“TaranÂtiÂno’s Mind,” an award winÂning short film from Brazil, decodes the filÂmogÂraÂphy of Quentin TaranÂtiÂno, drawÂing conÂnecÂtions most TaranÂtiÂno fans might not have drawn themÂselves. ActÂing in the film is Seu Jorge, a great BrazilÂian musiÂcian (check this album out) who has gained recent fame in the US. The clip runs a good ten minÂutes. The only downÂsides are the small subÂtiÂtles and lanÂguage not suitÂable for puriÂtanÂiÂcal types. But we are in TaranÂtiÂno terÂriÂtoÂry, so what could you realÂly expect? (The video below has been added to our YouTube Playlist.)
80 Years of Academy Award Winning Films in Posters
Great poster colÂlecÂtion of Oscar winÂning films, from 1927 to this week. Check it out here.
via Kottke.org
Hitchcock 2008
What would it look like if you stuck today’s stars in HitchÂcockÂ’s clasÂsic films? VanÂiÂty Fair tried to figÂure it out.
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964. DirectÂed by StanÂley Kubrick. StarÂring Peter SellÂers and George C. Scott. The TrailÂer. Action:
Added to our YouTube Playlist.
Who Do We Vote For This Time Around? A Letter from Michael Moore
The Iowa cauÂcus is finalÂly and merÂciÂfulÂly upon us. And right in time, filmÂmakÂer Michael Moore has offered an analyÂsis of the DemoÂcÂraÂtÂic field of canÂdiÂdates. There’s much here that I don’t parÂticÂuÂlarÂly agree with here, but Moore makes two large claims that strike me as being funÂdaÂmenÂtalÂly (and regretÂfulÂly) true:
- The “DemoÂcÂraÂtÂic front-runÂners are a less-than-stelÂlar group of canÂdiÂdates, and … none of them are the slam dunk we wish they were.”
- “For months I’ve been wantÂiÂng to ask the quesÂtion, “Where are you, Al Gore?” You can only polÂish that Oscar for so long. And the Nobel was decidÂed by ScanÂdiÂnaÂvians! I don’t blame you for not wantÂiÂng to enter the viper pit again after you already won. But getÂting us to change out our incanÂdesÂcent light bulbs for some irriÂtatÂing fluÂoÂresÂcent ones isn’t going to save the world. All it’s going to do is make us more agiÂtatÂed and jumpy and feelÂing like once we get home we haven’t realÂly left the office.”
The Final Cut of Blade Runner: Now Out on DVD
Back in OctoÂber, RidÂley Scott released a final and definÂiÂtive direcÂtor’s cut of Blade RunÂner, preÂsentÂing to audiÂences the film that he would have made if stuÂdio execs hadÂn’t medÂdled with things. A short two months latÂer, the final cut is now out on DVD. It was released yesÂterÂday, bareÂly in time for the holÂiÂdays. For more on the makÂing and remakÂing of Blade RunÂner, you can lisÂten to this recent interÂview with RidÂley Scott.
Coppola is Back
FranÂcis Ford CopÂpoÂla, the direcÂtor who brought us The GodÂfaÂther and ApocÂaÂlypse Now, has released his first film in a decade. Based on a novelÂla by Mircea EliÂade, a RomanÂian thinker prinÂciÂpalÂly known for his work on the hisÂtoÂry of reliÂgion, “Youth WithÂout Youth” feaÂtures Tim Roth playÂing the role of Dominic Matei, an elderÂly linÂguisÂtics proÂfesÂsor, who gets struck by lightÂning and finds his youth strangeÂly restored. To pubÂliÂcize the film, CopÂpoÂla has been doing a fair amount of press in New York. (The film is preÂmierÂing there.) Here, you can lisÂten to the interÂview he gave on WNYÂC’s Leonard Lopate Show (iTunes — Feed — Web Site). We’ve also postÂed below a video outÂtake from the interÂview. FinalÂly, this Q&A sesÂsion in The New York Post may also be of interÂest.
RelatÂed Posts:
- The GodÂfaÂther WithÂout BranÂdo?: It Almost HapÂpened
- LandÂmark Moments in Film: ApocÂaÂlypse Now
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