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Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell

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Jessica - Mar 07, 2006 3:35:27 pm PST #849 of 10001

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

I've seen 2 biopics this week -- one dreadful and one cute and fun.

The dreadful one is called Stoned, and I suspect it will not be in theatres outside of NY/LA, and in those only briefly. Which is a good thing, as sitting through it was 100 of the longest minutes of my life. Who knew the last 3 months of Brian Jones' life were so completely uninteresting?

Tonight though, we saw The Notorious Bettie Page, which is the latest from Mary Harron (American Psycho, I Shot Andy Warhol), and is terrific. Like with Warhol, she does a really good job matching the tone of the film to the personality of her subject, so it's a straightforwardly saucy bit of fluff. And beautifully shot -- it moves completely seamlessly from black & white to color and back again. Lots of fun.

flea - Mar 07, 2006 10:44:34 pm PST #850 of 10001

information libertarian

I had an idea the other day - after Peter Jackson makes The Hobbit, he should go and re-make the 3 Star Wars prequels as they should have been. Am I a genius, or insane?

Volans - Mar 07, 2006 11:49:56 pm PST #851 of 10001

move out and draw fire

we saw The Notorious Bettie Page

Good to hear, as I've been looking forward to this movie!

flea, you are an insane genius. About the PJ-making-Star-Wars, though, I don't know.

I learned from Wired today that there's Sailor Moon/Anakin Skywalker fic.

Fred Pete - Mar 08, 2006 3:41:59 am PST #852 of 10001

Ann, that's a ferret.

flea, I like the idea. Though I'd prefer to see the never-to-be-made SW 7 through 9. Because one problem with SW 1 through 3 is that it has to set up the story for the original trilogy, and there's only so much you can do with that.

Tom Scola - Mar 08, 2006 3:44:41 am PST #853 of 10001

Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I learned from Wired today that there's Sailor Moon/Anakin Skywalker fic.

Clearly, Wired doesn't understand the motto, "All the news that's fit to print."

lisah - Mar 08, 2006 5:48:23 am PST #854 of 10001

Punishingly Intricate

Tonight though, we saw The Notorious Bettie Page, which is the latest from Mary Harron (American Psycho, I Shot Andy Warhol), and is terrific.

Cool! I love the look of it from the trailer. And it's got Jonathan M. Woodward!

Mr. Broom - Mar 08, 2006 6:12:10 am PST #855 of 10001

"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor

I had an idea the other day - after Peter Jackson makes The Hobbit, he should go and re-make the 3 Star Wars prequels as they should have been. Am I a genius, or insane?

A little from column A, a little from column B. I'd still march in your victory parade regardless.

JohnSweden - Mar 08, 2006 8:13:26 am PST #856 of 10001

I can't even.

Anyone seen Little Fish? An aussie movie from 2005 with an excellent cast (Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Sam Neill, Martin Henderson). Small, downtrodden strugglers kind of drama. Really well done.

Volans - Mar 08, 2006 9:31:21 am PST #857 of 10001

move out and draw fire

Sometimes you are having a blah day, and something like this comes along and restores your faith in humanity: [link]

(I'm putting this in the movie thread as it's ostensibly a tribute to Ray Harryhausen.)

DavidS - Mar 08, 2006 1:45:44 pm PST #858 of 10001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I doubt Buffistas need much reminding, but Goblet of Fire and Howl's Moving Castle are both out on DVD now. Virgin had the two-CD special edition disc priced the same as the regular editions..

In news of interest only to myself and perhaps amych and Teppy, The Oblongs is also now out on DVD.

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