Isaac Florentine: Remaking the American martial art film (Action Talks #8)

Isaac Florentine is a director and martial artist whose work includes WMAC Masters, Power Rangers, Ninja 1 and 2 and the Undisputed films. He talks about his introduction to filmmaking in Israel, his love for martial arts, and how he continued to push the envelope as an action filmmaker. You can see his IMDB here: 0:00:51 Isaac’s Martial Arts Library 0:04:38 The Unknown History of Karate 0:07:10 French Savate 0:10:35 Style Differences 0:12:28 Taekwondo came from Karate 0:13:49 Isaac’s intro to Martial Arts 0:16:55 The perception of violence in 1960’s Israel 0:18:05 Movies Isaac grew up with 0:21:07 Italian Sound Design 0:23:46 Italian vs US On-Screen Violence 0:24:30 Farewell Terminator (1987) 0:29:43 Working in the Action Genre 0:34:31 Desert Kickboxer (1992) 0:37:31 Action Design in Desert Kickboxer 0:40:41 Israeli filmschool 0:41:50 Power Rangers Season 1 (1993) 0:42:37 Savate (1995) as an Historical Piece 0:48:42 Using previs for the first time on Ninja 0:49:36 WMAC Masters (1995) 0:55:54 American Cameramen 0:57:02 Character development in fightscenes 0:57:53 How Isaac Reads a Script 1:01:12 Editing and Camerawork 1:03:30 Jean Paul Belmondo 1:05:30 French New-Wave & Film Noir 1:11:26 Cold Harvest (1999) 1:13:33 Outside of the Industry 1:17:40 Working with Andy Cheng 1:20:47 Discovering Scott Adkins 1:27:29 Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing 1:31:17 Undisputed 3 and the character of Boyka 1:39:14 No politics 1:40:40 The Shepherd (2008) 1:45:59 Bourne Style action filmmaking 1:48:50 Hope for the American industry 1:49:52 Hopes for Karate in modern cinema 1:54:48 Closing