What: A first person shooter movie, basically. It’s awesome.
Directed by: Ilya Naishuller
Starring: Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Bennett, Andrei Dementiev, and a panoply of Russian stuntmen
an homage
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Show Notes
The movie’s history
Crowdfunding. Timur Bekmambetov. Biting Elbows music videos.
First-Person film and video games
Visual language of first person shooters. Our affection for the genre and this film by extension.
Filming and FX
“Adventure Mask” iterative design. Camera mounting and how bets to capture first person action. VFX difficulties with Go Pros.
Motion Sickness
Surprising study results with old and young players. Motion sickness vs simulation sickness.
Sharlto
A Sharlto appreciation party. Remote surrogate body control.
Horse
horse, lol.
Goodbyes
I’m afraid I shall not be coming with. But you letting me get you this far has given an old sweat his grandest gift in all his years.
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