All I know is that you're my favorite French cinema professor, and I'm still working through some of the more well-known highbrow French flicks. So, once you work it out, I'm going to take your word.
Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.
'Harm's Way'
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Hayden - Aug 27, 2008 9:18:08 am PDT #7947 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Polter-Cow - Aug 27, 2008 9:39:05 am PDT #7948 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
See Films Differently. These are really funny. The main one is about Toy Story, and the interpretation is pretty brilliant. The Ghostbusters one is good, too, and the others are fairly amusing. Especially Die Hard, which is the one that makes the least sense.
Also, everything's better in a British accent.
Fiona - Aug 27, 2008 10:03:11 am PDT #7949 of 10000
I am looking forward to seeing the new Coen brothers film (Burn This After Reading is the title, right?), because it looks like goofy fun with lots of big names.
Burn After Reading got a rave from the Guardian at the Venice Film Festival.
Also, everything's better in a British accent.
Well, that goes without saying....
Hayden - Aug 27, 2008 11:49:06 am PDT #7950 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
DavidS - Aug 27, 2008 11:58:26 am PDT #7951 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Silent Shadow of the Bat-Man
That's awesome. JZ's gonna love that.
Here's an interview with the guy who put it together.
His next project?
There's a ridiculous Super-8 feature length semi-surrealist ode to bad 80s kung fu being wrapped up in the editing department entitled A Belly Full of Anger that is just...beyond words. I know what you're probably thinking, but the truth is: even stranger. With voiceover cameos by Phil Proctor of the Firesign Theatre and Trace Beaulieu of Cinematic Titanic/Mystery Science Theater 3000.
He must do a remixed Santo movie!
DavidS - Aug 27, 2008 12:42:04 pm PDT #7952 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Speaking of remaking the silent era, Franju's 1963 remake of Judex is supposed to be coming out soon.
Super elegant and dreamy (and influential on certain Siouxsie videos).
megan walker - Aug 27, 2008 12:53:32 pm PDT #7953 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The SF Symphony is showing The Phantom of Opera (Lon Chaney?) with live orchestra on Halloween. I'm tempted, but given that I live next to the incredibly decorated Harry Potter Halloween street, I was thinking of having a party.
Laga - Aug 27, 2008 7:10:13 pm PDT #7954 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm watching Big Trouble in Little China for the first time. I came to it from "The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny". Lo Pan was the only guy I'd never heard of. I think I came to it a bit late. It's silly fun but so dated. I find it interesting that skeletal corpses are the one effect that stands the test of time. It makes me want to rewatch other 80s flicks like Desperately Seeking Susan, Ghostbusters and Risky Business.
Connie Neil - Aug 27, 2008 7:27:36 pm PDT #7955 of 10000
brillig
I'm watching Big Trouble in Little China for the first time.
The shame of it all! You've never seen this classic of American cinema? And I'm only being half hyperbole-ish. I adore that movie with a passion only challenged by Buckaroo Banzai.
Laga - Aug 27, 2008 7:33:14 pm PDT #7956 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I came to Buckaroo Banzai too late too. I slept through a lot of it and didn't bother to rewatch it. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood for either of them.