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
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Laga - Feb 28, 2010 1:18:47 pm PST #6986 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
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.
Hayden - Mar 01, 2010 6:33:15 am PST #6990 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hey Fred, I just finished Farber On Film, and think you'd enjoy the man's writing. I'd only read the White Elephant vs. Termite Art essay before, but the whole is a pretty great read. I mean, the guy's philosophically about as aligned with my own ideas as any critic, but taste-wise, he's all over the map. Anyway, I figured for a TCM addict like you, this would be the WMD.
Fred Pete - Mar 01, 2010 6:36:42 am PST #6991 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Thanks, Corwood. I'll keep my eyes open for it.
Jessica - Mar 02, 2010 7:41:58 am PST #6992 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
DH and I saw Alice in Wonderland last night, and it was very meh. The main impression I came away with was that Tim Burton wishes he'd been asked to direct Pirates of the Caribbean. (His Alice is essentially the same character as Keira Knightly and Depp's Mad Hatter is essentially Jack Sparrow with an even less intelligible accent and better hats.)
Frankenbuddha - Mar 02, 2010 8:02:38 am PST #6993 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That's disappointing to hear.
Did you see it in 3-D? Was it at least good as eye-candy?
Jessica - Mar 02, 2010 8:13:32 am PST #6994 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, the 3D was terrible - it wasn't shot for 3D (it was converted in post), and you can really tell the difference. Maybe the IMAX version looks better, I don't know.
The set design was pretty standard Burton. (Take a regular castle, skew it in Photoshop, make the corners into curlycues and paint it with red and white stripes. Rinse, repeat. Yawn.)
JZ - Mar 02, 2010 8:23:07 am PST #6995 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Urgh. I just tried to read a True TV article about the Twilight Zone disaster, and I don't think I'll be able to make it to the section about the trial--just hastily skimming the description of the children's deaths and realizing that it was three in the morning and their parents were there and saw all of it is punching all my mommy buttons.
If I ever, ever meet John Landis, I'm punching him in the face, throat and cock. What an utter, utter fucker.
Sigh. So much for ever rewatching The Blues Brothers.