简介：ProductDescription:Ifyou'veeverwonderedifyourfavoritefilmmakersweregeniuses(ormerehacks)backintheiryouth,ReelTalent:FirstFilmsbyLegendaryDirectorswillhelpclueyouin.Acompilationof12shortfilmsbydirectorswhowouldgoontomakeStarWars(GeorgeLucas),ForrestGump(RobertZemeckis),andDonnieDarko(RichardKelly),ReelTalentisaneclecticcollectionofworkthatsharesonethingincommon:allnineofthedirectorsattendedfilmschoolattheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia.ThoughLucasgetsthemostplaywith3shorts--includingtheexhilarating1:42:08-AManandHisCar--it'sZemeckis'workthatshines.HeexhibitssubtlenuancesandakeeneyeforstorytellingwithTheLift,whichhintsatbothsci-fiandthesupernaturalwithitstaleofanoldelevatorthatseemstooperateonitsownwhim.AndwithFieldofHonor--whichwontheStudentAcademyAwardin1975--hebalanceshumorwithchaosashetellsthebittersweetstoryofaVietnamvetwhoisreleasedfromamentalinstitution.Thoughpartsoftheshortareplayedforlaughs,thefilmalsoinvokesafeelingofpanicasitmakestheviewerrealizejusthowchallengingitcanbeforanyformersoldiertofitbackintocivilianlife.AnotherstandoutproductionisRichardL.Bare'ssparseTheOvalPortrait.Shotinblackandwhite,thesilentfilmisbasedonanEdgarAllenPoestoryandtellsthesadtaleofanartistwhoissoobsessedwithpaintingaperfectportraitthatheallowslifetopasshimby.Itgetsofftoaslowstart,butpicksupasthefilmflashesbacktothepainter'svibrantyoungerdays.Bare,whowouldlatermakehisnamewithTheTwilightZone,showsmaturityandpatienceashetellshisepicstoryinjustunder19minutes.WhilelegendaryisasubjectivewordthatbefitsahouseholdnamesuchasLucas,itseemsoverthetopinitsusetodescribeallofthedirectorsincludedhere.Yes,thefilmmakersareinarguablytalented,ifnotalllegendary.Still,thecollectionisamust-seeforfilmbuffscuriousaboutseeingsomeoftheirfavoritedirectors'earliestworks.…