As a child Rian Johnson was raised on the films of Scorsese and Fellini. When handed a VHS camcorder that's when his career started. The big bulky kind where the VCR needed to be attached and it was that he needed. All through high school he made short films with his friends. By the time he graduated high school he had an estimated 85 short films under his belt. I only had three. But, I made a trilogy that totaled a feature length film. So, there's that. But, this isn't about me and my brilliant trilogy. This is about how a neo-noir classic came to be.