'I don't like much to shoot action': Roland Emmerich on directing Moonfall, The Patriot and more

Roland Emmerich chats with MovieMaker's Micah Khan about his new film Moonfall and the lessons he's learned about #filmmaking, while making hits like Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow, including:

—Write everything that happens in the movie in 2-3 pages (1:55)

—Action movies don't need much action (5:13)

—Most of the time, "there's only two or three actors who could play" a particular role (7:30)

—The weeks before a shoot are the most stressful time (8:28)

—"It's about survival. That's all that interests me." (11:37)

‚—The big difference between shooting Universal Soldier (1992) and Stargate (1994) (12:02)

—If you have two sons in the movie, cut it to one son. (14:30)

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