Oh wow. That cover design!
http://www.diabolikdvd.com/imgproduct/dab365c12bf05e22e0eb5df3b75b2212.jpg
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link
cover is better than the movie lol
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
brood is hilarious, would make a great double bill with possesion.
― nauru, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 23:13 (ten years ago) link
Les Carlson, who played Barry Convex, the evil head of the Spectacular Optical Corp., in David Cronenberg’s hallucinatory sci-fi classic Videodrome, died May 3 at his home in Toronto.... Carlson also appeared in three other Cronenberg projects—as an intimidated newspaper editor in The Dead Zone (1983); as a doctor in the Jeff Goldblum starrer The Fly (1986); and as an aging actor in Camera (2000), one of a series of short films produced for the 25th anniversary celebration of the Toronto International Film Festival.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/videodrome-actor-les-carlson-dies-703127
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
:(
― socki (s1ocki), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link
camera was great.
RIP
super-creepy in Videodrome
― Οὖτις, Monday, 12 May 2014 15:46 (nine years ago) link
he really has such a specific way of framing one-shots― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, April 15, 2014 10:17 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, April 15, 2014 10:17 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
and lighting them, i think
― espring (amateurist), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
for sure
― socki (s1ocki), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
His death scene in Videodrome ranks near the top of Cronenberg's most horrifying visions.
― Diddley Hollyberry (Phil D.), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
so far the major dissenter on Maps to the Stars is the guy who wrote the 'Showgirls is great' book ... I'm seeing it tom'w.
http://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-nyff-2014-david-cronenbergs-maps-to-the-stars
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
He is definitely NOT the only dissenter.
― Eric H., Friday, 26 September 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
uh, yeah.
i actually didn't like the book as much as i was hoping, but it is interesting and thoughtful. and adam nayman is very smart.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link
and the film does look terrible. but who knows?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
yeah E i just meant in that roundup so far
im fine if everyone who likes Showgirls hates it
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
his last short was probably better than this
― Οὖτις, Friday, 26 September 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
Anyone else read Cronenberg's new novel, Consumed? It is great -- and so, so classic Cronenberg -- and if the internet is to be believed, being filmed.
― The Thnig, Friday, 26 September 2014 16:37 (nine years ago) link
he wrote a novel?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
yes; most reviews haven't been as kind as The Thnig's.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
I tried to read a sample chapter online; it came off like a really up-its-own-ass airport thriller.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 26 September 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
i have no idea whether i'll like this new film, but i am kind of glad that someone punctured the idea of latter-day cronenberg as artistically infallible, which i think has become dogma in some quarters. i think history of violence and to a slightly lesser extent eastern promises are masterpieces, but the delillo film just felt unforgivably smug somehow... the new one looks like it could go in the same direction, what with all the blasts at hollywood etc. but who knows! sometimes the saving grace of a film that would otherwise be heavy-handed is its strangeness. maybe cronenberg will come through on that score.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
btw morbs adam nayman's take on showgirls is rather sophisticated and complex, by no means does he think it's without serious problems. his book is as ,much a reflection on what produced the varying reactions to the film as a defense of the film itself.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
i still think the book reads like a first draft, though, and it needed more research as opposed to opinion. it was a disappointment, frankly, but his thoughts on the film are still worth taking srsly.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
I found the car movie pretty unsmug and quite adventurous (tho it loses a lot once the ride is over;, AhoV just seemed too obvious in its thesis/themes to me. Still haven't seen Eastern Promises.
Not sure I've read much of Nayman, i haven't listened to his Cinephiliacs episode yet either. Just damn, of all the films to write a whole book about...
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
(I see he really liked All Is Lost tho, so kudos)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
Shut up.
― Eric H., Friday, 26 September 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m38x2qep7N1r2u9p7.gif
― Eric H., Friday, 26 September 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
what the fuck is your problem lately, btw?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
Um, I'm Nomi Malone?
― Eric H., Friday, 26 September 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
of all the films to write a whole book about...
well, again, keep in mind that he's writing as much about the film's reception as the film itself. whatever you think of showgirls, the almost universal disgust that greeted its debut, followed by several waves of differently-styled reconsiderations, etc. -- that's an interesting story, i think.
i am not particularly high on the film myself but it does have some real virtues.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
i mean honestly "showgirls" is at least as interesting a film to write about as something more obviously packaged for critical exegesis like "safe" (to name a film that i think came out in the same year!)
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
Also, btw Morbs, the market is ready, ripe and set for a blistering un-revisionist take on the 'girls.
― Eric H., Friday, 26 September 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
I haven't read any reviews of Consumed, but I thought it was pretty damn good. If it hadn't been written by Cronenberg, I think it would've gotten a lot of positive "hang on now what is THIS?" from the folks-who-like-disturbing-books crowds. As it is, though, it does run through his obsessions in a rather checklist-type fashion.
― The Thnig, Friday, 26 September 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
well, Maps is not a date movie. The Loved One turned up to 11.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 03:45 (nine years ago) link
About a third of the sick jokes land (which is a lot, actually) but by the last half-hour it just feels like a shock pileup, and you can see several of the final transgressions coming five miles away. JuMoore is very funny, and Mia Wasikwhatzki and the kid, Evan Bird, who plays the jaded rehabbed 13-yo child star are both very good too. I feel very much about it the way I did A History of Violence; brilliantly made but just too overdetermined and cartoonish.
and to get really Hollywood about it, omg Carrie Fisher's face.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
I can probably handle it if it's someone like Moore acting batshit, and not William Hurt.
― Eric H., Monday, 29 September 2014 15:35 (nine years ago) link
well her role's a lot bigger than Hurt's.
Pattinson glum aspirational actor-chauffeur is subsidiary, seems almost like he did it as a favor to Croney.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
dangerous method is the real nadir of latter-day cronenberg, imho - so lifeless and cheap-looking
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Monday, 29 September 2014 18:41 (nine years ago) link
watched cosmopolis at the w/end - never seen so many people walk out of a film, seriously. it is exceptionally boring, but somehow more Cronenbergian than the pallid heritage cinema of 'Dangerous Method'
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, June 19, 2012 4:20 AM
no idea what heritage cinema is, but your opinion has been noted and thanx
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
no prob morbs, i take it you'll want notifying too when you next repeat an opinion
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Monday, 29 September 2014 18:46 (nine years ago) link
anything to keep me in the news of this hotpot of regurgitation
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
if you can't regurgitate on a cronenberg thread, etc
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Monday, 29 September 2014 18:54 (nine years ago) link
so Mortensen and Rachel Weisz were sposed to do this originally? I didn't recognize Olivia Williams at all.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
this was the first time i heard applause for a deadly assault from (one member of) a Lincoln Center audience, so there's that.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
Deadly assault is homicide, no?
― Eric H., Monday, 29 September 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
i don't want to be specific
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link
the body count in this, on and off screen, is fairly impressive
w/out cuts this also appears to be "unrated" or NC-17 to me, and even aside from that i don't see any industry awards for Moore w/out a level of disconnect that... belongs in this movie.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 19:51 (nine years ago) link
I've seen Olivia Williams in all kinds of stuff but the majority is probably television, so...
― ⌘-B (mh), Monday, 29 September 2014 19:55 (nine years ago) link
The awards bloggers have shifted onto a different Moore perf this year. The amount of relief they've displayed not having to pretend she had a shot with Maps is impressive.
― Eric H., Monday, 29 September 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
I'd like to see a movie this hateful about awards bloggers.
My favorite line in Maps might be "Everything's stunt casting!"
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link