Rules of the Frame

061 | Jaws

Episode Summary

Connor & Jon get their feet wet in discussing the film that created the modern blockbuster: Jaws! Probably the most well known limitation in film history that created the perfect horror/adventure film. They discuss how different(and not as good) it would be if the shark had worked perfectly and the beginnings of Spielberg's career and how this experience shaped his future films and collaborations. WARNING: Major Spoilers for Jaws, minor spoilers for No Country for Old Men Link to The Jaws Log: https://www.amazon.com/Jaws-Log-Expanded-Shooting-Script/dp/0062229281/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1R53SY0N3S6BH&dchild=1&keywords=the+jaws+log+by+carl+gottlieb&qid=1602022736&sprefix=the+jaws+%2Caps%2C628&sr=8-1 Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rulesoftheframe/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rulesoftheframe Twitter: https://twitter.com/RulesOfTheFrame YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCII7_Fevn8na1ZkXyfUeTQA/featured

Episode Notes

Connor & Jon get their feet wet in discussing the film that created the modern blockbuster: Jaws! Probably the most well known limitation in film history that created the perfect horror/adventure film. They discuss how different(and not as good) it would be if the shark had worked perfectly and the beginnings of Spielberg's career and how this experience shaped his future films and collaborations.

WARNING: Major Spoilers for Jaws, minor spoilers for No Country for Old Men

Link to The Jaws Log: https://www.amazon.com/Jaws-Log-Expanded-Shooting-Script/dp/0062229281/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1R53SY0N3S6BH&dchild=1&keywords=the+jaws+log+by+carl+gottlieb&qid=1602022736&sprefix=the+jaws+%2Caps%2C628&sr=8-1

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Films mentioned in this episode:

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• Jaws (1975) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
• Argo (2012) | Dir. Ben Affleck
• Star Wars (1977) | Dir. George Lucas
• Titanic (1997) | Dir. James Cameron
• The Sugarland Express (1974) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
• Duel (1971) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
• THX 1138 (1971) | Dir. George Lucas
• Psycho (1960) | Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
• Rosemary's Baby (1968) | Dir. Roman Polanski
• Frankenstein (1931) | Dir James Whale
• The Phantom of the Opera (1925) | Dir. Rupert Julian, Lon Chaney, Ernst Laemmle,  Edward Sedgwick
• The Exorcist (1973) | Dir. William Friedkin
• Airplane! (1980)  | Dir. Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
• Airport (1970) | Dir. George Seaton, Henry Hathaway
• The Towering Inferno (1974) | Dir. John Guillermin
• The Poseidon Adventure (1972) | Dir. Ronald Neame
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
• Jurassic Park (1993) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
• Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | Dir. Irvin Kershner
• Avatar (2009) | Dir. James Cameron
• Apocalypse, Now (1979) | Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
• Casablanca (1942) | Dir. Michael Curtiz
• The Meg (2018) | Dir. Jon Turteltaub
• Superman (1978) | Dir. Richard Donner
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
• Jaws 2  (1978) | Dir. Jeannot Szwarc
• Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) | Dir. J.J. Abrams
• Jaws: The Revenge (1987) | Dir. Joseph Sargent
• Back to the Future (1985) | Dir. Robert Zemeckis
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
• Always (1989) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
• UHF (1989) | Dir. Jay Levey
• American Graffiti (1973) | Dir. George Lucas
• No Country For Old Men (2007) | Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen
• Fargo (1996) | Dir. Joel & Ethan Coen
• Dunkirk (2017) | Dir. Christopher Nolan
• Alien (1979) | Dir. Ridley Scott