Fascinating reading, though for probably all the wrong reasons.This is a 3D model file, 1:1 ratio, wearable Judge senior officer helmet, modeled after the one worn by the Judge Dredd played by Sylvester Stallone in the 1995 Judge Dredd movie. I can only imagine that Lippincott (the producer who launched the project, as well as a writer here) was so annoyed at how the other producers had taken over, he didn’t attempt to censor Ms Killick from laying out starkly what a troubled time this film had, which does go some way to explaining why it’s such a lost opportunity. The post-production section mentions that Stallone involved himself in the editing (since time was tight) and that after Danny Cannon had delivered his directors cut, they all realised there was still some way to go. Various department heads comment that they were given the go-ahead to do one thing, did it properly and were then told it wasn’t right and this appeared to continue throughout production and beyond. The writers struggled, being pulled this way and that and then Steven DeSouza’s shooting script contained scenes and characters the director actively disliked from the very start but still had to film. Reading this directly after “George Lucas: A Life”, which details his disdain for non-creative executives making nonsense decisions about film, this highlights the problem completely, with executive producers, development executives and lots of other people commenting on scripts and design concepts without apparently knowing what they’re talking about.
A behind the scenes look at the Stallone version of “Judge Dredd” from 1995, this is split into six parts - 2000AD, development, production, post-production, storyboards and credits - and the writer clearly had full access to the production, which she uses brilliantly.
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