From that opening bathroom we're in a grimy, dirty, run down Detroit, caught largely hand-held by Rodrigo Prieto in widescreen - Mathers himself one of a very small white cast - Kim Basinger of course his mother, Sluttany Murphy, Taryn Manning (ex), Michael Shannon, Chloe Greenfield (sister).
You have to hand it to these guys - their speed and wonderful, beautiful vocabularies. Eminem's pre-emptive strike in the final rap off is as classic I'm sure as some Roman orator in the forum.
Marshall is fine. With Mekhi Phifer, Evan Jones, Omar Benson Miller, De'Angelo Wilson, Eugene Byrd, Proof (Marshall's real life rapper mate), Anthony Mackie (Papa Doc).
"Silver: Obviously, there was no way that I was gonna be able to write rap lyrics for anybody, let alone for Em.
Eminem: I remember that the script always ended in a battle since the beginning. That’s what the whole movie was building toward. But how the battle actually went and what rhymes were used was pretty much open....In a real battle tournament back then, I wouldn’t know who my opponents were. I’d just stack a few punch lines up and mostly freestyle about the guy in front of me."
It's shot in widescreen to get the best view of Marshall's Oldsmobile Delta 88. The production designer is Philip Messina.
Oscar for Best Song 'Lose Yourself' - Eminem, Jeff Bass, Luis Resto.
It was great also to see the extras in which Eminem extemporises against four lucky rappers picked to do a montage scene.
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