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For several years now, Point Blank and Deliverance director John Boorman has been working on a CG animated retelling of The Wizard of Oz. Here’s a video of a render test that has been carried out.
No word if Sean Connery will appear wearing a thong in this version.
I had intended to see Machete anyway thanks to the ridiculousness of its Grindhouse trailer, but even if I knew nothing about it the recent real trailer showing Cheech Marin as a priest wielding a shotgun in each hand would have sold me.
I could swear I remember that from the first trailer.
Mmmm. Conan.
Looks a little, uh...Crow-nan.
Saw both The American and Machete last night. It's the perfect double feature. Both feature killers, lotsof naked women and have a '70s vibe. One is intense, personal and has very little action, the other is light, b-movie-ish and has non-stop action.
I liked both films--The American is a very slow, meditative film. If you can hang with Jarmusch, you might get into it. Clooney was superb, I thought.
Machete was great gory fun. I think Jeff Fahey and Cheech Marin stole the picture.
Is The American a Jarmusch film?
No, but it has the same deliberate pace as his films. Some people get into it and some hate it. One couple walked out of the film last night, even though the DH, our friend Andy and I all really liked it.
Is The American a Jarmusch film?
It's Anton Corbjin, best known as photographer to the rock stars. I really liked Control, his Joy Division biopic, so I'm willing to give The American a shot.
