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12 articles from 2009
Find Interview: Scott Cooper on Crazy Heart
1 December 2009 1:44 PM, PST | Film Independent | See recent Film Independent news »
For most of his Hollywood career, Scott Cooper has been known as an actor. He thought he was dreaming when he decided he wanted to direct his first film about the life of a down and out country singer with such stars as Jeff Bridges, Robert Duvall, and the famous composer T Bone Burnett. But his ambition paid off. Crazy Heart, stars Bridges, Duvall, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Colin Farrell as well as music by T Bone Burnett. Bridges and Farrell even sing their own ballads. Based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb, Crazy Heart follows the life of alcoholic, country western has-been Bad Blake. After meeting a journalist who makes him see what he has become, he attempts to reform. The movie, which had been made for about $7 million by Country Music Television, a unit of Viacom, very nearly did not find a distributor after Paramount »
- maint
John Hillcoat, The Road
25 November 2009 5:25 AM, PST | Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews | See recent Filmmaker Magazine_Director Interviews news »
In life and art, John Hillcoat takes the road less traveled. Born in Queensland, Australia and raised in the United States, Hillcoat got a crash course in mid-sixties American music and culture from his parents, who took him to folk festivals where Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, and old-time blues musicians left a distinct impression. “As a young kid, I was thrown into the sixties in America, which was an unbelievable period, and my parents were very swept up in the civil rights movement,” he recalls. “I remember going on marches and seeing the profound upheaval of that time.” Hillcoat returned Down Under as a teen and, having soaked up the influence of Southern writers like Flannery O’Connor and William Faulkner, as well as »
- Damon Smith
American Rust For Guevara Duo
20 October 2009 12:34 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Director Walter Salles and his screenwriting partner Jose Rivera have signed on to adapt Philip Meyer's debut novel American Rust, possibly coming to the screen via Universal, who get first look at the completed script.The novel is about two friends from a derelict Pennsylvanian mill town who hit the road in search of something better, but only encounter violence, mistrust and urban degeneration. Set in 2002, it nevertheless taps into the tradition of depression-era Americana, from authors like William Faulkner and John Steinbeck. Some critics have compared Meyer to Cormac McCarthy.A downbeat story certainly, but with John Hillcoat's hotly anticipated The Road (from McCarthy's novel) finally approaching, it may be that that's not the gloomy prospect for a major studio that it once might have appeared. Salles and Rivera previously brought us the excellent Motorcycle Diaries, which might give some indication of the tone and approach we'd see here. »
The Forgotten: Brown's Requiem
9 October 2009 9:38 PM, PDT | The Auteurs | See recent The Auteurs news »
Clarence Brown made a long and successful career, after getting his start taking over The Last of the Mohicans from Maurice Touneur in 1920 (see last Thursday's article), as a director of MGM romantic melodrama, scoring several notable successes with Garbo and Crawford. 1931's Possessed, with Joan C., is particularly impressive, a fluid early talkie with pre-code sass, class consciousness, glitz and glamour, and a famous shot where a train slowly glides past a yearning Joan, each compartment featuring illuminated scenes of the urban sophistication she craves. It's like a beautiful tracking shot, only Joan and the camera stand still and the world tracks past.
As excellent as Brown's glossy studio artistry was, it pales somewhat compared to the surprising masterpiece that appears out of left field in 1949. Intruder in the Dust was made as part of MGM's anniversary output, which also included Siodmak's The Great Sinner, a movie which exemplifies the MGM approach to art, »
400 Screens, 400 Blows - Literary Devices
23 August 2009 7:02 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Sam Mendes' Away We Go (54 screens) makes for a great trailer, consisting of all the very funny, snarky stuff written by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. The actual movie has some very funny moments as well, and some terrific individual scenes, but it doesn't add up to a reasonable whole, mainly because the ever-shifting tones never quite mesh. Nevertheless, it seems to be performing well in its arthouse capacity, surviving more on a well-executed stream of hype rather than on the quality of the movie itself. From the ads, you'd think it has already won an Oscar (and, because of this kind of subconscious suggestion, it still might). Either way, what this means is that a literary giant like Eggers didn't have to go slumming. His reputation is intact.
In the old days, great novelists would sometimes write for the movies, but it was sneered at and looked down upon. »
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
Kate Winslet is Todd Haynes’ Mildred Pierce
14 August 2009 6:42 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
[Safe] and Far From Heaven director Todd Haynes is moving to television for his next project, a mini-series adaptation of James M. Cain's classic noir novel Mildred Pierce. He's given Kate Winslet the nod to take the title role, a woman struggling to survive the depression and protect her daughter amidst a complex set of betrayals and even murder. It's the character that gave Joan Crawford her only Best Actress Oscar win, courtesy of Michael Curtiz' truly splendid 1945 feature film. Curtiz and his screenwriters Ranald MacDougall, William Faulkner and Catherine Turney took a number of creative liberties with Cain's novel, most notably changing its entire structure and set-up. Unlike the linear novel, the film recounts the story in flashback after Mildred Pierce has been arrested on suspicion of murder. It works quite wonderfully, and definitely creates even more of a sweaty and desperate tone than the novel has, and »
- Brendon Connelly
Fantasia '09: Blood River (Film Review)
29 July 2009 10:54 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
You can see the influence of the Southern Gothic greats Flannery O’Connor and William Faulkner in Blood River, and while one could note the former’s short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and novel Wise Blood as specific references, I think the MacBeth soliloquy that inspired the title of one of Faulkner’s masterpieces is more apropos: Blood River (screened at this year’s Fantasia festival) is “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Harsh words, indeed, but at least I left out the “It is a tale told by an idiot” part.
Let me take a step back for a moment. Blood River is a decent movie reminiscent of The Hitcher that’s disastrously derailed by a terrible conclusion that had me leaving the theater frustrated and shaking my head in irritated disappointment. But let me take another step back and give you the story setup. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Allan Dart)
What to see at this year’s Fantasia Film Festival pt.2
30 June 2009 9:11 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Fantasia Festival is North America [1]’s premiere (and largest) genre [2] film [3] festival [4]. It is also my favorite film festival and so I could not wait to share the highlights of this years line up. Below is just some of the films we will be reviewing on our upcoming podcasts. Best Worst Movie - Montreal premiere, hosted by director Michael Paul Stephenson and the actor George Hardy Unbeknownst to him, a dentist living in a small town in Alabama has an army of fans who worship him. The reason behind his clandestine popularity? He was a one-time actor who played a lead role in a movie that is now widely regarded as being amongst the worst films of all time: Troll 2. When he hears that the film was being shown at a rep cinema, he attends the screening. This decision leads him on a truly surprising and life-changing journey. Funny and moving, »
- Ricky
Fantasia 2009 Line-Up Announced
30 June 2009 1:35 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
While we wait for the schedule for Fantasia 2009 to be finalized, we did receive a couple of press release announcing the fest's line-up, and per usual, those of you who are planning to attend are in for one helluva genre extravaganza.
First up is a bit of news about the fest's extended schedule: Due to a veritable deluge of feature presentations, Fantasia is extending its 13th edition for two extra days and will therefore be taking place from July 9th to the 29th at Concordia University’s Hall Theatre. As North America’s largest genre film festival, Fantasia will once again make good on its promise to deliver diversity, innovation, entertainment, food for thought and a good dose of eccentric and biting humour.
Next is a message from Fantasia's Co-Director of International Programming, Mitch Davis, highlighting some of this year’s spotlights:
2009 marks the 100-year anniversary of Hong Kong’s film industry, »
- The Woman In Black
Mark Rydell Remembers Killing John Wayne...And Bette Midler!
17 June 2009 4:45 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
(Mark Rydell directing John Wayne in The Cowboys, above.)
By Jon Zelazny
(Note: This interview is also appearing at Eight Million Stories.)
June 11th marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of screen legend John Wayne. Most of the directors who made his classic films are of course long gone as well, so I was very pleased to sit down with Mark Rydell, director of The Cowboys (1972), the epic cattle drive saga most Western fans regard as Wayne’s last great starring role.
Rydell began directing theater in New York City in the early sixties, and went on to television and movies, including hits like The Rose (1979) and On Golden Pond (1981). We met at The Actors Studio in West Hollywood, where he and co-director Martin Landau continue to moderate acting classes.
Jon: When did you first join The Actors Studio?
Mark Rydell: The fifties. I went through the Neighborhood »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Ellen Burstyn Walks The Red Carpet And Talks Main Street
4 May 2009 10:15 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Ellen Burstyn took a break from discussing politics on the red carpet for Poliwood to tell me about Main Street. There haven't 't been many details on the production, minus one image of Orlando Bloom in costume from Screening Log, but Ellen confirmed she's wrapped shooting the film alongside Bloom, Colin Firth, and Patricia Clarkson. While Burstyn didn't work directly with Amber Tamblyn she did confirm that Tamblyn is part of the project. Main Street is based on the Horton Foote's final screenplay about the town of Five Points and the residents who are disrupted from their daily routines when an outsider introduces some dangerous changes to their lives. Foote nabbed an Academy Award back in 1963 for Best Writing for adapting Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. He's also responsible for bringing John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men and William Faulkner's short story "Tomorrow" to the big screen. »
Chuck.Chuck.Chuck. Premieres 2/10-2/28 At Collapsable Hole
29 January 2009 12:54 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Immediate Medium presents the World Premiere of Chuck.Chuck.Chuck., a collaborative, multi-media piece based on William Faulkner's classic novel As I Lay Dying, from February 10 - 28 at The Collapsable Hole, 146 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Tickets are $12 in advance ($15 at the door) and are available at www.theatermania.com or by phone at 212-352-3101 or 866-811-4111. Opening Night is February 12. »
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