Brian Helgeland | Research
He is also a successful writer and director, born in Providence, United States.
Although he says something else about himself, "I’m not a writer; I’m a filmmaker. If I wanted to be a writer I’d be a novelist. If I wanted to write dialogue, I’d be a playwright. But I want to make films so I’m a film-maker; I’m no different than a costume designer, or a DOP, a director. I make movies for a living."
He very well known because of the film "42", the story of Jackie Robinson from his signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization in 1945 to his historic 1947 rookie season when he broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. I have seen this film and it takes me into the scene right away.
I think it is already a huge research and talent to make something that realistic from 1945. Helgeland has played around very well facing the racism which was the biggest obstacle for many talented black people.
He makes the same realistic feeling again with the environment and actors in the film "Legend", a British gangster thriller about the exploits of the Kray twins. Rising from London's underworld to become unlikely celebrities at the height of the swinging 60s. I think that Brian Helgeland has explored human relationships, history and politics to direct a film something like "Legend" or "42".
"I always think a movie is a giant funnel, as big as this building, with a little tiny pinhole at the bottom and everyone, whether it’s the production or whether it’s the screenplay, you fill this enormous funnel with all the stuff and one drop comes out and that’s the movie or the script when it’s the script. The more you dump into that funnel to get that drop, the better it’s going to be. It doesn’t mean it’s going to be any good, but that’s a whole other thing."
I would say, watching his films it takes in different universe. Every single detail shows how precise he is in his work. A huge research of politics, historical facts and human relationships is leading to result that blows everyone's mind.
Human networking? Brian is interested in different countries. He tries to relate each area to people that lives there. His grandfather was a Norwegian, who moved to United States. Since he knows that he explores and tries to find points that works together in history.
In his films like "42" he involves a lot of signs of politics and historical facts. He has explored environment to the smallest detail. In my opinion his key for films is perfectionism. I want to say that the films I have seen has been made very detailed visually and historically. I love his patience.
"42" placed in 1946, Jackie Robinson is a Negro League baseball player who never takes racism lying down. Brian gives the viewer a sense of time, identity for each person in a film. Very well done work and a huge research under it...
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