That's basically how DH felt - [link]
Cool. I just saw The Dark Crystal last night. Maybe I'll watch Labyrinth and then catch Your Highness after that.
You know what they say about payback? Well I'm the bitch.
Fred ,'Life of the Party'
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tommyrot - Apr 20, 2011 5:24:52 am PDT #14134 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tom Scola - Apr 20, 2011 6:06:54 am PDT #14135 of 30000
hwæt
Laga - Apr 20, 2011 6:14:43 am PDT #14136 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm so glad I asked about Crash. Maybe I'll check out the novel. I wonder why filmmakers feel the need to tackle 'unfilmable' books.
§ ita § - Apr 20, 2011 6:24:47 am PDT #14137 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wonder why filmmakers feel the need to tackle 'unfilmable' books.
Because there's no committee that decides unfilmable?
Polter-Cow - Apr 20, 2011 6:26:32 am PDT #14138 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There's something familiar about the Cowboys & Aliens trailer...
Ha!
What? Seriously? In Cowboys and Aliens, Daniel Craig gets to blow things up with a thing on his wrist? On his wrist? Just like Iron Man did in just about every single scene in Iron Man? Just like that thing that pretty much only Iron Man can do?
lisah - Apr 20, 2011 6:26:48 am PDT #14139 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Plus, who doesn't like a challenge!
megan walker - Apr 20, 2011 6:31:15 am PDT #14140 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I wonder why filmmakers feel the need to tackle unfilmable books.
That reminds me of one of my first film classes at NYU, which was "Film and Literature" taught by Alain Robbe-Grillet. The first day he opened Proust and read the first line aloud ("Longtemps je me suis couché de bonne heure...") and basically asked, "How do you film that? You can't. I don't believe in adaptation." Um, okay? It went downhill from there.
Jessica - Apr 20, 2011 6:38:48 am PDT #14141 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wonder why filmmakers feel the need to tackle unfilmable books.
If they didn't, we wouldn't have Tristram Shandy and that would be a real shame.
Laga - Apr 20, 2011 6:39:35 am PDT #14142 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I wonder if French cinema's love of the voiceover comes from a desire to capture the beauty of prose. Maybe it's not just exposition. (Is it annoying to discuss these sorts of things with someone who's never had a film class?)
Laga - Apr 20, 2011 6:41:42 am PDT #14143 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Oh my goodness Tristram Shandy is such a great movie. And I find myself thinking parts of Infinite Jest would look really amazing on screen.
I didn't think Crash was a great movie.