Film

[david]

I'm of two minds about this one. I thought his last film was just a so-so remake of 12 Angry Men. As for this one, did Burnt By the Sun really need a sequel? Why not make something original instead? Still, it's Mikhalkov . . .

[Cat Stevens]

"... did Burnt By the Sun really need a sequel?"

- at first I thought "dear God, NO!", but like you said, it's Mikhalkov and looks like he came up with something interesting. I remember old threads on IMDB, from 2006, with photos from the set - looked quite impressive. I can't believe it's finally finished (there is a THIRD part as well, which will be released in october). Here's the official trailer:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNHtHk25lHA

[david]

Coming up at Montreal's Fantasia Festival in July:

A man responsible for equally outrageous genre fare, director Ken Russell, will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at a special “Devil’s Night” presentation also including a rare 35mm showing of his 1971 shocker THE DEVILS. The man behind the likes of ALTERED STATES, THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM and GOTHIC will be in Montreal for a week and further celebrated with a lengthy retrospective of his work, divided between the city’s Cinematheque Quebecoise and Cinema Du Parc.


As long as I don't have to watch Tommy again . . .

[Cat Stevens]

"... also including a rare 35mm showing of his 1971 shocker THE DEVILS."

Now's your chance!

[Cat Stevens]

He's 80 yr old today...

[manho]

"Like, finding out your doctor is gay and then going up to him and saying, 'I didn't know you were gay!' – is that a bad thing to do? Why is it bad? Is it OK to tell a blind person his girlfriend is unattractive, or should you pretend she's attractive?"

www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/jun/26/larry-david-interview

[manho]

"He was also the co-creator of the supernatural portmanteau film Dead of Night, to which he contributed the much-imitated yarn about the tormented ventriloquist (Michael Redgrave) and his demonic doll. Martin Scorsese, no less, recently nominated Dead of Night as one of his top 10 scary films"

www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/jul/03/alberto-cavalcanti-film-director-ealing

[david]

I like Dead of Night well enough, but it wouldn't make my list of top 50 (or even 100) scary films. Cavalcanti's best film is actually Went the Day Well.

It's a little odd. When I was growing up, those Ealing films from the 40s and 50s were considered classics (and still are by me!) and everybody interested in movies had seen at least some of them. But now they're largely forgotten, at least over here. Besides Cavalcanti, some other Ealing directors worth remembering were Alexander Mackendrick, Robert Hamer, Henry Cornelius and Charles Crichton.

[manho]

i'm watching the dvd of avatar. pile of shite. it's just dances with wolves with blue indians. the blue chick is quite sexy, tho. nice tits.

[manho]

hehehe... the scene where the woman from alien is dying and "the people" are trying to save her with their "power" is a rip off from the tinkebell scene in peter pan.

cue me in here, is this a kid's film?

[manho]

i got through it in one piece (couldn't hack the theme song, tho). i think i got tthe message: if you want to kick big oil's ass you have to get the clams and the lobsters organised. am i right?

[manho]

[manho]

"All Stanley's life he said, 'Never, ever go near power. Don't become friends with anyone who has real power. It's dangerous.'"

www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/aug/18/stanley-kubrick-christiane

[manho]

this is just for the conkster really but i suppose our esl guys could enjoy it as a free weekly english lesson. it's a weekly bbc radio film programme in the form of a free mp3 (podcast: i hate that fucking word):
www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/film

i found it pretty boring so conky will love it.

[david]

You were right. Thanks!

[manho]

My family is Sicilian and Naples has long held a fascination for me – for its beauty, its danger and above all its music. Passione is my attempt to put those feelings into film, writes John Turturro
www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/09/john-turturro-naples-music-passione

[manho]

Philip French speaks to Ridley Scott, Ken Russell, Gurinder Chadha, Shane Meadows and Stephen Frears about their debut pictures
www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/sep/26/british-directors-debut-films

[manho]

For sale: Dennis Hopper's house
The Easy Rider star's sleek mansion, designed in part by Frank Gehry, is up for sale. But no one is buying. Could its edgy location in Venice, LA, be putting people off?
www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/oct/04/dennis-hopper-house

[Cat Stevens]

This has been in the works for a good while now, but there's a solid release date and photos now.

www.collider.com/2010/10/04/the-thing-movie-images-set-visit-prequel/

www.aintitcool.com/node/46868

I should probably be more skeptical, but everything I've heard about it sounds cool - great sets, minimal computerized bullshit, etc. This can never live up to the original, but at least it's a prequel and not a sequel. I absolutely do not want to know what happened to McCreedy and Childs. Always wanted to hear the Norwegians story, though. Dag sez there are lot of good norwegian actors in it.

[manho]

www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/oct/09/travel
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