Isaac Florentine: Remaking the American martial art film (Action Talks #8) from Action Talks with Eric Jacobus

Isaac Florentine: Remaking the American martial art film (Action Talks #8)

1 hour 54 minutes Posted May 19, 2023 at 8:23 pm.

Isaac's Martial Arts Library

The Unknown History of Karate

French Savate

Style Differences

Taekwondo came from Karate

Isaac's intro to Martial Arts

The perception of violence in 1960's Israel

Movies Isaac grew up with

Italian Sound Design

Italian vs US On-Screen Violence

Farewell Terminator (1987)

Working in the Action Genre

Desert Kickboxer (1992)

Action Design in Desert Kickboxer

Israeli filmschool

Power Rangers Season 1 (1993)

Savate (1995) as an Historical Piece

Using previs for the first time on Ninja

WMAC Masters (1995)

American Cameramen

Character development in fightscenes

How Isaac Reads a Script

Editing and Camerawork

Jean Paul Belmondo

French New-Wave & Film Noir

Cold Harvest (1999)

Outside of the Industry

Working with Andy Cheng

Discovering Scott Adkins

Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing

Undisputed 3 and the character of Boyka

No politics

The Shepherd (2008)

Bourne Style action filmmaking

Hope for the American industry

Hopes for Karate in modern cinema

Closing

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Isaac Florentine is a director and martial artist whose work includes

WMAC Masters, Power Rangers, Ninja 1 and 2 and the Undisputed films. He

talks about his introduction to filmmaking in Israel, his love for

martial arts, and how he continued to push the envelope as an action

filmmaker. You can see his IMDB here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0282708/

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