Am I wrong in seeing a similarity in The Informant! and American Psycho?
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Daisy Jane - Feb 28, 2010 8:05:58 am PST #6980 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
erikaj - Feb 28, 2010 8:10:00 am PST #6981 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Scola, really? Seems like a joke.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 28, 2010 9:02:19 am PST #6982 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
American Psycho Broadway Musical Moving Forward
Between this news and all the ads for that horror movie with Timothy Olyphant, I am struck with the mental image of Christian Bale and Jared Leto capering around the stage singing in Crazies!
tommyrot - Feb 28, 2010 12:33:57 pm PST #6983 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.
thanks, Tommy. I think I'll look for the book.
Just so you know, the book is much more disturbing.
Laga - Feb 28, 2010 1:03:18 pm PST #6984 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I was unaware of Landis's behavior after Vic Morrow's death. Some internet surfing has helped enlighten me. What an asshole. Thanks for the mentioning it, javachik.
javachik - Feb 28, 2010 1:08:16 pm PST #6985 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
You're welcome. I can't recall the name of the book I read about it (it was published within a year of the trial), but he was awful.
Laga - Feb 28, 2010 1:18:47 pm PST #6986 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm finding two
"Outrageous Conduct : Art, Ego, and the Twilight Zone Case" by Stephen Farber and Marc Green
and
"Special Effects : Disaster at Twilight Zone" by Ron LaBrecque
Laga - Feb 28, 2010 1:21:24 pm PST #6987 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I haven't found details from the trial but I just read an account of how Landis showed up uninvited at Morrow's funeral and gave a horrible rambling eulogy that was pretty much a plug for the movie.
edit: I felt remiss in not mentioning that two children (hired illegally) were also killed in the accident.
javachik - Feb 28, 2010 1:34:33 pm PST #6988 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
not mentioning that two children (hired illegally) were also killed in the accident.
Yep, hence my ire.
I read both of those books, I think!
Fred Pete - Mar 01, 2010 5:38:54 am PST #6989 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I recently saw an oldie (neither Polanski nor Landis was involved) that achieves a form of greatness.
It's called Five Came Back, and it's from 1939. A group of 12 people (pilot, co-pilot, steward, and nine assorted passengers) fly to South America. A storm comes up, the plane is forced down in the Amazon jungle, and everyone tries to make themselves comfortable while the experts try to fix the plane. Then there are signs that native headhunters are coming....
The big star here from 2010 perspectives is Lucille Ball, who plays the Bad Girl. Oldies fans may recognize Chester Morris as the pilot and Allan Jenkins as the mobster's right-hand man taking the mobster's son to safety.
Not the sort of movie that gets Oscar nominations, but a 75-minute suspense thriller that delivers exactly what it intends to. The only objection I have is the title, which is kind of a spoiler when the plane tries to take off in the last 10 minutes.