'Heart Of Gold'
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How much do I love Fahrenheit 451? So much that I've sort of been holding my breath a bit and chanting a mantra that nobody does a rehash. Er, remake.
Okay, I haven't looked at ita's link yet, so I don't know how scary it is, but if ever there was a time to attempt a decent remake of this film, right now is it. We could use a movie with a really good message like 451.
Darabont about Gibson "he's a sweet man."
At least until you suggest his fictionalized homoerotic version of the cruxifiction shouldn't be taken as history.
t /hypergibsonbole
I think you are not allowed to call someone "a sweet man" after said man has fantasized in print about killing another person's dog. (That of Frank Rich, whose reply was, "I don't have a dog.")
Then again, I don't think I trust Frank Darabon't idea of what is and is not sweet. He probably thinks jalapenos are sweet; certainly he likes to pile on the syrup pretty thick in his own movies.
Well, I'm heartened that Gibson is apparently keeping his sticky fingers off it, except for producing (which, can influence mightily).
I just think the '66 version is a perfect film, small, personal, quiet, and very very affecting. I can't relate Montag's story to big-screen More!Fire!Effects!
I'm being a brat, aren't I? '66 is one of my most favorite films, one that affected me deeply the first time I saw it as a child, and every time I've seen it since. It means so much with the very reserved performance Werner gave, because he had this huge secret to keep.
And yes, I've often thought about which book I'd like to be, walking in the forest reciting it from memory.
It will probably be a very successful moneymaking movie. I'll just stay home and watch the b/w version again.
I'll just stay home and watch the b/w version again.
The Truffaut is in color, actually. Cinematography by Nicholas Roeg, in fact.
You're talking about the Truffaut version, right? That was in color.
I'll just stay home and watch the b/w version again.
I was just about to say that version was in color, but Frank beat me to it.
And if I remade the movieBeverly, I would keep it a small movie, without the WHIZ! BANG!
I saw Delovely last weekend, too. And I am Steph in most things, except for number 6. I don't think Alanis Morisette was up to her song. She seemed to be going for a breathy, strangled effect when the music required a fuller, richer voice.
Oh, what I meant was that I love Cole Porter's music, immensely, and I really dislike Alanis a lot a lot a lot, so I expected to cringe and weep when she opened her mouth to sing "Let's Fall in Love." But she surprised me. I thought any number of singers could have performed it better, but I didn't hate Alanis the way I expected to.
What did you think about the way the movie itself was framed?
Memo:
From PRODUCER Mel Gibson:
To director Frank Darabont:
The early dailies look good, especially that nice Keanu kid, but the thing seems awfully chatty. The book burnings are really working. They'll appeal to my "core". Can we have more fire? I think a fire "accidentally" spreading to a really big office tower, with flames whooshing and windows shattering would really resonate.
Lunch Thursday?
M.
[sorry Beverly, I agree. Small and arty.]
I haven't seen AI, but it seems it fits the bill.
I've been meaning to mention it, even though it's not well-liked here.
And Existenz.
Mmm, love that movie. Need to see it again. "eXistenZ is PAUSED!"