Blood Lust Snicker Snicker in Wide Screen: Dennis Hopper interviews Quentin Tarantino while he was editing Pulp Fiction. It really doesn’t seem like an interview; its more like two guys just chatting. Maybe its just Tarantino being garrulous, but I wish more interviews would turn out like that.
Why Act in Theater? The famous film and theater actor Willem Dafoe addresses this issue quite frankly in this article. Basically, theirs ups and downs in both mediums, and sometimes when he’s on stage he longs for the camera, and sometimes when he’s sporting the Green Goblin costume in the upcoming Spider Man movie, he longs for the stage…
A lengthy study of Stanley Kubrick’s final film that sheds some light on just what the hell is going on during the movie. Extra attention is paid to the symbolism present in the film (don’t miss the Final Note on Symbolism, Theme, and the Legacy of Kubrick) and as such, many small details and references are discussed. Personally, though I don’t believe it to be the best of Kubrick’s work, I loved EWS. What isn’t discussed in the articles is the sheer mastery of Kubrick’s direction (or maybe I’m thinking of cinematography here), as in the conversation after the party. The article points out the symbolism of red and blue in the scene (which I understoon to be Hot and Cool colors representing turmoil and calmness respectively), but the framing of that scene is just brilliant. At the beginning of the scene Alice and Bill are both on screen (smoking up). Then, as tensions between them mount, the become farther apart until only one at a time is on screen. As the discussion becomes more and more heated, the camera zooms in closer and closer, almost suffocating Bill and Alice and furthering their isolation. Brilliant work dammit.
If you like testicular humor, check out this parody of The Blair Witch Project. Its quite funny, in a scrotal kind of way.
What is your favourite Christmas Movie? {Click here for my guide to Christmas movies}
Miracle on 34th Street
The Ref
Scrooged
Its a Wonderful Life
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
The Nightmare Before Christmas
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Carol
Other:
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Dave Barry’s Commentary on Disaster Movies. “…realism is not the point of a disaster movie. The point of a disaster movie is to have exactly the same script as every other disaster movie.” He gives you the script and it is funny. Read it.
I was only 2 months old when I felt a disturbance in the force. That disturbance was the Star Wars Holiday Special. I’ve only seen parts of the horrid thing, but apparently the Star Wars site Blueharvest.net has the whole show in low quality real video (apparently maximizing the suffering). [via the bowels of Metafilter]
For those of you who have seen Unbreakable, check out this alternate ending. IMHO, it makes for a much better ending; very subtle and yet nothing is really lost from the version released. Those little text messages at the end were so… out of place. [from Widgett by way of Coming Attractions; Widgett’s site, NeedCoffee.com hath recieved a gigantic update as well.]
While this has been a lackluster year for movies, things have been heating up a bit lately. I think the movie that I am most looking forward to this Holiday Season is the Coen Brothers’ new comedy, O Brother, Where art Thou?. Judging from this review, I won’t be disappointed. The setup is fairly standard: 3 prisoners escape and travel across the state to recover a small fortune that was stolen from a bank. But remember, this is Coen Brothers we’re talking about here: “It�s a musical. And it�s based in Homer�s Odyssey.” Thats interesting. Other early reviews are also positive, so I’m confident I’ll enjoy this flick.
