tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20388921081270422142024-03-13T13:29:31.088-07:00The BeastUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-70767388377940790052012-06-15T21:28:00.000-07:002012-06-15T22:46:17.835-07:00FORGET IT, JANEK. IT'S LV-223: PART ONE: We Were Wrong, We Were So Wrong!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPVODTj8Tk2nlMwjElqe-R__2iqjKpNqN13XgaSx8CaXbRIUdFYq93zhsHd-RAhPQoL8Q3ZsO2mrfTX1QEMwX8DhFQByzEpW8o-IASTvdacR0w9YGtvhi3fc69KA37EqqsF1jhf4QJ8Hk/s1600/alienlove2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="85" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPVODTj8Tk2nlMwjElqe-R__2iqjKpNqN13XgaSx8CaXbRIUdFYq93zhsHd-RAhPQoL8Q3ZsO2mrfTX1QEMwX8DhFQByzEpW8o-IASTvdacR0w9YGtvhi3fc69KA37EqqsF1jhf4QJ8Hk/s400/alienlove2.jpg" /></a>
Before I tell you what I did love, let me tell you what I did not love about Ridley Scott's Non ALIEN prequel/ALIEN prequel, PROMETHEUS.
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1: Too many little dramas. In ALIEN, Dallas and Ripley are clearly involved on an intimate level. But no one ever has to say shit about it. It hits us that much harder when Ripley and us lose Dallas. Because we know. No one had to fucking spell it out for us. That's called subtext. I call it awesome. The love story in PROMETHEUS is completely unnecessary. It serves no purpose beyond date night at the movies. It's trite. Certainly didn't need a "love scene'. They got it right with the characters of Vickers and Janek. Place, time, a look and a joke. But the Shaw/Holloway romance is dead weight. Sorry. And one too many father daughter stories for one ALIEN prequel. Jeez Louise.
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2: Cheesy dream watching scene. Of a quality that reminds me of the lamest fucking multimedia projects at community college...This heavy handed exposition that is not needed and would have had some actual power to it if it were only brought up as it was later by David and he explains flat out what he watched and learned from her dreams. Talk about hitting me over the head with a message. How about hitting me over the head with something *I* can believe in. Like the story in the trailer for the film. That's what I chose to believe in. Sheesh, Ridley & Damon.
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3: Not telling a soul that an octovagina alien is locked in a room on board the ship. particularly 15 minutes after someone just burned your boyfriend to crispy Spam for having the a "bug" and made a big deal out of the fact that nothing of "unknown origin" is coming on board. And yes, as it is revealed at the end to be a big fuckin deal. Felt very, very odd.
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4: Buddy subplot, "The Bet". Who fucking cares? Are these guys supposed to live up to some kind of Harry Dean Yaphet Kotto standard? Well, they're fine actors, but no Harry Dean or Yaphet Kotto by a damn sight. Who fucking cares about your bet. Not interesting or believable bromance at all. Every minute of it felt forced. Like they won the parts unintentionally at the bottom of a cereal box. And yo, Benedict Wong! You died right on the first space ship (Sunshine). And absolutely did not fucking buy their fucking elation to kamikaze themselves. Now if they were established at first not to get along and be more gruff as their captain was, would've packed more of a punch to kamikaze at the end. Possibly could have moved me to tears.
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5: Terms and phrases like "Weapons of mass destruction" need to stop showing up in films. Particularly sci-fi.
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6: Too much Xenomorph indication and not enough elaboration.
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7: Did not need the last scene.
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8: Lacked the wonderful sense of realism that made ALIEN so powerful. Expanding on a film's "Universe" is about tone and feel more than just a familiar horse shoe space ship.
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After all this, I find it strange saying that I think the problem is maybe that some other parts of the film were cut possibly? There are cuts in the story that felt...jarring on a narrative front.
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The bad bottom line is this: Too much time and emphasis on useless shit and not nearly enough time involved in what the films trailers, website, and entire marketing campaign promised. And I am not talking about aliens. I didn't give a shit about aliens. I'm talking about the world in which the movies ALIEN and PROMETHEUS are supposed to co-exist in. I wanted 2 plus hours of this:
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And it's not quite what I got. But what I did get wasn't all bad...stay tuned...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-90543872043137869072011-06-24T21:41:00.000-07:002011-06-24T21:44:31.483-07:00DOUBLE BILL TO DIE FOR<a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=play_it_as_it_lays.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/play_it_as_it_lays.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
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<br />It's been over two years since writer, director, producer, actor, and Commander of the British Empire, Anthony Minghella died. As far as the world of film goes, I feel a vacancy. A loss of potential greatness. An unfinished work. An unrealized vision. For me personally, his work was hit and miss, but seldom had it anything to do with Minghella's writing or directing. No one ever talks about him. Some forget he died and other forget who he was. It's sad. He could have only made <span style="font-style:italic;"> The English Patient</span> and I would have always remembered him. Many look back at that film as an overly romantic melodrama and even associate it as a big studio picture, but Minghella practically collected coinage on the street to get that movie made. It was very much independent considering the scope of the vision. I still watch the film and really, not only does it have lasting power it gets better. It's far from melodrama and if it's overly romantic then so is life itself. To me, <span style="font-style:italic;"> The English Patient</span> is a brutally and beautifully made film that will keep Minghella alive always in the world and history of cinema.
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-71498249081678508342011-02-12T20:44:00.000-08:002011-02-21T21:34:12.488-08:00LIONS OF EXILE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_8lGfutpMmjv4EKT4iVUfQWo3cM8Dcky-YknDYglHt8MOIl_vUZyRC4DPH4eh0b8dwk19ZSW_buGxMnH183_jPZBOq1pygG4lwJs9B-frx3pGbIL9oiAocnrkyPBQOjbFtaA44y98OSj/s1600/11432027_gal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_8lGfutpMmjv4EKT4iVUfQWo3cM8Dcky-YknDYglHt8MOIl_vUZyRC4DPH4eh0b8dwk19ZSW_buGxMnH183_jPZBOq1pygG4lwJs9B-frx3pGbIL9oiAocnrkyPBQOjbFtaA44y98OSj/s400/11432027_gal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574035424510220850" /></a><br />The most recent injustice's done to Iranian director Jafar Panahi is weighing heavy on the hearts and minds of many. In ways....words, I am sorry to say, cannot describe. And I am reminded of a work in progress about exiled Iranian actor, producer, director Berhouz Vossoughi. As little as I know about Iranian cinema, it was really Vossoughi and Panahi who brought it to my attention. About a decade ago, Vossoughi made an appearance at the College Of Marin campus in Kentfield, California and that's when I first heard of him or Iranian New Wave, frankly Iranian cinema all together. Around the same time, I was consuming movies at a high volume while working at a video store, I caught Panahi's 'The Circle'. Or I should say it caught me, immediately with it's strong visual sense and it's uncompromising ability to unfold an unrelenting tale of injustice to women. It definitely opened a door to me of new cinematic influence. <br /><br />Meanwhile, my search for Vossoughi's films continued...<br /><br />After half a century in international cinema Behrouz Vossoughi should certainly be better known in general and particularly among cinephiles. In his homeland of Iran he is legendary. Perhaps to some only as a pre-Revolutionary relic. But legendary, none the less. After a brief appearance and no luck in tracking down many of his films it began to seem as though he had in fact vanished into total obscurity, but then, in the early part of the last decade during the Annual San Francisco International Film Festival, an 'Unvanquished' award was being given to Iranian auteur director Abbas Kiarostami, who in turn, to the audience surprise, presented it to Vossoughi. Vossoughi, who was in the audience was at the time at least, a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area living in exile for some years from his homeland. In fact, Vossoughi has been in exile, one way or another, seemingly his whole life. <br /><br />Growing up with a religious father in 50's Iran and the oldest of five sons he had to keep his acting craft clandestine. He began to learn his craft from dubbing films. Watching scenes repeatedly and analysis of performances. By '61 he was in front of the camera. He continued to work steadily, but he was searching for something else. A revolution in Iranian cinema, a <span style="font-style:italic;">New Wave</span>. And in '69 independently produced 'Ghaisar' (Caesar). Ushering in the Iranian New Wave with such director's as Masoud Kimiai and Dariush Mehrjui. Armed with new vision and the influence of French new wave and Italian neorealism, the face of film would change in Iran, forever. <br /><br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=858143660_HP3b5-S.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/858143660_HP3b5-S.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=858143612_gwchE-S.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/858143612_gwchE-S.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><br />The week after the festival Vossoughi was hailed as 'The DeNiro Of Iran'(I see him more as a Toshiro Mifune, Charles Bronson sort). No doubt earned from not just his brilliant acting, but the fact that he would alter his physique. Vossoughi had a self taught method that compelled him to embody the most complicated characters and would spend countless weeks developing a role. For his role in <span style="font-weight:bold;">'Sooteh Delan'</span> (Broken Hearts) he slept in a mental hospital during his weeks of preparation for the role. He disguised himself among drug addicts and took to the streets in prep for <span style="font-weight:bold;">'Gavaznha' </span>(The Deer).<br /><br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=858145963_DT8Qs-S.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/858145963_DT8Qs-S.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Many of these films I am still yet to see, but I did manage to eventually track down and see <span style="font-weight:bold;">'Tangsir'</span>. The rather epic film from Iranian director Amir Naderi. With Naderi behind the camera, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Tangsir</span> has a strong individual and yet identifiable Iranian voice and in front of it, the indelible face of Behrouz Vossoughi. Inspired by the legendary Zar Mohammad, who waged a one-man war against four swindlers and provoked wide spread popular sentiment against tyranny, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Tangsir</span> is the seemingly familiar tale of a wronged man seeking revenge. The friend I saw Tangsir with at the time made many comparison's to John Boorman's <span style="font-weight:bold;">'Point Blank'</span> and Martin Scorsese's '<span style="font-weight:bold;">Taxi Driver'</span>. I too could see the parallel's he was making from a social and criminal point of view, but I saw something much deeper in <span style="font-weight:bold;">Tangsir</span>'s seemingly straight forward revenge plot. Reminding me more of the American and Italian Westerns with it's Desolate, beautiful, and brutal landscape. Massive L E T T E R B O X E D Cinemascope. Earthy, rich color palette. But even more so, it reminded me of the Japanese westerns. There is an aspect of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Seven Samurai</span> and <span style="font-weight:bold;">The 47 Ronin<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> to <span style="font-weight:bold;">Tangsir<span style="font-style:italic;"></span></span> This wasn't simply about money and revenge. This was about honor. It still is.<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=BehrouzVossoughi-8-14228.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/BehrouzVossoughi-8-14228.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Kiarostami had the festivals attention. Vossoughi rose from the audience and Kiarostami explained to them, <br /><br />"This is an award for all the years he's worked in the cinema in Iran, and all the years he's awaited work here in this country. And I look forward to his return to the cinema."<br /><br />I too await a true return for Vossoughi. And now sadly, the release and return of Jafar Panahi as well.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-18684792801039053962011-02-08T16:10:00.000-08:002011-02-08T17:53:30.481-08:00HONORABE MENTIONS OF 2010 : Part 11. KICKASS Dir. Matthew Vaughn<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=KickAss-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/KickAss-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />A Few Words: Finally, a superhero film for real superheros......I MEAN! NOT THAT I'M...No one's revealing a hero's identity, I mean I,I,I,I,I,I, I'm certainly not a real superhero, hahahahahaha!!!!! That's just ridiculous....(sigh) yeah, wouldn't that just be funny. Awe jeez.<br /><br />2. LET ME IN Dir. Matt Reeves<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=PHI1A8WjrKXyMK_1_m.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/PHI1A8WjrKXyMK_1_m.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />A Few Words: Anyone who knows me, knows my general....dislike... of remakes. With strict exceptions of course (The Thing). And I will sadly admit I was dead set on hating this film. Because I love the original, which was not even a year old when they announced the remake. It was a perfect film. Why? I haven't done a book comparison yet. I was about to read the book when this was announced and decided to wait. Now that I have seen this I will read the book. But I have to say, I really like this film. I really fuckin' liked the differences this had to the original. The cast is just perfect. And like the original, it has a great score and awesome fucking soundtrack! Another thing that probably gave me a personal connection was the period and Americana. I was growing up around this time, hearing the music, experiencing difficult growing pains, taking interest in weird girls who smell funny (still am), and 'Now&Laters' candy. So many of these elements are also things that hooked me about the original, which captured the 80's almost frightfully perfect. Reeve's version get's close enough and the addition of 80's Americana helps. All of these things handled as they are, I must admit, really kinda hooked me quick. My desert island choice between the two? A Beta dupe of both films back to back. P.S. ~ Best use of "Burning For You" by Blue Oyster Cult...EVER!!!<br /><br /><br />3. MACHETE Dir. Robert Rodriguez<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=machete_060.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/machete_060.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />A Few Words: Come on......do I really have to say anything about this one other than it truly deserves better than just an "honorable mention". Let's face it, it's a little masterpiece.<br /><br /><br /><br />4. PREDATORS Dir. Nimrod Antal<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=PredatorsBrodyBraga.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/PredatorsBrodyBraga.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />A Few Words: Rodriguez serving up more awesomeness out of the Grindhouse kitchen! (More film/cooking schools!!!) The other two gang members of my 'Grindhouse Trio' gave me perfect and enthusiastic recommendations to see this and they were not wrong! This was a fucking hellava good time! Brody and Braga owned this shit. It had a few major flaws, but at least it was nowhere near a 2 hour mistake on the whole. The filmmakers brought it back home.<br /><br /><br /><br />5. THE TOWN Dir. Ben Affleck<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=728_town.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/728_town.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />A Few Words: You know......it...was...a fucking good movie. It was. Great performances all around. But...you know...when they got to the big shoot out? That felt...drawn out. And the drawing out of it felt...fucking...forced. Like they were TRYING to create a sort of 'HEAT' shootout. Wasn't feeling it. And the ending...(shrug, Deniro face) You know? But otherwise...really good. 'Gone Baby Gone' was waaaaay better though. You know? P.S. ~ RIP Pete Postlethwaite. You were BRILLIANT in this film!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-36412925708018782852011-02-07T15:53:00.000-08:002011-02-08T11:30:05.957-08:00Favorite Films Of 2010 : A List of Top Picks with TrailersI didn't get to see everything I wanted to yet this year. When I get around to Documentary and animation I will compose separate lists for them. Still yet to see 'The King's Speech' 'The Fighter''Scott Pilgrim' 'Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives' 'Enter The Void' and countless others, so don't be too surprised if you don't see them here. I will put together a Top 5 'What I Missed In 2010' list when I get caught up on some films. As well as giving my honorable mentions a bit more than just an honorable mention. But some folks have been asking me for a list since New Years, so.....here you go....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />15. VALHALLA RISING Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=valhalla-rising-pictures-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/valhalla-rising-pictures-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words:</span> A truly brilliant screen actor can carry an entire film without uttering a single fucking word. Mads Mikkelson does just that in this film. Beautiful cinematography in an otherwise brutal story about a place and time between heaven and hell that may have once been earth. WARNING: This movie is inspired by an acid trip, so don't take any when you watch it. The film itself is already dosed.<br /><br /><br />14. TRUE GRIT Dir. Joel Coen<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=truegrit_dec10.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/truegrit_dec10.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words:</span> Dude....it's the Coen Brothers. The usual perfection. Plus, like last year, best last shot, best last line. P.S. ~ Brolin and Barry Pepper's teeth.<br /><br /><br />13. SHUTTER ISLAND Dir. Martin Scorsese<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=Shutter-Island-19.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/Shutter-Island-19.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words:</span> Watch it again.<br /><br /><br /><br />12. I AM LOVE Dir. Luca Guadagnino<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=iamvertigo.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/iamvertigo.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words:</span> There is essentially nothing very new or fresh about the plot or the themes of this film. But the cast, direction, cinematography, editing, color palette, the score, you name it...on a technical level, the craft and performance deliveries were flawless. Sit close, turn up the volume loud and just experience a magnificently assembles melodrama that it's hard not to look at. P.S. ~ Tilda Swinton is a Goddess.<br /><br />11. EVERYONE ELSE Dir. Maren Ade<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=large-everyone-else.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/large-everyone-else.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words:</span> Is it me, or is Germany and Austria making the best fucking films these days...<br /><br /><br /><br />10. THE AMERICAN Dir. Anton Corbijn<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=american-george-clooney-thekla-reuten.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/american-george-clooney-thekla-reuten.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words:</span> Another great 70's vibed character driven thriller. Relying on visuals and character, making old themes heavy again. And NOT bitching out in the end! Another solid one that deserves to be higher on the list. But this is favorites, not bests.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />9. INCEPTION Dir. Christopher Nolan<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=tumblr_lbqtd2Oh5L1qcbjrjo1_400.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/tumblr_lbqtd2Oh5L1qcbjrjo1_400.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words:</span> First off; I am NOT calling this movie 'Kubrickian'. I'm not. But....if, mind you, IF, Stanley Kubrick were alive today....you do know this would be his favorite film of the year at least, right? Well, it would. But it's my 9th.<br /><br /><br /><br />8. THE SOCIAL NETWORK Dir. David Fincher<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=the-social-network.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/the-social-network.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words:</span> Not an easy subject to turn into an interesting compelling story. Nor once written easy to translate from the page to the screen. And between Sorkin and Fincher they absolutely did it. They took something that could be extremely dated someday and founf the themes that made it a timeless story and that's what makes and will continue to make it hold up.<br /><br /><br /><br />7. FISH TANK Dir. Andrea Arnold<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=fishtank.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/fishtank.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words:</span> Unlike any coming of age story ever before. While this stands a character driven coming-of-age drama it has also all at once the elements of unrelenting suspense thriller. You really have no fucking idea! Another one of the most solid of the year.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />6. A PROPHET Dir. Jacques Audiard<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=0226-Film-Review-A-Prophet-600_full_600.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/0226-Film-Review-A-Prophet-600_full_600.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words:</span> Holy shit!!! Just...just....just watch it.<br /><br /><br /><br />5. BLUE VALENTINE Dir. Derek Cianfrance<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=bluevalentinegif.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/bluevalentinegif.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words:</span> "You Don't Know What Love Is"<br /><br /><br />4. THE GHOST WRITER Dir. Roman Polanski<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=the-ghost-writer-the-ghost-2010-8-g.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/the-ghost-writer-the-ghost-2010-8-g.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words</span>: Say what you will about the guy, but he's a cinematic master! For more see my 'Spirit Of 77' blog.<br /><br /><br />3. RED RIDING: 1974 Dir. Julian Jarrold<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=red-riding-1974_592x299.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/red-riding-1974_592x299.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words:</span> The most authentic 70's film since....the 70's.<br /><br /><br /><br />2. WINTER'S BONE Dir. Debra Granick<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=winters_bone.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/winters_bone.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words:</span> This years great detective story. Perfect storytelling, the most solid film of the year. And I hate saying things like this, but it's Les Blank meets Chinatown.<br /><br /><br /><br />1. BLACK SWAN Dir. Darren Aronofsky<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=BLACKSWAN-WINGS.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/BLACKSWAN-WINGS.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">A Few Words</span>: This film possessed all the facets of what the pursuit of much of today's cinema should be about. Clearly influenced, yet just as clearly original. Inspired, but reimagined. Guerilla, yet eloquent. Heavily thematic, boldly imaginative. And on a cinematic technical level, well fuck...the ONLY good example of GREAT hand held camera work in the last decade or more. The best use of sound in film all year that I have seen/heard. Providing character insight and emotion as well as foreshadowing. This combined with the editing along with one of the better uses of visual effects in sometime, all the while remaining a character driven, psychological story and I'd say Black Swan was one of the few films I'd seen in a while that had a perfect polygamist marriage of various periods and genres of cinema. So of course....it won't win an Oscar and it's gonna get belittled like all great films are in their infancy. For now, it will remain an ugly duckling...who sadly will die off through award season because her audience fell in love with the wrong movie... <br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">BONUS PICK</span> Special love to the film 'FLAME AND CITRON' which got lost between the 2009 and 2010 best of lists. Highly recommended!<br /><br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=flame_and_citron_ver2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/flame_and_citron_ver2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">TRAILERS</span><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PlcfUzxxBDw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uco41pOKeJg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RdumGs1qoXM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0OqI9gxz7tY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TZBrWVvn9xA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FfVCuyXsaF0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/a7BFZqQ4ruA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_5VDKVqvo8M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Y078kqcNHQQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PCG2OgZiMKA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3oiY7W7nDeE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/L_AerBW0EcI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vQnBJuskguE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/otjxYnHdQBc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/NmraonoCMkI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />BONUS TRAILER <br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-uN9EF76V-U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-40815186770534065602010-12-26T18:36:00.000-08:002010-12-27T13:48:01.373-08:00The Revelations Of Romy Schneider<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoybntylHhnjWqj4i9Y6vp7TXSAvGTD4YWh7S_4uG97MHYXC92kXg0awv-nLuE6uJIvKA_Sa9vFUTLGa0VBfkOwEgn2Dfu0lmL3ZT0WIXqrW8GIg-2q1gvOBDqJpDvi8kjPWVM_eMVzSNv/s1600/romy+schneider.jpg98"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoybntylHhnjWqj4i9Y6vp7TXSAvGTD4YWh7S_4uG97MHYXC92kXg0awv-nLuE6uJIvKA_Sa9vFUTLGa0VBfkOwEgn2Dfu0lmL3ZT0WIXqrW8GIg-2q1gvOBDqJpDvi8kjPWVM_eMVzSNv/s320/romy+schneider.jpg98" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555202611516759618" /></a><br /><br />I have a new blog dedicated to the life, beauty, and artistry of Romy Schneider caled THE ROMY. Find it through my blog list on the side bar.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-64499301197115370452010-12-16T11:33:00.001-08:002010-12-26T15:24:55.682-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepiJyAxmG_U3e-ZmGiWXMLyop-0I_JX8PDM0UG2kEr1NGxV3x-EghJqEZIVQYEOpK_uzPma2LisbeWvc-_2QbwDVALhZbMvP3pmMoXrunXeOmxupLJtkWNxSAn4x-iDoJs8-NPoAx7yeF/s1600/romyui.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgepiJyAxmG_U3e-ZmGiWXMLyop-0I_JX8PDM0UG2kEr1NGxV3x-EghJqEZIVQYEOpK_uzPma2LisbeWvc-_2QbwDVALhZbMvP3pmMoXrunXeOmxupLJtkWNxSAn4x-iDoJs8-NPoAx7yeF/s320/romyui.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555135982448635362" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-12742443989134345872010-12-12T09:08:00.000-08:002010-12-12T09:44:28.048-08:00Top Films Of 2010.......So Far.As I put together a Top 10 for the year I have gone ahead and posted my top 3 unquestionably favorite films of 2010. The important thing to understand is my criteria, anyone's criteria for that matter, really doesn't mean shit at the end of the day. Any of these three could be my number one. Personally, I find them equal in greatness. Only after the horrible application of a film making criteria am I able to come up with some order. In the case of these three. It was very difficult. They are all brilliantly written, beautifully crafted, perfectly cast, scored, edited, directed, you name it. None of these three films fall short for me on any level. All three are worthy of Best Picture.<br /><br /><br /><font style="font-weight: bold;">1. BLACK SWAN</font><br />Dir. Darren Aronofsky<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=black-swan-movie-trailer-270810-1-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/black-swan-movie-trailer-270810-1-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><font style="font-weight: bold;">2. WINTER'S BONE</font><br />Dir. Debra Granik<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=WintersBone2-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/WintersBone2-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><font style="font-weight: bold;">3. RED RIDING: 1974</font><br />Dir, Julian Jarrold<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/?action=view&current=Red-Riding-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/Red-Riding-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-64457412594279583192010-10-31T00:13:00.000-07:002010-11-04T21:01:12.705-07:00LISA BLOUNT (1957 ~ 2010) '...I Ain't Got No Sugar Baby Now.'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclpgs-xr6PDLb1PZnLUHTXgygiNLZc8fHLAZjQepNsOYxFIKmxYhAjXToFNlbosSUUtB29usZ9qagSMvUFzEdCErL49KqZ3K5p8xh3c4eWUmDNaEoCOtZ5dbd_SpOYZi7P4Ub8M8Du8M3/s1600/Lisa+Blount.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclpgs-xr6PDLb1PZnLUHTXgygiNLZc8fHLAZjQepNsOYxFIKmxYhAjXToFNlbosSUUtB29usZ9qagSMvUFzEdCErL49KqZ3K5p8xh3c4eWUmDNaEoCOtZ5dbd_SpOYZi7P4Ub8M8Du8M3/s320/Lisa+Blount.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534105719365584690" /></a><br /><br />On October 27th, Actress and Academy Award Winning Producer Lisa Blount was found dead in her Little Rock home. She had been lying there alone for two days. Bloody nose, cell phone in her hand. There was no foul play. A health complication she had on and off bouts with for years just caught up with her....all too soon. She was 52.<br /><br />Some of you may remember her as Debra Winger's gal pal Paula in the film <span style="font-style:italic;">An Officer and a Gentleman</span> Many of us could never forget her from <span style="font-style:italic;">Dead & Buried</span>. She worked with John Carpenter in <span style="font-style:italic;">Prince of Darkness</span> worked in off-beat indies like <span style="font-style:italic;">South of Reno</span> as well as appearing in many television shows of the 80's and 90's like <span style="font-style:italic;">Magnum P.I. and Moonlighting. </span><br /><br />Like so many great "working actors" Lisa had all the grit fire and passion to create great stories. In 2001 she won an Oscar for her work as producer on the short film <span style="font-style:italic;">The Accountant</span>, also directed by her husband. According to Wikipedia, she also served as the wardrobe mistress on the film.<br /><br />More recently she had starred alongside Billy Bob Thorton in <span style="font-style:italic;">Chrystal</span>, which she also produced with her husband, actor Ray McKinnon who had also written, directed, and co-starred in the film with her. <br /><br />If you haven't seen it.....you should. Today.<br /><br />In <span style="font-style:italic;">Chrystal</span> she demonstrated a talent that was long overdue for exposure. Her gift of song.<br /><br />We miss you Lisa. We'll never forget you. I never did.<br /><br />Lisa sings 'Red Rocking Chair' backed by Harry Dean Stanton.<br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/81skns6Z0ZI?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/81skns6Z0ZI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-58155201825330199752010-10-13T10:42:00.000-07:002014-10-22T19:25:12.862-07:00CROSSING AMC's RUBICON<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2G5EC9YxP68njR_3GxX9WQPkz6DYQAD3mr2Z_-hrgz8OvHjrIlQojZ1I6hkPUrFt-pm3z279ptgfzdvbGRZ9YrMJXvAmkxn6DGVdL1ChRMEI-8IgpiNouMt2o27lLLQUjquFp5B-9udk/s1600/Rubicon.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT2G5EC9YxP68njR_3GxX9WQPkz6DYQAD3mr2Z_-hrgz8OvHjrIlQojZ1I6hkPUrFt-pm3z279ptgfzdvbGRZ9YrMJXvAmkxn6DGVdL1ChRMEI-8IgpiNouMt2o27lLLQUjquFp5B-9udk/s320/Rubicon.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527592890470331026" /></a><br />There are many things about and relating to the <span style="font-style:italic;">AMC</span> original series <span style="font-style:italic;">Rubicon </span>that I would love to point out and discuss in the open, but I would probably be "terminated with extreme prejudice" for doing so. Things relating to the "real" world that we live in and events that have transpired over the last century. Things that <span style="font-style:italic;">Rubicon</span> very subtly touches on in a way that keeps the show from hitting you over the head with a message. It's embedded into narrative, like code. <br /><br /><br />Subtext is an art of storytelling that most films and some television fail to grasp or bother to utilize today. But <span style="font-style:italic;">AMC</span> original series such as <span style="font-style:italic;">Mad Men</span> and more recently as of this Summer, <span style="font-style:italic;">Rubicon</span> have it down so good, I want to send them a gift everyday to say "thank you" for entertaining me without insulting my intelligence or lulling me into stupidity. <br /><br /><br />I am not going to get into the plot and characters so much. If you don't have access to the show it's really up to you to gain clearance to such classy-fied material. But if you choose to cross the <span style="font-style:italic;">Rubicon</span> there are things you should know. For starters, you have to pay attention. In return you are given a rich story, thoughtfully unfolding in a way you seldom see anymore. And characters that feel as real as anyone you know and even in the extraordinary circumstances of their daily work-life, make it easy to relate to them. Though this takes place in the world of Clandestine Services, these aren't the people who pull the trigger, these are the men and women who know too much. What they uncover, what they understand, guides the aim of the gun, for better or worse.<br /><br />IF you dig crossword puzzles, patterns, hidden messages, connecting-the-dots, you'll will have an immediate attraction to the show. Don't misunderstand though, there is plenty for the "non-nerdy" to appreciate. Many shades of grey give way to danger and even romance, like all great espionage stories, just...not...like, other espionage stories. They make it fucking interesting. And like <span style="font-style:italic;">AMC's</span> other originals, <span style="font-style:italic;">Mad Men</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Breaking Bad</span>, this drama of specific subject matter deals with struggles of conscience that anyone, who isn't a complete piece of shit or living in a sphere of Bubble Yum should be able to appreciate or at the very least, understand.<br /><br />The other thing you should understand about <span style="font-style:italic;">Rubicon</span> is that like <span style="font-style:italic;">Mad Men</span> it's as much <span style="font-style:italic;">faction </span>as <span style="font-style:italic;">fiction.</span> No matter how much you may like to believe so, there really isn't anything about it that should be dismissed as far fetched or fantastical.<br /><br />I am a great fan of the late great director Alan J. Pakula. <span style="font-style:italic;">Rubicon</span> is in a way, the secret offspring of Pakula. <span style="font-style:italic;">Rubicon</span> has a very specific resemblance to Poppa Pakula. The subject matter for one, of such films as <span style="font-style:italic;">The Parallax View, All The Presidents Men, Rollover, The Pelican Brief, </span>and even moves it's tone at times in a direction remenicent of <span style="font-style:italic;">Klute.</span> Beyond thematics, the tone is very Pakula. Pacing, lighting, visual composition. The score is even often at times like that of the scores done for <span style="font-style:italic;">Parallax View </span>by Michael Small or <span style="font-style:italic;">All The President's Men</span> by David Shire. All these, forgive me, Pakula-esque elements make for a rare, tough, grown up piece of work. <br /><br />CHECK OUT THIS LINK FOR A LOOK INTO "THE LOOK" OF RUBICON<br />http://www.amctv.com/videos/rubicon/?bcpid=85690147001&bclid=91388676001&bctid=621114953001<br /><br />If you like Pakula's films, you will probably like <span style="font-style:italic;">Rubicon</span>. At least, that's what the latest intel leads us to believe. <br /><br />Do I recommend it? Strongly. And don't wait, for <span style="font-style:italic;">Rubicon</span>, like it's character's, may be at any time in danger of disappearing. So watch it closely, in fact, don't let it out of your sight, because if <span style="font-style:italic;">Rubicon </span>falls out of our grasp, we will lose much more than a mere hour of entertaining television.<br /><br />The Season One Finale airs Sunday October 17th at 9pm on AMC. To get caught up watch episodes ON DEMAND.<br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uhVJAyFAJTw?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uhVJAyFAJTw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-24489562053287371522010-10-07T12:44:00.000-07:002010-10-07T19:59:37.713-07:00The Spirit Of '77: Roman Polanski & The Ghost Writer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIdKNa3LxYRMcRP5NZaE-A9HmdQXu1mSIBfJDgv1u_sYyurVbrkV0iFhwDQpHgsbLanll_A-WfqCsF5bgYh6Eu_8U2Rdg-edfSHnvU_DHvLFM-CH1KfIBi_AT9SihyphenhyphenW_-xZVJsFHeQB7p9/s1600/ghostwriterreview.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIdKNa3LxYRMcRP5NZaE-A9HmdQXu1mSIBfJDgv1u_sYyurVbrkV0iFhwDQpHgsbLanll_A-WfqCsF5bgYh6Eu_8U2Rdg-edfSHnvU_DHvLFM-CH1KfIBi_AT9SihyphenhyphenW_-xZVJsFHeQB7p9/s320/ghostwriterreview.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525392964713891106" /></a><br />WARNING: THIS IS NOT A REVIEW. IT IS A RANT OF PRAISE.<br />I am thankful for the newer more integral directors present today, like Darren Aronofsky, John Hillcoat, P.T. and Wes (yes, I know they are not related). All too often I hear fans and filmmakers alike making excuses for why some older Director’s now make films that suck or at least, are spineless or insulting to even the most minimal level of intelligence. They settle, get spaded or what not. But some of them still got the stones to blow our minds without having to try. Without having to succumb to the idiotic taste of the masses and their crack whore addiction to sensory overload. One of these is Roman Polanski. And he proved this most recently with his beautifully detailed and darkly comical thriller Ghost Writer.<br /><br />At 77 years old Polanski continues to craft a great visual story with all the perks. A cast recruited by Fiona Weir filled with great and underused all too frequently type casted character actors such as Jim Belushi, Kim Cattrel, Tom Wilkenson, Timothy Hutton, Olivia Williams, and Eli Wallach (who in his mid 90′s still has incredible presence). A fantastic book to script adaptation by Polanski himself and author Robert Harris, based on his novel The Ghost. An unusual, unforgettable and highly effective score by Alexandre Desplat. The list goes on from cinematography to art direction to set decor and editing. The only quality it lacks that most Hollywood films possess in abundance, is mediocrity.<br /><br />Polanski’s film manages a consistent sense of doom and dread always hovering overhead. You never know when or in what incarnation it will ultimately strike. And it doesn’t help you as much as it helps the film and story that there are these moments of wonderfully subtle humor that allow you to let your guard down before realizing that it isn’t safe to do such a thing, only increasing your sense of danger. A feeling that you share with Ewan Mcgregor’s protagonist (known only as ‘The Ghost’) and yet, together we cannot help but pursue the mystery in a fearful yet, relentless curiosity and need to know.<br /><br />The film is marvelously crafted. Beautiful in fact. And yes, clever. But not in that “Oooooh, I’m so fucking clever” kind of way every asshole is out there trying to do. I’m not going to use that fucking word “Hitchcockian” because NOTHING is “Hitchcockian” that isn’t made by Hitchcock. But the influence is clearly there in the writing as well as the execution.<br /><br />The performances are equally outstanding. Pierce Brosnan is perfectly cast as the former British Prime Minister ala Tony Blair, and beyond his “smooth muthafucka in a suit” look, he is at his most un-Brosnan. Kim Cattral reminds us she was and still is much more than Samantha from Sex And The City. And Ewan Mcgregor, as always, is very easy to identify with and follow as The Ghost. Mentally and emotionally we are completely simpatico with him from start to finish. But the sharpest and most enigmatic performance in the film is from Olivia Williams, who plays Brosnan’s cold and intelligent wife, Ruth. You cannot figure her out, she’s emotional yet cool. Sexy yet prim. Mystified yet, certainly sure of something. What hand does she exactly hold? This performance no doubt comes in part from novelist Robert Harris giving the actress a long list of very contradictory character traits to play off of, which she does without missing a beat.<br /><br />After watching Ghost Writer the first time I was immediately struck with a realization. That it is in essence a 70′s film. Everything that made the 1970′s such a great period of film has been lacking in cinema ever since. For me, the key ingredient of films from the 70′s was character. Character is story. Thoughtful detail and specificity. People like to say, “Well, that was then and this is now. Films can never be that way anymore.” Talk about making fucking excuses, it doesn’t matter ‘when’ we are. It’s ‘what’ we’re churning out. From time to time we see something that has that 70′s thing. Making it current. Particularly in dramas and thrillers. Heat, There Will Be Blood, Michael Clayton. All possess the quality I speak of. And other genres possess an enormous and obvious influence of 70′s films. From All The Real Girls to The Royal Tenanbaums there are shades of Malick to Ashby and yet a very clear individual and new voice. It’s not period, it’s craft. It’s about making movies for grown ups instead of the disconnected tweens who determine the box office with there need for more of the same. I’m not saying we need this instead of the other, I’m saying we need more variety so that actual ‘cinema’ doesn’t get killed off by films with 3-dimensional visuals with 1 dimensional characters that are all too easily forgettable. Maybe truly great films can’t break box-office records anymore, that’s just poor marketing and bad executive decisions though, backed up by lame, lame excuses. In the end, what most box-office hits and the hairdresser’s that produce them will never have, is the very thing that director’s such as Polanski and films like Ghost Writer will. Legacy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-36647207234763463592010-05-21T10:14:00.000-07:002010-05-21T12:41:33.726-07:00LOST: The Beasts That Time Forgot<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3gc5HLWlJYG3P0Q7DaVvBL9gVAhF-3Zy_J5ERG5f3CQsRI64QV7iOc_iDMYHBtTt0lXva2MjDpUIJ5U2Q6LnnYXKRqPilD-w3UDWiDH86ZgYnW96-kGjc-kPckxV1iLFpMEZwIZTXUQ9/s1600/Damon,+Carlton+and+A+Polar+Bear+Limited+Edition+Lost+Screen+Prints+-+The+Polar+Bear+by+Jay+Ryan.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3gc5HLWlJYG3P0Q7DaVvBL9gVAhF-3Zy_J5ERG5f3CQsRI64QV7iOc_iDMYHBtTt0lXva2MjDpUIJ5U2Q6LnnYXKRqPilD-w3UDWiDH86ZgYnW96-kGjc-kPckxV1iLFpMEZwIZTXUQ9/s320/Damon,+Carlton+and+A+Polar+Bear+Limited+Edition+Lost+Screen+Prints+-+The+Polar+Bear+by+Jay+Ryan.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473795663082873778" /></a><br />From the very first episode of LOST there have been many interesting appearances of members of the animal kingdom, in generally an unusual capacity. With the exception of the chicken and the boars, the beasts of LOST seems to play an important role in the island lore. Here are my 6 favorite LOST beasts.<br /><br />1. THE HURLEY BIRD: <div class=youtube_resizer style=text-align:center;><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DgjreYvrAWM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="213" height="175"></embed><br><a href=http://www.layoutcodez.net/ title="Resize YouTube videos!" style=font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;></a></div><br />This Mammoth of a bird has appeared several times on the show, usually when Hurley is around. Many still hold out hope of one final appearance. I wouldn't stay perched for that though. Many to this day still debate whether the birds second appearance in Season 2 finale actually has the bird saying Hurley's name. The writer's of the show refuse to answer that question. Funny enough, the fan consensus is yes, it does.<br />The large bird nicknamed the "Hurley Bird" has a 16-foot wingspan. According to the DVD subtitles, the bird's screeches say "Hurley" in both appearances. <br />In Australian Aboriginal mythology, Altjira is the sky god of the Arrernte. He was the central god of the Dream time (called Alchera by the Aranda) who created the Earth, then retired to the sky. It is depicted as a large green bird with emu's feet, much like the one seen in "Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1".<br />After Jin told Hurley a story in Korean while they were camping, Hurley said, "Dude, I love the part about the bird. It was a bird right?" ("Catch-22")<br />On the March 21, 2008 podcast, Damon Lindelof did not want to comment on the significance of the Hurley bird.<br />One form of the Egyptian god Horus is a green falcon. This fits with the Egyptian themes of the show.<br />After Sawyer escaped from his polar bear cage on Hydra Island, he ran past a number of aviary-type cages. Curious???????<br /> <div class=youtube_resizer style=text-align:center;><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rcHaa6PbKsw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="213" height="175"></embed><br><a href=http://www.layoutcodez.net/ title="Resize YouTube videos!" style=font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;></a></div><br />2. THE POLAR BEAR: <div class=youtube_resizer style=text-align:center;><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jHsC5NB6tWg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="213" height="175"></embed><br><a href=http://www.layoutcodez.net/ title="Resize YouTube videos!" style=font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;></a></div>The most popular and frequently seen island beast, there isn't much to say that hasn't been said about this one. It's clearly the island Maskot. For the full LOST dossier on the Polar Bear significance see this link: http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Polar_bears <br /><br /><br />3. KATE'S HORSE: <br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/cinepics/?action=view¤t=Katehorse12.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/cinepics/Katehorse12.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />One can derive all sorts of symbolism relating to the show and it's characters from this one. I would actually say this is my second favorite of the LOST animal kingdom. The most notable....connection this animal has to the island would be the Black Stallion and it's author. Walter Farley, author of The Black Stallion series, also wrote a book about an Island Stallion, who was on an island with a secret valley and tunnels built by Spanish Conquistadors. He also wrote "The Black Stallion and Flame" in which the Black Stallion finds himself on the Island Stallion's island as the result of a plane crash.<br /><br /><br /><br />4. THE MEDUSA SPIDER:<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/cinepics/?action=view¤t=Spider_Expose.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/cinepics/Spider_Expose.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />Also referred to as, (Latrodectus regina) is a dangerous species of spider found on the Island. Brilliantly used to do away with two characters (Nikki & Paulo) the audience did not respond well to after long demanding them.<br /><br />Dr. Arzt showed Nikki a female Medusa spider in a jar, one of more than 20 species of insects and arachnids he had collected since crashing on the Island. He explained to her that the Medusa spider was very dangerous and that the female's pheromones were so powerful that, if the jar was opened, every male on the Island would be drawn to her in seconds. When Nikki used the live Medusa spider specimen to attack Paulo she revealed to him that the venom of the Medusa spider wouldn't kill him, but would cause paralysis lasting for approximately 8 hours, so profound that even a doctor wouldn't be able to hear his heartbeat.<br /><br />Arzt's information about the pheromones was proven correct when multiple male Medusa spiders appeared in the grove following Nikki's release of the female Medusa spider from the jar. Nikki was bitten too, and both Nikki and Paulo subsequently died after being buried alive while paralyzed, having been mistaken for dead by Sawyer and Hurley. Awesome.<br />The spider used in filming is Argiope appensa which is from a different family of spiders than the genus Latrodectus. The "males" are also females, as the real males are much smaller. Argiope appensa was introduced in Hawaii and is a very common there. It's natural range is in Taiwan and New Guinea. A featurette about the real-world spider handlers used for the filming of Lost is an easter egg in the deleted scenes section of the Lost: The Complete Third Season (DVD)<br /><br /><br />5. THE DHARMA SHARK:<br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/cinepics/?action=view¤t=dharma-shark.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/cinepics/dharma-shark.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />Sharks have played a subtle, but present role on Lost. A shark with a distinct DHARMA Initiative logo on its tail attacked Sawyer and Michael when they were on the raft. ("Adrift"). A shark with a DHARMA Initiative logo was seen swimming near the four toed statue when the island was submerged.("LA X, Part 1"). The DHARMA Initiative experimented on sharks and dolphins in the aquarium that Jack was imprisoned in the Hydra. ("A Tale of Two Cities") (The World of the Others) The blast door map makes reference to a selective breeding program for Carcharodon carcharias (The Great White Shark). There have also been references to sharks in The Lost Experience. In "The Beginning of the End", in Hurleys Mental institute, there is a picture of a shark drawn on a blackboard. An obvious shout out to JAWS.<br /><br /><br />6. THE HURLEY FROG: <br /><a href="http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/cinepics/?action=view¤t=HURLEYFROGG77.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/beachtree/cinepics/HURLEYFROGG77.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br />Sawyer's killing of the tree frog contrasts with his earlier encounter with the wild boar. After he caught up to the boar that had been tormenting him, he unexpectedly spared its life, contrary to his original plan. <br />Frogs have been used in the research of electromagnetism, which was a field of study of the DHARMA Initiative and the presumed purpose of the Swan station. <br />The frog was a symbol of fertility to the ancient Egyptians. In Egyptian mythology, there is a frog-headed goddess named Heqet, meaning "frog". In addition to fertility, she was also closely associated with resurrection. Rebirth, both the literal and figurative sense, is a major theme of Lost. <br />Although the characters refer to the frog as a "tree frog", which are members of the Hylidae family, the actual species of the frog is Dendrobates auratus, which is a member of the Dendrobatidae family (i.e., poison dart frogs). They are native to Central America but were introduced to Hawaii, where Lost is filmed, as means of controlling the mosquito population.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-48126161197598133702010-05-20T11:08:00.000-07:002010-05-20T11:23:38.891-07:00BAFTA Takes You To LOST School<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEL4hDX3CtdsA8poXVbdJSQF4G4z2H6_TEa9rS7Hf9T7KuWv_yBJTEGXXYe0qlbJxcLrqNn2cj1ebA5ELHKFvJhgDVEAg_AaWc4egv-ML1qTxkJEGDPXjvUMcIhPNbnOmsrFnWB0eB516/s1600/Seal2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQEL4hDX3CtdsA8poXVbdJSQF4G4z2H6_TEa9rS7Hf9T7KuWv_yBJTEGXXYe0qlbJxcLrqNn2cj1ebA5ELHKFvJhgDVEAg_AaWc4egv-ML1qTxkJEGDPXjvUMcIhPNbnOmsrFnWB0eB516/s320/Seal2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473417161015948306" /></a><br />Between Seasons 5 & 6 of LOST, The BAFTA'S had a series of LOST Master classes with writers/executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse and Director Jack Bender.<br />BAFTA GETS LOST<br /><div class=youtube_resizer style=text-align:center;><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BspEWQZA_uA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="213" height="175"></embed><br><a href=http://www.layoutcodez.net/ title="Resize YouTube videos!" style=font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;></a></div><br /><br /><br />WRITING LOST<br /><div class=youtube_resizer style=text-align:center;><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_tZbYpk_SG0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="213" height="175"></embed><br><a href=http://www.layoutcodez.net/ title="Resize YouTube videos!" style=font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;></a></div><br /><br />JACK BENDER TALK DIRECTING LOST<br />-BENDER HAS DIRECTED A MAJORITY OF THE EPISODES-<br /><div class=youtube_resizer style=text-align:center;><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RA2AIhpZIaY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="213" height="175"></embed><br><a href=http://www.layoutcodez.net/ title="Resize YouTube videos!" style=font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;></a></div><br /><br /><br />LINDELOF AND CUSE ADDRESS THE ACCUSATIONS OF MAKING IT ALL UP AS THEY GO ALONG<br /><div class=youtube_resizer style=text-align:center;><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HvYHQSMFSzo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="213" height="175"></embed><br><a href=http://www.layoutcodez.net/ title="Resize YouTube videos!" style=font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-39468905491242058512010-05-20T10:04:00.000-07:002010-05-20T10:45:43.376-07:00Letting Go Isn't easy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-AlQ4QnX2ZZK9gfoVE2F47FsctFo3I0teOXPNLosx5apk3qN0qgVdy3N0aRE0hmmTerarjJsNiziglccUiiGrJ_DTTrooyCJcjFCKxS0UGnXchU_0BES86S6gd4MFAH-_ce083rIrZAP_/s1600/LOST-memento.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-AlQ4QnX2ZZK9gfoVE2F47FsctFo3I0teOXPNLosx5apk3qN0qgVdy3N0aRE0hmmTerarjJsNiziglccUiiGrJ_DTTrooyCJcjFCKxS0UGnXchU_0BES86S6gd4MFAH-_ce083rIrZAP_/s320/LOST-memento.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473406971386867954" /></a><br />As LOST approaches it's finale I find myself in the wee hours of the night watching old episodes, busting out old Dharma files, re-examining island maps realizing this will likely be the last true all geeked out show for me. It's the ultimate. It tapped into everything I have ever been interested in. Most especially, the duality of man, the connection between two people, how to live outside the parental shadow, and yes....love. But there were all the other interests. You know, the ones you can only devote time to in the middle of the night when no one will question your sanity , that's right, Time Travel, cryptazoolagy, parapsychology, and faith versus science and so much more. <br /><br />The writing of the show brought me back to the kind of writing I grew up recognizing once in films. Thoughtful and unexpository (that's not a word), layered with subtext and foreshadowing to last you beyond the shows six years. And it has been the only show in television history to know it's ending. Plotted out, much like one does a feature film script, only on a grand scale allowing room to move around. It forced me to up my game as an visual, internal, character driven screenwriter. I will shed light on this and more in the hours and days to come. <br /><br />But since I am at the computer a lot this week, I've opened a second window and as we near the end I am going to attempt to provide my fellow LOST-ians with a healthy dose of retrospect and food for thought, hopefully finding the time to get my final theory out before the 23rd. I will dole out a bit here and a bit there throughout the next few days and nights. So, for now I will save my island-speak for later and first highlight my favorite piece of Giacchino music from the show.<br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yiqXQ4OuPSE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yiqXQ4OuPSE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2038892108127042214.post-15923746152774256462010-04-24T12:06:00.001-07:002010-04-24T12:11:14.438-07:00Beast Box #24. 04-24-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0lF05rN3BeKag5lE3I7JhY-dQAJXVtcXmpHzot5J-N4OBVTOeferY5Wies2P6hRzSKJZ8l_6ftdgVPF8AOmD6SC4M5CaQwzsg4ohs-zwNpmOBFbfoUG6-jIHQJKcV683LNNLIFYuYpHW/s1600/clockworkphilprin777.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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