Film

[manho]

Martin Scorsese: '3D is liberating. Every shot is rethinking cinema'
The Oscar-winning director of The Departed, Raging Bull and Goodfellas, talks to Mark Kermode about his new 3D film Hugo Cabret, his movie-mad childhood in New York – and how directing HBO's acclaimed new drama, Boardwalk Empire, opened his mind to the epic freedoms of TV

www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/nov/21/martin-scorsese-3d-interview-kermode

[manho]

Hi-ho, Johnny, away!
So Johnny Depp is to play Tonto in an update of The Lone Ranger. But who will they get to be his kemosabe?
www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/nov/28/johnny-depp-to-play-tonto-lone-ranger

[manho]

last great director of the italian golden generation died today. jumped out of the hospital window. 5th floor. good way to go if you're 95. if anybody is interested i'd recommend getting hold of the dvd of "i soliti ignoti".

Addio Monicelli, l'ultimo grande
"Si è suicidato in ospedale"
L'intervista: "Tagli alla cultura, niente più film"
Il regista è precipitato dal quinto piano dell'ospedale romano San Giovanni, dove era ricoverato da qualche giorno. Aveva 95 anni. Secondo fonti interne al nosocomio, si sarebbe tolto la vita. Era l'ultimo della generazione dei grandi artisti che hanno fatto la storia del cinema italiano

[david]

He directed two of my favourite Italian films, Big Deal on Madonna Street and The Organizer.

[manho]

big deal on madonna street is "i soliti ignoti". the original title is much more beautiful: the usual nobodies.

[manho]

"strikingly fortunate casting by Lindsay Anderson because Harris hailed from Limerick's rugby heartland, where he'd been a star schoolboy player at Crescent College"
www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/dec/01/this-sporting-life-david-storey

[digit]

anyone seen this ?

www.amazon.co.uk/Martin-Scorsese-Presents-Blues-Musical/dp/B0002Z9XFQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1292441690&sr=1-1

[david]

The episode directed by Wim Wenders isn't bad. The rest of them pretty much suck, particularly Scorsese's.

[digit]

thx dave, i gave it a miss anyway and found this instead - great doc on robert johnson

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuR4dnfyNlg&feature=related

[manho]

reasonably interesting article about howard hawks:
www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/jan/15/howard-hawks-films-david-bromwich

[manho]

adequate article about the cohen bros:
www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jan/27/coen-brothers-interview-true-grit

[manho]

radio interview with the cohen bros, don black talking about john barry, couple of other movie items:
downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/frontrow/frontrow_20110204-1810a.mp3

[Cat Stevens]

Robin Hardy is back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AN7AK0DLpY

[manho]

"And how's Organ Morgan, Mrs Morgan?"
www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/feb/10/morgan-suitable-case-for-treatment-dvd

[manho]

Will Self considers the Coen brothers
The Coen brothers' films are so likeable, it seems wrong to criticise them too strenuously. But how good are they, and is True Grit merely another of their ironic takes on Hollywood?
www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/feb/11/will-self-coen-brothers

[Cat Stevens]

The dark comedy of Werner Herzog

He has a reputation for being difficult and dangerous, his films celebrated for their nihilistic brilliance. Yet despite saying he never smiles, the German director can't stop laughing at himself – and the comedy in his work

www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/mar/05/werner-herzog-cave-of-forgotten-dreams

[manho]

just watched a dvd of the king's speech. load of old bollocks. it's just a "miracle worker", a close genre cousin of a "pygmalion". it was so fucking boring i had to really try hard not to press the eject button before the end.

manho stars: zero

[Cat Stevens]

Thanks for the warning.

[manho]

Werner Herzog
Fri, 25 Mar 11
Duration:
28 mins
Francine Stock discusses cave art with the veteran German director Werner Herzog and quizzes Kevin MacDonald about The Eagle, a version of Rosemary Sutcliff's classic book. There's also an interview with Brian Cox about two of his favourite films and the sound designer, Matt Wand, offers us a glimpse into the world of the Foley artist - the people who not only make Marilyn's heels go clickety clack and Clint's horses go cloppity clop but invite us to dream.

downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/film/film_20110325-1711a.mp3

[manho]

couple movie reviews...

the hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy. question: can a radio show succesfully transfer to cinema? answer... no. unfunny shit, i stopped watching after 30 mins, and i'm a douglas adams fan. another question: is science fiction the worst possible genre for parody? didn't woody nail it definitively with sleeper? is it really worth trying to top that one?

the social network. great movie. flawed masterpiece (they shouldn't have done that hayley mills one actor playing two brotheres schtick, it never works). great script, great acting from the guy who played the guy who invented facebook. this guy was born to play johnny rotten. hope someone's writing the script before he gets too old.