Sam Raimi

Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi (born October 23, 1959) is an American film director, producer, and writer. He is best known for directing the classic cult-horror film The Evil Dead and the blockbuster Spider-Man films.

Trademarks

In his film and television projects, Sam Raimi's brother Ted Raimi and his friend Bruce Campbell often appear in on-screen roles, though these appearances are often just short cameos. He has included a 1973 yellow Oldsmobile Delta 88 automobile (nicknamed "The Classic") in most of his films.

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Ted Raimi - Cameos - Oldsmobile - Delta 88

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Other director trademarks include: a distinctive type of camera shot where the camera follows a moving object such as an arrow at high speeds in first person or side view; dolly zooms; and choppy montage-style sequences to cover a lengthy set of actions in a short space of time.

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Camera - Arrow - Dolly zoom - Montage

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Raimi often borrows scenes and ideas from Hong Kong films, especially A Chinese Ghost Story for use in at least one of the Evil Dead movies and in some episodes of Xena. http://www.sister13.com/underwater.htmlhttp://www.whoosh.org/issue60/wisniewski60.htmlhttp://www.dvdreview.com/fullreviews/a_chinese_ghost_story.shtml

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Hong Kong films - A Chinese Ghost Story

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