'Out Of Gas'
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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!"
Huh. My taped-off-cable copy, which I've watched more than once, is in color. I just always think of it as b/w. Maybe because of the subject matter? My mind is a strange and labyrinthine place.
Question for the hivemind: Is Cyril Cusack related to the John-Joan, etc., generation?
Question for the hivemind: Is Cyril Cusack related to the John-Joan, etc., generation?
From my clicking around on IMDb, I would say no.
Question for the hivemind: Is Cyril Cusack related to the John-Joan, etc., generation?
Nah. But he's the father of Sinead Cusack, who's married to Jeremy Irons.
Think-y Sci-Fi? Does Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind count? Errr, Twelve Monkeys and Brazil, to bring up a couple of movies mentioned lately.
I should retry 2001: A Space Odyssey. If only the damn Blue Danube didn't render me comatose every time I listen to it...
Thoughtful Sci-Fi movies:
Killer Klowns from Outer Space!!!
Or uh, Gattaca, Day of the Triffids, Them, The Thing (either version)
No mention of the Nick Roeg version of The Man Who Fell To Earth, so I'll mention it. Other "thoughtful" scifi movies are They Live, Metropolis, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Forbidden Planet, A Boy and his Dog, Frankenstein, Plan 9 From Outer Space and a shitload of movies from foreign climes that few outside that country have ever seen. I know there's a Russian director who made some amazing movies under the Soviets but I'll be damned if I can remember his name, or any of his movies. :(
Um, Cube ? A Boy and his Dog ?
It didn't do it very well, really, but The Matrix. (Apologies if this has been mentioned a hundred times. I just skipped over a hundred posts.)
Also, Donnie Darko is kinda thinky and kinda sci-fi.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space!!!
I have this on DVD, and it's my 9 yr old son's favorite movie.
ijs