Something Filmic This Way Comes

Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

One of my favorite filmmakers is being truly fucked over. Also re-evaluating my siding with Carney (on being honest) over the Gena Rowlands dispute over the 1st Jonas Mekas cut of John Cassavete's Shadows.

Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5bBOhxhea0

8128 · Joined: 06 Jun 2008 Location: a very very very fine house

Dracko · a sapphist fool Joined: 06 Dec 2006

Why would you do this, Christopher McQuarrie?

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Dracko · a sapphist fool Joined: 06 Dec 2006

CoSo's most anticipated sequel:

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shrugtheironteacup · *man of tomorrow* Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Location: a meat

RIP Samantha Mathis
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elvis.shrugged · Joined: 17 Apr 2007

Dracko · a sapphist fool Joined: 06 Dec 2006

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This Machine Kills Fascis · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:30 am

About a month before the election
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"Godzilla could be anyone."

parker · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:13 pm

Looks like it'll be a real whiz bang time at the picture show
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Jam · Joined: 27 Sep 2007

Princess Daisy as Dagny Taggart and DB Sweeney, star of Cutting Edge, as John Galt?

I'm so excited.
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The King of America

Ebrey · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles

evnvnv · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:37 am

parker · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:53 am

Is every single person just going to say some variation of that on hearing about this movie? It doesn't even look anything remotely like Drive.
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Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

http://www.filmcomment.com/article/the-master-paul-thomas-anderson-review

evnvnv · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:18 am

parker · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 3:30 am

I don't see the characters being anything alike though. He wasn't even really a "stunt driver gone rogue" in Drive, that's just what they wrote in the plot summaries to make it easier to sum up. He drove just to drive, whether it was stunts for movies, getaway cars for criminals, race cars, drives to the groccery store, cruising around at night. He wouldn't recognize or care about any distinction between the legal and illegal driving activities. His job title might as well be "grocery getter" as "stunt driver" for all it matters to him.

This other guy seems more like Charley Varrick or something. A former stunt guy adrenaline junkie who just needs money and ends up using his old skills in his new career. More an actual person than a singleminded austismal machine man.
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JoeX111 · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Location: Some City

Shit! I've got Charley Varrick on my instant queue and I keep forgetting to watch it.

Rud31 · forum ruler of Iraq Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: SanAnTex

boojiboy7 · Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:44 pm

Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

http://blogs.indiewire.com/pressplay/the-technology-the-art-and-the-ethics-of-watching-talking-with-brian-de-palma

Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

From the studio (Rocky Mountain Pictures) that brought you Atlas Shrugged Part 1 (though strangely not 2) and 2016: Obama's America.

Gorblax · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:35 pm

yay
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evnvnv · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 5:52 pm

Ronnoc · Joined: 26 Feb 2010

Who has two thumbs and is getting his hopes up?
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mgm-metro-2033-movie-370317

shrugtheironteacup · *man of tomorrow* Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Location: a meat

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This Machine Kills Fascis · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 5:34 am

The next Harmony Korine movie stars Selena Gomez and James Franco:

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"Godzilla could be anyone."

Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

score by skrillex

it was shot in st. petersburg, but if korine wanted true central florida beach depravity he should have went to daytona

remote · Joined: 11 Dec 2006

I'm honestly a little bit shocked at myself for ever assuming they'd just honor the original design.
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elvis.shrugged · Joined: 17 Apr 2007

:/

I thought that they'd honor it too.
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Ronnoc · Joined: 26 Feb 2010

The director's last movie was Robocop played straight. I have no faith in the production.

evnvnv · Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:18 pm

I think trainwreck status for the Robocop remake is almost guaranteed--but jury is still out on whether or not it will at least be an interesting trainwreck.

On the other hand, "playing it straight" seems to have worked out well for Dredd (?? Haven't seen it yet?), so who knows.
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real_jamicus · Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Location: Scotland

Dredd doesn't exactly play it straight. It's more that it amps up how god damned serious and punked out it is so that it becomes funny, rather than there being any kind of explicitly funny stuff going on. It seemed totally aware that it was doing this, also.

CubaLibre · the road lawyer Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Location: Balmer

Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Hou Hsiao-Hsien's first martial arts film that I was waiting for since it was announced around 2007 is finally in production. Wondering what the hell is happening with mainland auteur Jia Zhangke's debut martial arts film In The Qing Dynasty, which was announced almost as long ago. Also a new Johnnie To/Wai Ka Fai called Blind Detective is in the works. No relation to To's Mad one.

evnvnv · Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:24 pm

yesssssss
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Dracko · a sapphist fool Joined: 06 Dec 2006

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Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Cruising is a great film... may be the best cop film ever ;)

Winona Ghost Ryder · lives in a monochromatic world Joined: 04 Dec 2006

Killer Joe and Bug are pretty tight. Both by the same playwright.