At the International Film Festival of India, Oscar-winning special effects supervisor Chris Corbould pulled back the curtain on four decades of big-screen engineering — from tank chases and truck flips to collapsing houses and controlled explosions — insisting that the emotional power of spectacle still hinges on what can be achieved physically, not digitally.

Speaking at a masterclass moderated by Variety ’s Naman Ramachandran, Corbould revisited his work on the James Bond and Christopher Nolan films and stressed that his guiding rule remains unchanged: do as much as possible in camera, and let technology support the story rather than overwhelm it.

The discussion was replete with anecdotes and movie clips that spanned some of cinema’s most ambitious practical stunts. Corbould, who

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