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Scenes of movies? why opening scenes so important? >> first impressions count. whether it's meeting someone for the first time or sitting down in that theater and watching the opening images. that's going to determine whether you want to stay with the person or the movie. in terms of film, i have found that most of the great movies tell you, they give you in first few scenes the keys by which to unlock the rest of the movie. >> you give an example of shindler's list. describe that opening scene. it's such a powerful illustration of what you're saying. >> it could have begun in a number of ways...

Cinematic overtours how to read opening scenes. welcome. >> i'm delighted to be here. >> so, why is it that you want to write a book about the opening scenes of movies. why are opening scenes so important? >> first impressions count. whether it's meeting someone for first time or sitting down in that theater and watching the opening images, that's going to determine whether you want to stay with the person or the movie. and in terms of film, i have found that most of the great movies tell you, they give you in first few scenes the keys by which to unlock the rest of the movie. >> so you give a...

Many important elements of film such as the mystery of oscar shindl elimina shindler, why did he risk his life ultimately to save 1100 jews during the holocaust. we'll never really know. >> there's an opening scene where -- don't talk about as much about it in the book, "the god father", many think of as the greatest film of all time. that opening scene is extraordinary and the line it begins with, this immigrant says i believe in america. >> i believe in america. >> i love also the gradual reveal. this is what when i first saw "the godfather", even though i was quite young at the time, i knew...

His life to save 1100 jews during the holocaust? we'll never really know. >> there's a scene from the classroom but the godfather. many people think of as the greatest film of all time. that opening scene is extraordinary. the line that it begins with. this immigrant, he says i believe in america. >> i believe in america. >> i love the gradual reveal. this is what when i first saw the godfather, even though i was quite young, i knew i was in the hands of master story teller. it's not just the lines become spoken closely into the camera. it's the gradual reveal. the camera slowly pulls back to ...

I'm a very big fan of yours. >> that's okay. we're going to do a two shot. whether you are a super hero or not. reluctant hero that grows into it. and i think this film is really the climax of him truly accepting his destiny. >> i need the girls. lock her up. >> i wanted to ask because this has been plaguing me forever, how do those claws fit in between -- like, is there a hook? >> there is a little brass plate that goes in here and the claws are attached and they mold around your hand literally hold on. >> that's amazing. >> much more simple. when i meet 6-year-olds and 7-year-olds they all l...