“Goin’ Down The Road” – The sequel
Donald Shebib is doing a sequel to his Canadian classic Goin’ Down The Road — 40 years after the fact. I say we need a remake for our times, not a sequel.
Thu, November 4 2010 » Film, Main Page » Comments Off
Picking a small bone with the ‘Taxi Driver’ script
Saw the monster Martin Scorsese movie Taxi Driver tonight at the Bell Light Box. It’s unquestionably one of the great films of the 1970s (it’s number 45 on TIFF’s list of the 100 essential films), and I love the way it captures the street life of Manhattan during that period of urban decay in the Big [...]
Sun, October 24 2010 » Film, Main Page, multimedia » Comments Off
Gunfighter songs
I posted these to Twitter. The first is the theme song for Sergio Leone’s For A Few Dollars More. I love the film’s set-up lines: “Where life had no value, death, sometimes, had its price. That is why the bounty killers appeared.” Gunfighter songs: Ennio Morricone, “For a Few Dollars More” -http://tinysong.com/yHu1 Johnny Cash, “Don’t take [...]
Sun, September 26 2010 » Film, Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off
Stars, pathological fans and black, black comedy
I tweeted the following tonight: The intersection of #TIFF10, fans & stars has me thinking of one film — and one film only: http://bit.ly/aTvt1L Of course I meant Martin Scorsese’s incomparable The King of Comedy:
Thu, September 9 2010 » Film, Main Page, multimedia » Comments Off
Leaning, leaning …
Hopefully, you will have seen that as a The Night of the Hunter reference — one of my favourite films of all time. Here’s a YouTube clip: Here’s Roger Ebert’s review. I find it to be spot-on.
Fri, August 27 2010 » Film, Main Page, multimedia » Comments Off
’2001: A Space Odyssey’ in photos
Saw this on the Twitter tonight: 2001: A Space Odyssey – Promotional photos, high resolution What a visually dazzling film, even in still images!
Thu, August 26 2010 » Film, Main Page, Minutiae, photos » Comments Off
Dear film critics: When it comes to genre films, you’re irrelevant
Pity the poor film critics. While The Expendables gave them a good chance to flex their sarcasm muscles, the audience kicked sand in their faces on the way to the theatres, proving them to be taste-making weaklings.
Sun, August 22 2010 » Film, Main Page » 7 Comments
‘Restrepo,’ WikiLeaks and Afghanistan
A few days after I sit through one of the most intense war documentaries I’ve ever seen, out comes a dump of documents that suggests things are worse in Afghanistan than we might know.
Sun, July 25 2010 » * Big Picture Stuff, Film, Main Page, Media » 3 Comments
‘Seinfeld’: The murder mystery/thriller movie trailer
Bill Dunphy, via Twitter, calls it “bloody brilliant.” I say it’s a fine bit of editing, but just this side of a classic. However, judge for yourself: BTW, there is no Seinfeld movie, but some clever person with too much time on their hands, creativity and an excellent memory for Seinfeld scenes pulled together this trailer. [...]
Tue, July 20 2010 » Film, Main Page, Minutiae, multimedia » Comments Off
Drunken songs
There was a gentleman on the streetcar earlier tonight who inspired me to tweet the following: An old drunk on the streetcar asked me how far to Augusta. After getting a blast of his breath, I’m now half in the bag myself. But that triggered some musical inspiration tweeted thusly (mildly edited versions of the originals):
Tue, July 20 2010 » Film, Main Page, Music Monday et al » Comments Off