Plus we talk about comments from Tom Cruise and James Cameron\n\nIn this episode, we talk about\u2026\n\nHow much Tom Cruise and the film industry has changed from the first Top Gun movie to Maverick\n\n\nThe problem with long climaxes thanks to Michael Bay and Christopher Nolan\xa0\n\nCreating a story worth telling vs. destroying every last fiber of a franchise\n\nScientology is still bad but at least Maverick has age-appropriate love interests\xa0\n\nJames Cameron\u2019s deliberate old-man trolling about his 3-hour movie\n\nDeclining appeal of long movies as well as shows with too many seasons\n\nAdvice for emerging filmmakers: Less is more and storytelling matters most\n\nBuilding community through backyard cinema and low-level networking events\xa0\xa0\n\nDetails about Laowa\u2019s anamorphic lenses, Atlas Lens\u2019 Orion Silver Edition, and finding the perfect combination of camera, lenses, and lighting\xa0\n\n\n\nFind No Film School everywhere:\nOn the Web\nhttps://nofilmschool.com/\n\xa0\nFacebook\xa0\nhttps://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool\n\xa0\nTwitter\xa0\nhttps://twitter.com/nofilmschool\n\xa0\nYouTube\xa0\nhttps://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool\xa0\nInstagram\nhttps://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices