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Really? I assumed that American art-house theatres (we have an Angelika and two Landmark theatres) would show the two-hour cut to increase profits, etc. - I couldn't figure out any other reason for it to exist. Unless it's actually going to get a semi-wide release too?
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 1 March 2004 21:13 (twenty years ago) link
I have a feeling it will start in Angelika (they already have the posters up) and then go wider. Nicole Kidman is so A-List right now, once word gets out about her performance (which is her best, by far) it might get picked up by some of the bigger chains.
Plus it's got Paul Bettany, Patricia Clarkson and a bunch of other 'now' stars.
― BabyBuddha (BabyBuddha), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:13 (twenty years ago) link
The plan was to show the 2 hour cut, but Lion's Gate changed their mind (thankfully!) due to ??????. (For the record, I wrote them a ranting and raving letter back in November.)
― BabyBuddha (BabyBuddha), Monday, 1 March 2004 22:16 (twenty years ago) link
For anyone that is interested, I contacted Subterranean Cinema. They do (or should I say "he does"--it's just one guy) sell copies of all of the films listed on the site. I didn't get prices for anything in particular, but he did tell me he does bulk rates for multiple orders & it sounds like it's cheaper if you don't mind multiple films on a tape (i.e. shorts/experimental).
My interested has been peaked in "the beaver trilogy". who has seen it? what's it all about? fill me in please.
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 21:04 (twenty years ago) link
Jay, I first heard about
The Beaver Trilogy on
This American Life (here's the
episode in RealAudio -- it starts about 6 minutes in).
The way the TAL piece is structured (suspensefully) really piqued my curiosity, but if you just want the facts, here ya go:
In 1979, director Trent Harris shot some footage of some weird kid whom he randomly discovered in Beaver, Utah. The kid is in love with Harris's camera, hams it up with various celebrity impressions, and the 20-minute film (the first part of the trilogy) culminates in the kid doing an Olivia Newton-John impersonation at a local talent show.
In brief, the second and third parts of the trilogy are the exact same footage reenacted, first by Sean Penn (in 1981) and then by Crispin Glover (in 1985). (Actually, I don't think it's entirely exact -- there are some interesting discrepancies in each part of the trilogy.) Each of these films was sitting around in Harris's closet until the late 90s, when, for whatever reason, he was inspired to finally release them as one film.
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 00:10 (twenty years ago) link
They showed it at the Yerba Buena in SF not too long ago and I found out a few days later ... I was so pissed. I would've called in sick to work and driven up there for it. *sad face*
― dean! (deangulberry), Thursday, 4 March 2004 17:38 (twenty years ago) link
i just placed a $300 order through Subterranean! The guy who runs it, Don, is incredibly helpful. I'll give a full report when I receive my movies.
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Tuesday, 9 March 2004 18:41 (twenty years ago) link
eight months pass...
twelve years pass...
YouTube's getting better and better--found both Play It as It Lays and Puzzle of a Downfall Child on there tonight (also The Heartbreak Kid and Spielberg's TV-movie Something Evil).
― clemenza, Monday, 27 March 2017 02:23 (seven years ago) link