68 posts tagged with film by brundlefly.
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I Found David Lynch’s Lost Dune II Script
"David Lynch’s 1984 sci-fi epic Dune is—in many ways—a misbegotten botch job. Still, as with more than a few ineffectively ambitious films before it, the artistic flourishes Lynch grafted onto Frank Herbert’s sprawling Machiavellian narrative of warring space dynasties have earned it true cult classic status. Today, fans of the film, which earned a paltry $30 million at the box office and truly bruising reviews upon its release, still wonder what Lynch would have done if given the opportunity to adapt the next two novels in Herbert’s cycle: Dune Messiah and Children of Dune."
Marvel VFX Workers Vote to Unionize with IATSE
A "supermajority" of Marvel's 50-plus visual effects crew signed authorization cards with the union. [more inside]
Il Maestro
Federico Fellini and the lost magic of cinema, by Martin Scorsese
Decades of Sexual Harassment Accusations Against Harvey Weinstein
"An investigation by The New York Times [has] found previously undisclosed allegations against Mr. Weinstein stretching over nearly three decades, documented through interviews with current and former employees and film industry workers, as well as legal records, emails and internal documents from the businesses he has run, Miramax and the Weinstein Company."
NOPE NOPE NOPE
CURVE: Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a girl tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.
Are my points safe?
Hyper-Reality presents a provocative and kaleidoscopic new vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged, and the city is saturated in media.
Gareth Evans doing what he does best.
Director Gareth Evans (Merantau, The Raid, and The Raid 2) has posted a test action sequence to his YouTube channel. "In a time of civil war, a young warrior is given the task of delivering a treaty between two rival lords. During her journey through the woods however, she finds herself hunted by two assassins intent on intercepting her message of peace in a bid to maintain the fear, instability and violent rule of their leader." [more inside]
OVERKILL
Acid In The Coliseum
"When Tony Scott took his own life in 2012, we lost an unquestionably significant filmmaker. Some dwelled on the whys of his demise (thus leading to the rumor that the man was dying of terminal cancer when he jumped from San Pedro’s Vincent Thomas Bridge), but ultimately none of that matters one bit. Scott was a genius behind the camera, leaving behind a filmography that was unified in tone and consistently flat out entertaining. It’s a shame that his pictures have been regularly dismissed as nothing more than hollow diversions; mindless drivel meant for mass consumption and disposal. While their appeal is most certainly broad, there’s nothing vapid about them." - Acid In The Coliseum: The Films Of Tony Scott [more inside]
Thar she blows!
Remembering Harve Bennett, STAR TREK’s Cinematic Shepherd
R.I.P Sam Simon
Sam Simon, writer, producer, philanthropist and co-creator of The Simpsons has passed away of colorectal cancer at the age of 59. Previously.
They used to kill that dog. In the original version, they ate him.
"You need to know who Billy Wilder was. You need to know the names of people who are no longer alive. Because it’s very important—it’s what our history is made of. You need to see the movies the way they were—with the racism, the violence, and the censorship. All the things that let you see what the movie past had been so you understand where we are! But really nobody’s interested in that right now. Their interests are so bifurcated." - An interview with Joe Dante (Part 1, Part 2)
Where’s the new TALES FROM THE HOOD?
"It’s a scary a movie. I was not allowed to watch it."
Head-butt Victims: 2 Goblins (Pig Men?)
The Head-butts Of Our Lives: The Filmography Of Jason Statham
I seldom use it myself, sir. It promotes rust.
Robert Kinoshita, the production designer and art director who created Forbidden Planet's Robby the Robot and Lost In Space's B-9 Environmental Control Robot [previously], has passed away at the age of 100.
Magicians of the Miniature
Matte Shot (previously) presents: Magicians of the Miniature, an overview and image gallery of miniature effects work.
This. Script. Sucks.
Max Landis, son of John Landis and screenwriter of Chronicle, has shared a 436 page screenplay that he wrote as a 20-year-old: Super Mario World. Via CHUD.
That's regulatory capture!
LEMONADE WAR: a short film starring Patton Oswalt, Taylor Buck, Mo Collins and Werner Herzog. View more films here from We The Economy: 20 Short Films You Can’t Afford to Miss.
"We haven’t found the right planet."
“Alien 3 was flawed from its inception and it was certainly flawed—actually, pretty fucked up—well before we started shooting. So there you go. Take all of the responsibility, because you’re going to get all of the blame.” — David Fincher [previously]
(OH MY GOSH)
Apparently Miller couldn't just walk away.
After over a decade in development hell, George Miller's return to the Mad Max franchise, Mad Max: Fury Road, has emerged at San Diego Comic-Con with a teaser trailer. [more inside]
Shit just got real.
Here kitty, kitty, kitty. Meow. Here, Jonesy.
220 images from Alien including behind the scenes photos, concept art and early effects shots.
"...only ragged odds and ends of my script had been used..."
One Scene, One Shot
The Spielberg Oner: "One overlooked aspect of Spielberg is that he's actually a stealth master of the long take. From Duel to Tintin, for forty years, he has sneakily filmed many scenes in a single continuous shot." [more inside]
Greetings From Interzone
David Cronenberg: a virtual exhibition based on an exhibit at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Howardcantour.com
Howardcantour.com is a short film about an online film critic, directed by Shia LaBeouf and starring Jim Gaffigan. [via]
Aningaaq
Aningaaq is a short companion piece to Gravity, written and directed by Gravity co-writer Jonas Cuaron.
The New America
Every frame of "The New America" was laser engraved into a block of maple then photographed.
10 Things You Need to Know About Asgardians
MediAvengers: Earth's Mightiest Gossip is a blog of media parodies set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Rise and Fall of Katharine Hepburn's Fake Accent
The Gripping, Mind-Blowing, Thrilling Evolution of the Movie Trailer
GIANT GOD WARRIOR APPEARS IN TOKYO
Studio Ghibli presents Giant God Warrior Appears In Tokyo, a short tokusatsu film. (In Japanese, no subtitles.)
"You're gonna need a bigger boat."
Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker!
Tony Scott: A Moving Target
"For some time after Tony Scott tragically, mysteriously took his life earlier this year we tried to think of some way to honor his work and explore it on the Notebook. A proper response was found by filmmaker, editor and Notebook contributor Gina Telaroli, who suggested a kind of critical exquisite corpse, and in this manner forge a way—or an attempt—to fit the forms of Tony Scott's oeuvre to the content critics would contribute."
Captain Pronin Superstar!
UNDONE
"I don’t believe in decorative titles — neato for the sake of being neato."
"David Fincher: A Film Title Retrospective" — Art of the Title follows up on their interview with Fincher for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. [more inside]
"Carlo Rambaldi was E.T.'s Geppetto"
Special effects legend Carlo Rambaldi, most famous as the creator of E.T. and the titular creature in Alien, has died at the age of 86. Here is a montage of his work.
CLOUD ATLAS
A six minute trailer has been released for the film adaptation of David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, directed by Tom Tykwer and The Wachowskis. [previously]
Concerning the Presentation of "Gone With the Wind"
REAR WINDOW Time-lapse
First Person Monster Blog
The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
"These giant monsters of the past are seen to breathe, to live again, to move and battle as they did at the dawn of life!" The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918), by Willis O'Brien. Previously.
Evolution & Creation
Some early test shots from legendary filmmaker and animator Ray Harryhausen's unfinished film, Evolution. [more inside]
Prehistoric Beast
Baboon Holocaust!
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