For any of you who have seen the Huckabees hissy fit video (which has been quite the topic of discussion among those I know in the movie business(, here is a genius homage: [link]
Enjoy!
Like any of that's enough to fight the Dark Master. Bator.
Xander ,'Lessons'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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Scrappy - Apr 02, 2007 7:44:31 pm PDT #8078 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
§ ita § - Apr 02, 2007 7:57:53 pm PDT #8079 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My sister sent me an article about a controversial movie featuring two black men in love with each other, and I was surprised (pleasantly so) to see this paragraph:
Rag Tag is Nwandu's interpretation of "slash", the underground genre of fan fiction on the internet in which fans - mainly women - invent and share fantasies about famous men having sex, from Captain Kirk and his colleagues to Pete Doherty and Carl Barat. As a straight woman, she sees nothing unusual in this. "I know people have been saying why, as a woman, are you writing stuff about men; but if you look into slash, a lot of the authors are housewives," she says. "There is something about male sexuality that fascinates women. I know I am not alone."
Sure, I might edit it a bit when it comes to defining slash, but still. Dude. It came up. In the Guardian movie section.
DavidS - Apr 04, 2007 10:21:08 am PDT #8080 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Guy Maddin's 15 minute short in collaboration with Isabella Rosselini, reflecting on her father Roberto. This is the kind of stuff I love by Maddin: visually beautiful, playful, silly, theoretical. And because it's Isabella Rosellini, this is also very heartfelt.
She's a good collaborator for him.
The sound sync is off but it's only a little distracting.
Recommended for any serious film fan.
DavidS - Apr 04, 2007 10:32:20 am PDT #8081 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Then there's also the pure comic genius of Maddin's Sissy Boy Slap Party.
I've got a feeling shrift might bookmark this one.
Volans - Apr 05, 2007 7:06:43 am PDT #8082 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Henson is making The Doubtful Guest into a movie! [link]
Kathy A - Apr 06, 2007 10:54:36 am PDT #8083 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
After stopping by for my workout on the way home, I think I'm going to pop in my tape of Godspell to watch tonight if there's nothing else on. Gotta love Victor Garber in a huge frizzy 'fro! I still wonder how they did the outdoor scenes in NYC with absolutely no one in sight.
Sean K - Apr 06, 2007 5:21:12 pm PDT #8084 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'm still wondering how they got shots of London with absolutely no one in sight for 28 Days Later.
Gris - Apr 06, 2007 5:47:54 pm PDT #8085 of 10001
Hey. New board.
They do the same thing in Times Square at the beginning of Vanilla Sky. I think half of their operating budget must have been spent on bribing people in the government to make that happen.
bon bon - Apr 06, 2007 7:25:43 pm PDT #8086 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I know the Vanilla Sky thing was at like five in the morning on a Sunday, which is generally a good time to find an empty city.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 06, 2007 7:53:59 pm PDT #8087 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Saw GRINDHOUSE. Definitely NOT for everybody. Rodriguez's half was totally early Peter Jackson/Romero/Evil Dead (how Evil Dead 2 needed to go out unrated while this gets and R rating - not even counting the atrocities in the trailers and Tarantino's half - is a testament to either how desensitized the MPAA has gotten towards violence, corporate strong-arming, or, I suspect, a combination of both). I think it has a bit more heart than the reviews have generally been giving it credit for, though.
Tarantino's was both more low key and more disturbing - I agree with the critics who say that he couldn't resist doing his type of movie, as opposed to just doing a schlock pastiche (though it's that too). It's definitely going to stick with me, and Kurt Russell is pretty amazing.
WONDERFALLS fans should note that Tracie Thoms basically has the Sam Jackson role in Tarantino's movie, and she cusses the hell out of it.