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Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell

A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.

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Fiona - Mar 19, 2006 9:55:39 am PST #1058 of 10001

I know she and Charles Taylor (back when he drew a paycheck from Salon) were very polarizing to some readers

Can anybody tell me where Charles Taylor has gone? I always thought he had a pretty interesting take. He still occasionally does book reviews for Salon but no films.

Kathy A - Mar 19, 2006 10:35:41 am PST #1059 of 10001

We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Fiona, read this interview with him--it goes into his leaving Salon, and other stuff about Salon's Arts and Entertainment department.

Dana - Mar 19, 2006 10:53:54 am PST #1060 of 10001

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Charles Taylor and Stephanie Zacharek are married? Huh.

Also, I personally can't stand Andrew O'Hehir's reviews.

Hayden - Mar 19, 2006 5:03:02 pm PST #1061 of 10001

aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

I personally can't stand Andrew O'Hehir's reviews.

I'm with you there. He seems to be a decent book reviewer (and I think Taylor mentions something along those lines in that interview), but he has no deep understanding of why some movies are good and others are not. His entire aesthetic seems to be as based around the knee-jerk assumption that indie movies are good and studio movies are bad.

Gris - Mar 19, 2006 5:50:27 pm PST #1062 of 10001

Hey. New board.

Oops. This totally should have been in adifferent thread.

But, um, I saw, um, some movie? Recently? And it was... okay?

I'm too drunk to think right now.

Mikey - Mar 19, 2006 8:44:53 pm PST #1063 of 10001

All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.

2046 was a room number before it was a year.

I believe it's also the year China's current policy toward Hong Kong expires. And WKW is a HK filmmaker, which might (and I'm not quite sure how to put it) make the year more than doubly resonant.

Fiona - Mar 19, 2006 11:36:49 pm PST #1064 of 10001

Thank you, Kathy, that was the perfect link!

Charles Taylor and Stephanie Zacharek are married? Huh.

Indeed....

Betsy HP - Mar 20, 2006 7:50:09 am PST #1065 of 10001

If I only had a brain...

Eeee!

Ricky Jay is currently consulting and acting in a new feature film, Chris Nolan’s The Prestige. The film stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as magicians who become embroiled in a deadly rivalry.

Sean K - Mar 20, 2006 7:56:35 am PST #1066 of 10001

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

The film stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as magicians who become embroiled in a deadly rivalry.

And not just magicians, either. Turn of the 19th/20th century magicians. Period stuff. I'm very excited. Plus it's directed by Chris "how did I get so lucky" Nolan.

Jessica - Mar 20, 2006 8:01:38 am PST #1067 of 10001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as magicians who become embroiled in a deadly rivalry.

Mrowr.

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