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Murder By Numbers are the two I've seen, and he definitely has an overt style that intrudes onto the film in both of those cases.
Oh, wait, I've seen that one. It had, like, no reason to exist.
Wait, that was Barbet Schroeder. You're thinking of maybe Drowning by Numbers.
You'll either love him, or he'll make you want to stab his brain out with a knitting needle.
Knitting needle's too good for him.
Can't be more reviled than Joel Schumacher.
I think this is even a flimsier connection than "inspired by", which is the absolute kiss of death for an adaptation.
It's not an adaptation, though. It's a completely original story, backfitted into being a quasi-tenth robot story.
Love Greenaway.
I think this is even a flimsier connection than "inspired by", which is the absolute kiss of death for an adaptation.
Well, "inspired by" usually refers to a true story. I, Robot isn't even true to the story, much less a true story.
It's a completely original story, backfitted into being a quasi-tenth robot story.
I thought the original screenplay was just basically Asimov-verse fanfic.
Is Murder by Numbers the Sandra Bullock thing? Saw it. Didn't hate it.
We saw Swimming Poolk last night, which is very European and very much about Ludivine Sagnier's breasts, but not a bad movie.
I, Robot isn't even true to the story, much less a true story.
By story you mean the conglomeration of the nine?
I thought the original screenplay was just basically Asimov-verse fanfic.
I read it was completely unrelated.
Yeah, Peter Greenaway and Stanley Kubrick both suck mightily. Give me a Michael Bay or McG movie anytime. They rawk!
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Wait, that was Barbet Schroeder. You're thinking of maybe Drowning by Numbers.
Yeah, that's the one.
Also, for no reason at all, I happened to be reading Clancy Brown's bio, and I stumbled across this little factoid that made me smile:
Although his character Rawhide dies in "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" (1984), Brown is still under contract to appear in a sequel to the film.
I wonder if it's true. I'd really love to see a sequel get off the ground, and I'd love to see him in it.