The Unexpected Reality Behind Hollywood's Steamiest Scenes

Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, "Blue Valentine"

This movie explores the inevitability of toxic relationships as a lack of motivation and intense self-absorption causes the undoing of a marriage. Despite the ups and downs in their relationship, you can't deny Gosling and Williams have intense chemistry. Their intimate scenes are some of the driving forces behind the plot.

The More You Know

Paul Schrader wrote Taxi Driver in five days. It is rumoured he had a loaded gun by his desk for “inspiration and motivation”.
Michael Myers’ mask in "Halloween" is William Shatner’s face.
Dan Akroyd’s original script for Ghostbusters was set in a future where Ghostbusters were everyday figures of society like paramedics and firemen.
The first public movie screening was held in 1895 in Paris.

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