The lineup for Ismael’s Ghosts: Director’s Cut - Mathieu Amalric with Anne-Katrin Titze and director Arnaud Desplechin Photo: Lilia Blouin
Arnaud Desplechin's Ismael's Ghosts: Director's Cut (Les Fantômes D'Ismaël), screenplay by the director with Léa Mysius and Julie Peyr, cinematography by Irina Lubtchansky (My Golden Days, La forêt), stars Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard and Charlotte Gainsbourg with Louis Garrel, László Szabó, Alba Rohrwacher, and Hippolyte Girardot.
On the afternoon before the New York Film Festival premiere, Arnaud Desplechin and Mathieu Amalric discussed with me what to do with a phantom, Woody Allen's Bananas and the theme from Marnie, a touch of Claude Lanzmann (Fours Sister - Special Event), de-whispering with Rilke, suffering with Philip Roth, Jackson Pollock and the "real pleasure to do too much", Jacques Lacan's Seminar VIII in Tel Aviv, loving someone like an apple, what makes a good dreamer, second chances, and never abandoning Vertigo.
Arnaud Desplechin's Ismael's Ghosts: Director's Cut (Les Fantômes D'Ismaël), screenplay by the director with Léa Mysius and Julie Peyr, cinematography by Irina Lubtchansky (My Golden Days, La forêt), stars Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard and Charlotte Gainsbourg with Louis Garrel, László Szabó, Alba Rohrwacher, and Hippolyte Girardot.
On the afternoon before the New York Film Festival premiere, Arnaud Desplechin and Mathieu Amalric discussed with me what to do with a phantom, Woody Allen's Bananas and the theme from Marnie, a touch of Claude Lanzmann (Fours Sister - Special Event), de-whispering with Rilke, suffering with Philip Roth, Jackson Pollock and the "real pleasure to do too much", Jacques Lacan's Seminar VIII in Tel Aviv, loving someone like an apple, what makes a good dreamer, second chances, and never abandoning Vertigo.
- 10/15/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Director's Cut of It Will Reportedly Add Another 15 Minutes on Blu-Ray...
- 9/15/2017
- Pastemagazine.com
While it may be hard to believe, it's already been nearly 40 years since Steven Spielberg introduced us to enigmatic visitors from above in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Sony Pictures is celebrating this September by bringing a special 4K restoration director's cut to theaters for one week only:
Press Release: Culver City, Calif. -- Sony Pictures will celebrate the 40th anniversary of legendary director Steven Spielberg's epic science fiction adventure Close Encounters Of The Third Kind with a series of special events. As a highlight of the celebration, the film has been restored and remastered in 4K and will be returning to the big screen in the United States and Canada. The Director's Cut will receive an exclusive 1 week engagement in theaters across the country starting September 1, as well as a World Premiere in the Venezia Classici section of the Venice International Film Festival. Park Circus will...
Press Release: Culver City, Calif. -- Sony Pictures will celebrate the 40th anniversary of legendary director Steven Spielberg's epic science fiction adventure Close Encounters Of The Third Kind with a series of special events. As a highlight of the celebration, the film has been restored and remastered in 4K and will be returning to the big screen in the United States and Canada. The Director's Cut will receive an exclusive 1 week engagement in theaters across the country starting September 1, as well as a World Premiere in the Venezia Classici section of the Venice International Film Festival. Park Circus will...
- 8/24/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Alamo Drafthouse is heading to the woods to summon an ancient evil and a whole lot of fun this September with their outdoor screening of Evil Dead 2. Part of the theater's Alamo20 anniversary events, the outdoor screening will be attended by the groovy Bruce Campbell, who will be autographing his new book, Hail to the Chin:
Press Release: Austin, TX --- August 18, 2017 --- A truly rockin' cast reunion of one of this century's most fun cult films. An on-location birthday party for Steven Spielberg's monumental science-fiction classic. And perhaps the funniest horror film ever made, screened in the woods... with Bruce Campbell. The third wave of Alamo Drafthouse's year-long cycle of 'Alamo20' anniversary events is here, providing die-hard fans across the country with three can't-miss cinematic spectacles.
On September 26th in Los Angeles, Alamo Drafthouse and Birth.Movies.Death. are celebrating Mondo's new vinyl reissue of...
Press Release: Austin, TX --- August 18, 2017 --- A truly rockin' cast reunion of one of this century's most fun cult films. An on-location birthday party for Steven Spielberg's monumental science-fiction classic. And perhaps the funniest horror film ever made, screened in the woods... with Bruce Campbell. The third wave of Alamo Drafthouse's year-long cycle of 'Alamo20' anniversary events is here, providing die-hard fans across the country with three can't-miss cinematic spectacles.
On September 26th in Los Angeles, Alamo Drafthouse and Birth.Movies.Death. are celebrating Mondo's new vinyl reissue of...
- 8/18/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Mike Cecchini Jul 14, 2017
Clive Barker's Nightbreed movie is getting an even longer extended cut...
A few years back, Scream Factory in the Us finally gave fans the fully loaded release that Nightbreed fans have been clamouring for for years. Nightbreed: The Director's Cut brought in an additional 40 minutes of footage, and a boatload of special features. It's great, and worth seeking out, especially since it took forever for the film to get the kind of treatment that lesser horror movies already had.
So that should have settled that, right? Well, not exactly. You see there's another extended cut of Nightbreed, one even more comprehensive, that made the rounds at select screenings recently. That one is known as Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut, and it contains even more footage.
Nightbreed was based on Clive Barker's short story, "Cabal" and while he directed the film, it had a troubled production. That led...
Clive Barker's Nightbreed movie is getting an even longer extended cut...
A few years back, Scream Factory in the Us finally gave fans the fully loaded release that Nightbreed fans have been clamouring for for years. Nightbreed: The Director's Cut brought in an additional 40 minutes of footage, and a boatload of special features. It's great, and worth seeking out, especially since it took forever for the film to get the kind of treatment that lesser horror movies already had.
So that should have settled that, right? Well, not exactly. You see there's another extended cut of Nightbreed, one even more comprehensive, that made the rounds at select screenings recently. That one is known as Nightbreed: The Cabal Cut, and it contains even more footage.
Nightbreed was based on Clive Barker's short story, "Cabal" and while he directed the film, it had a troubled production. That led...
- 7/14/2017
- Den of Geek
“Gong Show” fans (there have to be some of you, right?), your day has come. The Hollywood Reporter has just announced that Mike Myers is “believed to be” the host of of ABC’s upcoming reboot of the game show, which aired 501 episodes between 1976–89. There’s a twist to Myers’ duties, however: He’s being named in promotional materials as “Tommy Maitland,” suggesting the “Austin Powers” star will be in character while hosting the show.
Read More: ‘American Gods’: Neil Gaiman’s Guide to The Show’s Incredible Cast
Chuck Barris originally hosted “The Gong Show,” serving in that capacity from the series’ beginning until 1980. This new iteration will feature a rotating panel of celebrity guests who will judge contestants’ talents, including Will Arnett (who’s also producing), Jack Black, Elizabeth Banks, Zach Galifianakis, Alison Brie and Andy Samberg.
“When Will Arnett came to me and asked me to host ‘The Gong Show,...
Read More: ‘American Gods’: Neil Gaiman’s Guide to The Show’s Incredible Cast
Chuck Barris originally hosted “The Gong Show,” serving in that capacity from the series’ beginning until 1980. This new iteration will feature a rotating panel of celebrity guests who will judge contestants’ talents, including Will Arnett (who’s also producing), Jack Black, Elizabeth Banks, Zach Galifianakis, Alison Brie and Andy Samberg.
“When Will Arnett came to me and asked me to host ‘The Gong Show,...
- 4/28/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Director Jason Horton is launching a new version of creature feature Monsters in the Woods. The Director's Cut will be available on October 4th, on Amazon Instant. The film stars: Glenn Plummer, Lee Perkins and Linda Bella. This latest release hosts more scenes and extra footage. As well, a new poster and trailer have been released for this title. All of the promotional material for A Director's Cut: Monsters in the Woods is available here. The film's story revolves around a film crew. They set out into the local park, to make a no-budget horror film. While on set, a pack of creatures attack the film crew, preventing further shooting. Now, the cast and crew must fight back or die, before post-production begins. Director Horton has something to say about this release. On his vision and on A Director's Cut: Monsters in the Woods, Horton says: “it'll never be 100% the...
- 10/3/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The British Film Institute is currently showing the Director’s Cut of “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” as part of its on-going celebration of Steven Spielberg’s films. Here is the official press release:
Sony Pictures Entertainment's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Director's Cut) will receive an exclusive extended run at BFI Southbank from 27 May, screening from a new 35mm print. This special presentation will lead the BFI's two month season dedicated to Steven Spielberg - a celebration of one of the most influential and successful filmmakers in the history of cinema that will screen more than 30 of the director's films throughout June and July. Combining elements of both the 1977 original version and the 1980 Special Edition, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Director's Cut) represents Steven Spielberg's definitive edit of his sci-fi masterpiece.
An extended theatrical run of The Director's Cut from 35mm will form a...
Sony Pictures Entertainment's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Director's Cut) will receive an exclusive extended run at BFI Southbank from 27 May, screening from a new 35mm print. This special presentation will lead the BFI's two month season dedicated to Steven Spielberg - a celebration of one of the most influential and successful filmmakers in the history of cinema that will screen more than 30 of the director's films throughout June and July. Combining elements of both the 1977 original version and the 1980 Special Edition, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Director's Cut) represents Steven Spielberg's definitive edit of his sci-fi masterpiece.
An extended theatrical run of The Director's Cut from 35mm will form a...
- 5/30/2016
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The Director's Cut for Watchmen was incredible, and while we never got an extended version of Man of Steel, it turns out that Zack Snyder has big plans for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The always reliable Stitch Kingdom has revealed this evening that an "Ultimate Edition" Blu-ray has been Rated-r for the reasons you can see in the Tweet below. More violence is no bad thing, and I wouldn't mind betting that this version of the movie will be packed full of extra scenes featuring the Dark Knight brutally doling out justice to Gotham City's criminals! Of course, there's also every chance that the battle between the titular heroes will get even more vicious than the version we'll see in the upcoming theatrical release. While you may think it's odd for a PG-13 summer blockbuster to get an R-Rated home video release, the same thing happened with the...
- 2/24/2016
- ComicBookMovie.com
Stabbings, scaldings, hideous lacerations from broken glass and even more brutal manglings for our sanguinary delectation! Dario Argento's smartly directed murder mystery gives us David Hemmings as a jazz man in Rome, studying not photographic blowups but the hidden artwork of a disturbed child. With music by Goblin and striking Techniscope imagery by Luigi Kuveiller. Deep Red Region A+B Blu-ray Arrow Video (UK) 1975 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 127 & 105 min. / Street Date January 25, 2016 / Profondo Rosso / Available from Amazon UK £24.99 Starring David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril, Eros Pagni, Giuliana Calandra, Piero Mazzinghi, Glauco Mauri, Clara Calamai, Nocoletta Elmi. Cinematography Luigi Kuveiller Editing Franco Fraticelli Original Music Goblin Written by Dario Argento, Bernardino Zapponi Produced by Claudio Argento, Salvatore Argento Directed by Dario Argento
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
In 1976 the Giallo craze was in full swing in Italy, and the more adventurous American fans were already hip to Dario Argento...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
In 1976 the Giallo craze was in full swing in Italy, and the more adventurous American fans were already hip to Dario Argento...
- 2/6/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Rushes collects news, articles, images, videos and more for a weekly roundup of essential items from the world of film.NEWSThe deaths seem to just keep coming these days, and we've had two more big losses over the last week: actor Alan Rickman, 1946 - 2016, beloved for his villain in Die Hard and his work in the Harry Potter films, but this hardly describes his full career; and Italian director Ettore Scola, 1931 - 2016, who made We All Love Each Other So Much (1974) and A Special Day (1977), which was nominated for an Oscar.Speaking of Oscars, the nominations have been announced for the 88th Academy Awards, with Alejandro González Iñárritu's The Revenant and George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road sweeping up, and with many notable absences, particularly actors, crew and films of color, as well as Todd Haynes' Carol.Huge news for U.S. publications: the satiric periodical The Onion,...
- 1/20/2016
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Coming off the Oscar nominated success of his Gfc comedy/drama "The Big Short" and his work on the script for "Ant-Man," filmmaker Adam McKay has spoken about his potential upcoming projects with one of them seeing his re-teaming with his "Step Brothers" and "Talladega Nights" co-stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly.
In a new The Director's Cut podcast released this week but recorded late last year at the DGA studios in Los Angeles , McKay sat down for a half-hour interview with questions being asked by none other than "There Will Be Blood" and "Inherent Vice" filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. In the funny conversation, McKay says he plans to continue his new polticial and social edge in his comedies - this time taking on anti-immigration rhetoric:
"I'm actually talking with [Will] Ferrell and John C. Reilly about doing a comedy about two guys who go down to defend America's borders against the immigrants,...
In a new The Director's Cut podcast released this week but recorded late last year at the DGA studios in Los Angeles , McKay sat down for a half-hour interview with questions being asked by none other than "There Will Be Blood" and "Inherent Vice" filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. In the funny conversation, McKay says he plans to continue his new polticial and social edge in his comedies - this time taking on anti-immigration rhetoric:
"I'm actually talking with [Will] Ferrell and John C. Reilly about doing a comedy about two guys who go down to defend America's borders against the immigrants,...
- 1/20/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
With Blu-ray and DVD special features seemingly dying out, so to has the tendency for director's cuts of anything but catalogue titles. That guideline doesn't apply to this past weekend's chart topping N.W.A. biopic "Straight Outta Compton" though as it looks like a director's cut is coming.
In an extended piece for Rolling Stone, the film's director F. Gary Gray revealed that the initial cut of the movie was over an hour longer than the 147 minute theatrical cut and that he hopes to get it out on disc eventually:
"The director's cut is going to be great. Ultimately, the core of the story is about N.W.A and about the rise and subsequent fall of the group. There are so many points of view that to include them all, it would be a five-hour movie. But certainly, there are some things that are not in the movie that could...
In an extended piece for Rolling Stone, the film's director F. Gary Gray revealed that the initial cut of the movie was over an hour longer than the 147 minute theatrical cut and that he hopes to get it out on disc eventually:
"The director's cut is going to be great. Ultimately, the core of the story is about N.W.A and about the rise and subsequent fall of the group. There are so many points of view that to include them all, it would be a five-hour movie. But certainly, there are some things that are not in the movie that could...
- 8/18/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
In case you missed it, Universal.s epic run at the box office continued this weekend as N.W. A. biopic Straight Outta Compton took on all comers and emerged victorious. One issue many, including our own critic, had with the film is that there is so much material that some elements were barely touched on, skimmed over, or left out completely. But when a director.s cut drops, you can expect to see a lot more. The cast and crew sat down for an extensive conversation with Rolling Stone, and director F. Gary Gray revealed that the initial cut of the movie was more than an hour longer than the already two-hour-and-twenty-seven-minute version that hit theaters. Talking about how they arrived at the theatrical cut, Gray said: The director's cut is going to be great. Ultimately, the core of the story is about N.W.A and about the...
- 8/17/2015
- cinemablend.com
Closure elicited from justice is a wish survivors of the Indonesian genocide may never be granted. Buried under fearful silence and blatant impunity, the truth has remained a menacing secret for 50 years. Murderers must be regarded as patriotic heroes for their barbaric acts, while the victim’s families are perpetually tortured by the notion of a country ruled by tyrants reveling on the heinous bloodbath they orchestrated.
In Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary “The Act of Killing” these makeshift executioners are exposed not as monsters but as people who lost touch with their humanity and who could only carry on with their lives by glorifying their perverse deeds. Average villagers killing their neighbors with grotesque brutality is a more frightening image than any monstrous apparition. Guilt is transmuted into boasting that pretends to conceal their responsibility with lies. They found solace in the forced silence surrounding the appalling events.
For “The Look of Silence,” the indispensable companion piece to first film, Oppenheimer focused on the survivors, specifically on a brave family that persevered through the immeasurable pain. Retribution is not what they seek, even after the atrocities they have endured and the lurking possibility of more terror hanging over them. The mere acknowledgement of fault by the perpetrators, the Indonesian government, or the international community would open a path for healing a wound that’s been opened for half a century. But it’s easier for the guilty to ban any discussion and imposed their approved explanation painted with false courage, than admit that over 1 million people were savagely murdered.
The subjects in “The Look of Silence” are often quiet and contemplative, but their anguish transcends even when words fail to describe their tumultuous sentiments. Adi, the daring protagonist whose older brother was murdered during the massacres, faces the killers and questions their actions like no one had done before. Watching him witness their shameless pride is a difficult viewing experience that challenges one’s foundations to the core. Yet, to look away would be to enable their fictitious account and would disrespect even further the memory of those ravaged by denial.
Here are 12 essential points from our conversation with the brilliant documentarian behind these groundbreaking works
1. The Director's Cut of "The Act of Killing" is the version Joshua Oppenheimer wants everyone to watch
Werner Herzog said recently in Berlin "This is the only legitimate version of the film. If you haven't seen it you haven't seen 'The Act of Killing'" I agree.
2."The Look of Silence" and the "The Act of Killing" are intrinsically connected
I knew long before I started making "The Act of Killing" that I would make two films, and that they should hopefully be companion pieces to one an another and form a single work whose whole, I hope, is greater than the sum of the parts. The scene that inspired the making of the two films was actually the scene in "The Look of Silence" where the two men take me down to the river taking turns playing victim and perpetrator. I filmed that in January 2004. Eight months into my work filming the perpetrators, a year and a half before I met Anwar Congo and started making "The Act of Killing."
3. The perpetrators' boasting is not an act but a symptom of impunity
For the first eight months in this two-year period of filming every perpetrator I could find - at the insistence of Adi's family - I always filmed them alone because I was afraid that if I brought two together they might warn one another, "You shouldn't talk about this," in case they could get in trouble somehow. But eventually I had to know, "Are they only boasting for me and my camera? Is it something about me or would they also talk this way to each other?" To know that I finally had to take the risk and bring them together. I saw that when they were together they were even worse. They were reading from a shared script. The boasting is a symptom of impunity. I had to let go of whatever comforting hope there might be that these men were just monsters or insane. I realized that this monstrosity and this insanity here is collective. It's political.
4. What he witnessed in Indonesia is what could have happened in the West if the Nazis had won World War II
A thought came to me while I watched those two men coming down the slope helping each other down to the river and holding hands because it's slippery. They were being very tender with each other. In this interlock between these absurd and grotesque demonstrations of killing I thought to myself, "It's as though the Nazis had won World War II and you went to Germany and met the aging SS officers if the rest of the world had celebrated the Holocaust while it took place." I realized in that moment that this surreal scenario, "What if the Nazis had won?," is actually not the exception to the rule but the norm across the Global South. There's been atrocities across the Global South committed throughout the Cold War and since. The perpetrators usually remain in power and people usually remain in fear.
5. From their inception he had a clear idea of what he wanted to tackle in each film
After this I started to wonder, "Perhaps this impunity is the story of our times." I decided I would stop everything I was doing, address the situation and make right. That evening I noted in my diary, "Two films," one of about the boasting of the perpetrators. I came to understand that their boasting, like all boasting, is defensive and is compensating for insecurity and doubt. "The Act of Killing" became a film about the lies, fantasies, and stories the perpetrators tell themselves so they can live with themselves, and the terrible effects of those lies when imposed on the whole society. Then, the second film is about what it's like for survivors to have to continue living in such a regime. What does it do to human beings to have to live afraid for 50 years?
6. Both films are different but precisely complementary
I shot "The Look of Silence" after editing the uncut version "The Act of Killing." The Director's Cur of "The Act of Killing" is this kind of flamboyant fever dream even beyond what you see in the short version of "The Act of Killing." It's not even a documentary, I don't think really. It's non-fiction but a new kind of form. Cutting through the Director's Cut are these long moments of absolute silence where time stops and you just feel the hauntedness of the place where this is unfolding. I felt that "The Look of Silence" should be formally, not just different, but precisely complementary and in that sense form a single work with the Director's Cur of "The Act of Killing."One in which we enter any of those haunted places punctuating the "The Act of Killing's" Director's Cut and feel what would it be like to have to live there and to rebuild a life there.
7. Recognizing that the perpetrators are human beings is the only hopeful response
At first you hear people talking about monstrous things in monstrous ways, and you therefore hope that they are monsters because that has nothing to do with you. It's frightening to get over that thought and think, "Wait, they are not monsters, they are human." Once you get over that thought, and once you recognize that the perpetrators are human beings and that the perpetrators of every act of evil in our history have been human beings like us, you quickly realize that's the only hopeful response because if the perpetrators are monsters what can you do? You can identify them, capture them, somehow neutralize them, and then we become them. We are doing the same thing. You can capture then, lock them up, and kill them, but Primo Levi said very beautifully speaking of the Holocaust, "There may be monsters among us, but they are too few to worry about."
8. Empathy and doubt are key in preventing unthinkable violence from occurring
Once you recognize that all perpetrators are human beings, you also recognize that we ought to be able to find ways of living together where we practice the widest possible empathy and where we encourage people to doubt what authority tells then so it's harder to incite people to betray their individual morality and join groups that are doing things we know are wrong. We ought, therefore, to be able to find ways of living together where this kind of unthinkable violence would one day be truly unimaginable.
9. Justifications in the form of fantasies, lies and stories normalize atrocity
We need to understand how human beings do this to each and how being human, knowing what they've done is wrong, how do they live with themselves. What we quickly discover is that the way they live with themselves is they cling to lies, stories, fantasies to justify what they've done. Those justifications normalize atrocity and prepare the soil for its recurrence because now atrocity is normal, is natural, is appropriate instead of unfathomable. To understand these things we have to be willing to go close to the perpetrators and when we do that, yes, it's frightening.
10. One horrifying reenactment pushed him to overcome the most crippling fear of all
The most surreal and amazing scene is a complex one in the Director's Cut of "The Act of Killing" of how Anwar comes to play the victim, which is missing from the shorter version. It's a scene where he despairingly throws himself into the worst aspect of who he is but as a glamorous film noir character because he knows he can't escape the guilt. He is starting to realize it and he butchers this teddy bear. It starts as a game and he is pretending to be butchering a child. Herman is pretending to be a mother who is trying to save her own life by bribing Anwar with her child. Anwar butchers the child, but it's really a teddy bear. There is all this doubleness and it's absurd, and grotesque, and strange, and silly, and horrible. Filming it I was crying and I didn't realize I was crying. Anwar caught me and said, "Joshua you are crying."I felt my face and I thought, "I'm crying. It's the first time in my life I've cried without realizing it." I had eight months of nightmares and insomnia after that. I don't think that scene will give you nightmares or insomnia when you watch the film, but it was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. Coming out of that I felt stronger. I felt stronger because it was a trial by fire. Coming out I found I had overcome the most crippling fear of all, which is the fear of looking.
11. Survivors learn to live in with grace and love despite living in silent fear
The survivors have to find a way of surviving in that kind of fear. When survivors say, "Let the past be past," they say it out of fear and the perpetrators always say it as a threat, which means the past isn't past. It's always right there. It's ungrieved and it's unmourned because it's unrecognized. You cant even talk about it, but it's felt. The survivors are in this kind of awful silence born of fear. It's the silence of nitroglycerin, it's not the silence of still water. Within that, they have to find ways of living also with grace and with love. I think that's what drew me in part to Adi's family, because they've done that.
12. U.S. involvement proves fear is an integral part of the global economy
The film is not about [U.S. involvement]. If you ask, "What is the movie about?" The movie is not about what happened in 1965 or who was responsible. The film is about what it's like for survivors and for this family to live in fear for half a century. It's not about the history of that fear. That's a film worth making and a topic that I hope the film inspires people to explore. On the website for the film there is a whole section about the history and the context of U.S involvement. It's not gone into in depth because, for example, in the lived experience of Ramli's family they didn't know about that. Still, it felt important to me because I want the film to be a mirror in which we see ourselves, not a window into some far off place that's not related to us. I want people to understand that this fear is an integral part of the global economy. We see that very clearly in the U.S. clip because the most important part of what we see is that Goodyear was using salve labor drawn from death camps. Twenty years after German corporations did the same thing at Auschwitz. This was being celebrated on American television as a victory for freedom and democracy. For every viewer of my films who cares about freedom and democracy, and hope that's every single one, that should give them a reason to wonder whether the struggle of the so-called "free world" over the communist world was the real reason we did this. Or rather whether that was a pretext allowing everybody who participated, from the lowest ranking executioner to the highest ranking official in the Pentagon, the CIA and the Indonesian army, to be able to do what they were really doing, which was murderous corporate plunder.
"The Look of Silence" is now playing in Los Angeles at The Nuart and in NYC at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema...
In Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary “The Act of Killing” these makeshift executioners are exposed not as monsters but as people who lost touch with their humanity and who could only carry on with their lives by glorifying their perverse deeds. Average villagers killing their neighbors with grotesque brutality is a more frightening image than any monstrous apparition. Guilt is transmuted into boasting that pretends to conceal their responsibility with lies. They found solace in the forced silence surrounding the appalling events.
For “The Look of Silence,” the indispensable companion piece to first film, Oppenheimer focused on the survivors, specifically on a brave family that persevered through the immeasurable pain. Retribution is not what they seek, even after the atrocities they have endured and the lurking possibility of more terror hanging over them. The mere acknowledgement of fault by the perpetrators, the Indonesian government, or the international community would open a path for healing a wound that’s been opened for half a century. But it’s easier for the guilty to ban any discussion and imposed their approved explanation painted with false courage, than admit that over 1 million people were savagely murdered.
The subjects in “The Look of Silence” are often quiet and contemplative, but their anguish transcends even when words fail to describe their tumultuous sentiments. Adi, the daring protagonist whose older brother was murdered during the massacres, faces the killers and questions their actions like no one had done before. Watching him witness their shameless pride is a difficult viewing experience that challenges one’s foundations to the core. Yet, to look away would be to enable their fictitious account and would disrespect even further the memory of those ravaged by denial.
Here are 12 essential points from our conversation with the brilliant documentarian behind these groundbreaking works
1. The Director's Cut of "The Act of Killing" is the version Joshua Oppenheimer wants everyone to watch
Werner Herzog said recently in Berlin "This is the only legitimate version of the film. If you haven't seen it you haven't seen 'The Act of Killing'" I agree.
2."The Look of Silence" and the "The Act of Killing" are intrinsically connected
I knew long before I started making "The Act of Killing" that I would make two films, and that they should hopefully be companion pieces to one an another and form a single work whose whole, I hope, is greater than the sum of the parts. The scene that inspired the making of the two films was actually the scene in "The Look of Silence" where the two men take me down to the river taking turns playing victim and perpetrator. I filmed that in January 2004. Eight months into my work filming the perpetrators, a year and a half before I met Anwar Congo and started making "The Act of Killing."
3. The perpetrators' boasting is not an act but a symptom of impunity
For the first eight months in this two-year period of filming every perpetrator I could find - at the insistence of Adi's family - I always filmed them alone because I was afraid that if I brought two together they might warn one another, "You shouldn't talk about this," in case they could get in trouble somehow. But eventually I had to know, "Are they only boasting for me and my camera? Is it something about me or would they also talk this way to each other?" To know that I finally had to take the risk and bring them together. I saw that when they were together they were even worse. They were reading from a shared script. The boasting is a symptom of impunity. I had to let go of whatever comforting hope there might be that these men were just monsters or insane. I realized that this monstrosity and this insanity here is collective. It's political.
4. What he witnessed in Indonesia is what could have happened in the West if the Nazis had won World War II
A thought came to me while I watched those two men coming down the slope helping each other down to the river and holding hands because it's slippery. They were being very tender with each other. In this interlock between these absurd and grotesque demonstrations of killing I thought to myself, "It's as though the Nazis had won World War II and you went to Germany and met the aging SS officers if the rest of the world had celebrated the Holocaust while it took place." I realized in that moment that this surreal scenario, "What if the Nazis had won?," is actually not the exception to the rule but the norm across the Global South. There's been atrocities across the Global South committed throughout the Cold War and since. The perpetrators usually remain in power and people usually remain in fear.
5. From their inception he had a clear idea of what he wanted to tackle in each film
After this I started to wonder, "Perhaps this impunity is the story of our times." I decided I would stop everything I was doing, address the situation and make right. That evening I noted in my diary, "Two films," one of about the boasting of the perpetrators. I came to understand that their boasting, like all boasting, is defensive and is compensating for insecurity and doubt. "The Act of Killing" became a film about the lies, fantasies, and stories the perpetrators tell themselves so they can live with themselves, and the terrible effects of those lies when imposed on the whole society. Then, the second film is about what it's like for survivors to have to continue living in such a regime. What does it do to human beings to have to live afraid for 50 years?
6. Both films are different but precisely complementary
I shot "The Look of Silence" after editing the uncut version "The Act of Killing." The Director's Cur of "The Act of Killing" is this kind of flamboyant fever dream even beyond what you see in the short version of "The Act of Killing." It's not even a documentary, I don't think really. It's non-fiction but a new kind of form. Cutting through the Director's Cut are these long moments of absolute silence where time stops and you just feel the hauntedness of the place where this is unfolding. I felt that "The Look of Silence" should be formally, not just different, but precisely complementary and in that sense form a single work with the Director's Cur of "The Act of Killing."One in which we enter any of those haunted places punctuating the "The Act of Killing's" Director's Cut and feel what would it be like to have to live there and to rebuild a life there.
7. Recognizing that the perpetrators are human beings is the only hopeful response
At first you hear people talking about monstrous things in monstrous ways, and you therefore hope that they are monsters because that has nothing to do with you. It's frightening to get over that thought and think, "Wait, they are not monsters, they are human." Once you get over that thought, and once you recognize that the perpetrators are human beings and that the perpetrators of every act of evil in our history have been human beings like us, you quickly realize that's the only hopeful response because if the perpetrators are monsters what can you do? You can identify them, capture them, somehow neutralize them, and then we become them. We are doing the same thing. You can capture then, lock them up, and kill them, but Primo Levi said very beautifully speaking of the Holocaust, "There may be monsters among us, but they are too few to worry about."
8. Empathy and doubt are key in preventing unthinkable violence from occurring
Once you recognize that all perpetrators are human beings, you also recognize that we ought to be able to find ways of living together where we practice the widest possible empathy and where we encourage people to doubt what authority tells then so it's harder to incite people to betray their individual morality and join groups that are doing things we know are wrong. We ought, therefore, to be able to find ways of living together where this kind of unthinkable violence would one day be truly unimaginable.
9. Justifications in the form of fantasies, lies and stories normalize atrocity
We need to understand how human beings do this to each and how being human, knowing what they've done is wrong, how do they live with themselves. What we quickly discover is that the way they live with themselves is they cling to lies, stories, fantasies to justify what they've done. Those justifications normalize atrocity and prepare the soil for its recurrence because now atrocity is normal, is natural, is appropriate instead of unfathomable. To understand these things we have to be willing to go close to the perpetrators and when we do that, yes, it's frightening.
10. One horrifying reenactment pushed him to overcome the most crippling fear of all
The most surreal and amazing scene is a complex one in the Director's Cut of "The Act of Killing" of how Anwar comes to play the victim, which is missing from the shorter version. It's a scene where he despairingly throws himself into the worst aspect of who he is but as a glamorous film noir character because he knows he can't escape the guilt. He is starting to realize it and he butchers this teddy bear. It starts as a game and he is pretending to be butchering a child. Herman is pretending to be a mother who is trying to save her own life by bribing Anwar with her child. Anwar butchers the child, but it's really a teddy bear. There is all this doubleness and it's absurd, and grotesque, and strange, and silly, and horrible. Filming it I was crying and I didn't realize I was crying. Anwar caught me and said, "Joshua you are crying."I felt my face and I thought, "I'm crying. It's the first time in my life I've cried without realizing it." I had eight months of nightmares and insomnia after that. I don't think that scene will give you nightmares or insomnia when you watch the film, but it was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. Coming out of that I felt stronger. I felt stronger because it was a trial by fire. Coming out I found I had overcome the most crippling fear of all, which is the fear of looking.
11. Survivors learn to live in with grace and love despite living in silent fear
The survivors have to find a way of surviving in that kind of fear. When survivors say, "Let the past be past," they say it out of fear and the perpetrators always say it as a threat, which means the past isn't past. It's always right there. It's ungrieved and it's unmourned because it's unrecognized. You cant even talk about it, but it's felt. The survivors are in this kind of awful silence born of fear. It's the silence of nitroglycerin, it's not the silence of still water. Within that, they have to find ways of living also with grace and with love. I think that's what drew me in part to Adi's family, because they've done that.
12. U.S. involvement proves fear is an integral part of the global economy
The film is not about [U.S. involvement]. If you ask, "What is the movie about?" The movie is not about what happened in 1965 or who was responsible. The film is about what it's like for survivors and for this family to live in fear for half a century. It's not about the history of that fear. That's a film worth making and a topic that I hope the film inspires people to explore. On the website for the film there is a whole section about the history and the context of U.S involvement. It's not gone into in depth because, for example, in the lived experience of Ramli's family they didn't know about that. Still, it felt important to me because I want the film to be a mirror in which we see ourselves, not a window into some far off place that's not related to us. I want people to understand that this fear is an integral part of the global economy. We see that very clearly in the U.S. clip because the most important part of what we see is that Goodyear was using salve labor drawn from death camps. Twenty years after German corporations did the same thing at Auschwitz. This was being celebrated on American television as a victory for freedom and democracy. For every viewer of my films who cares about freedom and democracy, and hope that's every single one, that should give them a reason to wonder whether the struggle of the so-called "free world" over the communist world was the real reason we did this. Or rather whether that was a pretext allowing everybody who participated, from the lowest ranking executioner to the highest ranking official in the Pentagon, the CIA and the Indonesian army, to be able to do what they were really doing, which was murderous corporate plunder.
"The Look of Silence" is now playing in Los Angeles at The Nuart and in NYC at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema...
- 7/29/2015
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
What happened to "54"? Director Mark Christopher's glitter bomb of sex, drugs and debauchery in New York's 1970 party scene vanished almost as quickly as it dropped in 1998. It turned out that Christopher had directed two films: his version, and Miramax's version. Now, we get to see his version, which premiered in Berlin this year. "54: The Director's Cut" is indeed a new gay cult classic, a glorious, hedonistic revelry that transports us to an underground utopia of sexually liberated freak flyers, only to plunge us into its inevitable ruination. We follow gorgeous-bodied Shane (Ryan Phillippe) out of his dingy New Jersey life and into the titular Studio 54, where he hustles and parties with aspiring 54 singer Anita (Salma Hayek) and her busboy husband (Breckin Meyer) while selling his body and soul for the club's desperately pathetic owner (Mike Myers). Shane, who's almost exclusively in his undies, works his way up to being a bartender,...
- 7/9/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Wolfgang Petersen's classic submarine movie, Das Boot, is next up for the remake treatment...
And we thought we were doing well for remake stories this week. After a month or so where a whole bunch of remakes were revealed, here's another to add to the list of joy: Wolfgang Petersen's masterpiece, Das Boot, is up for fresh treatment.
The original started as a television series, before being cut into a really quite brilliant movie, the kind of film with a last act too that resonates for a long, long time. But in its native Germany, Bavaria Studios has picked up the rights to the film, and is planning to remake it.
There's no more word than that on the project thus far, although it's a fair bet that Petersen won't have much to do with it. We'd be surprised if the likes of Jurgen Prochnow and Herbert Gronemeyer were lured back too.
And we thought we were doing well for remake stories this week. After a month or so where a whole bunch of remakes were revealed, here's another to add to the list of joy: Wolfgang Petersen's masterpiece, Das Boot, is up for fresh treatment.
The original started as a television series, before being cut into a really quite brilliant movie, the kind of film with a last act too that resonates for a long, long time. But in its native Germany, Bavaria Studios has picked up the rights to the film, and is planning to remake it.
There's no more word than that on the project thus far, although it's a fair bet that Petersen won't have much to do with it. We'd be surprised if the likes of Jurgen Prochnow and Herbert Gronemeyer were lured back too.
- 6/25/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Can you believe it? Pretty Woman, the movie that turned Julia Roberts into a rom-com queen, was first released in cinemas 25 years ago today (March 23).
To mark the occasion, Digital Spy has unearthed 25 fascinating facts about the beloved 1990 film. Read on to find out why Vivian is a Disney princess, how Superman himself Christopher Reeve almost played Edward and the film's straight-to-the-point title in China.
1. The original script for Pretty Woman was titled $3,000 and was a dark drama about prostitution in La. Vivian was a drug addict trying to go clean to save up money for a trip to Disneyland. Disney-owned Touchstone Pictures developed the idea into a more conventional romantic comedy, meaning Vivian is something of an edgier Disney princess.
2. Werner Herzog claimed he was approached to direct Pretty Woman by Richard Gere when it was still being touted as a dark cautionary tale. Herzog being Herzog, though, we...
To mark the occasion, Digital Spy has unearthed 25 fascinating facts about the beloved 1990 film. Read on to find out why Vivian is a Disney princess, how Superman himself Christopher Reeve almost played Edward and the film's straight-to-the-point title in China.
1. The original script for Pretty Woman was titled $3,000 and was a dark drama about prostitution in La. Vivian was a drug addict trying to go clean to save up money for a trip to Disneyland. Disney-owned Touchstone Pictures developed the idea into a more conventional romantic comedy, meaning Vivian is something of an edgier Disney princess.
2. Werner Herzog claimed he was approached to direct Pretty Woman by Richard Gere when it was still being touted as a dark cautionary tale. Herzog being Herzog, though, we...
- 3/23/2015
- Digital Spy
They've done what they've had to do to survive on AMC's The Walking Dead, brining hope and despair to palpable life on the small screen with gritty realism every week. Covered in grime, splattered in blood, and trudging down the sun-baked backroads and brush-bordered trails this season, the stellar cast and crew of The Walking Dead have paid their dues and then some, and now they're getting a tip of the cap in return with seven nominations for the 41st Annual Saturn Awards.
Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Emily Kinney, Melissa McBride, Chandler Riggs, and Andrew J. West have all earned nominations, with the TV series itself receiving one as well. Also recognized in this year's nominations is Scream Factory's Nightbreed: The Director's Cut Blu-ray, NBC's Hannibal TV series, Only Lovers Left Alive, and many more.
Press Release - "The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announces the...
Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Emily Kinney, Melissa McBride, Chandler Riggs, and Andrew J. West have all earned nominations, with the TV series itself receiving one as well. Also recognized in this year's nominations is Scream Factory's Nightbreed: The Director's Cut Blu-ray, NBC's Hannibal TV series, Only Lovers Left Alive, and many more.
Press Release - "The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announces the...
- 3/4/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Let's jump back in time to a little over 16 years ago. It's the summer of 1998 and if you hit a gay bar or club in the continental United States, you could not miss Stars on 54's dance remake of Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind." It was simply everywhere. The track was the promotional single for "54," a movie that promised a sexy look at the infamous New York City nightclub Studio 54 but couldn't ultimately live up to the marketing hype surrounding its release. The Miramax production was generating a ton of publicity because of its subject matter (one of the most legendary clubs of all-time), young up-and-coming stars such as Ryan Phillippe and Salma Hayek, the participation of Neve Campbell, who was coming off four straight hits (the first two "Screams," "The Craft" and "Wild Things"). Most buzzworthy of all, it was the first dramatic role for...
- 2/6/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
Following yesterday's announcement of the first seven films lined up for the Competition, the Berlinale rolls out eleven narrative and eight documentary films slated for its 36th Panorama program. Among the eleven narrative and eight documentary films are Hal Hartley's Ned Rifle with Liam Aiken, Martin Donovan, Aubrey Plaza, Parkey Posey and Thomas Jay Ryan; Christian Braad Thomsen's documentary on Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Mark Christopher's 54: The Director's Cut with Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Mike Myers, Sela Ward and Mark Ruffalo; new films by Raoul Peck, Peter Kern and more. » - David Hudson...
- 12/16/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
Following yesterday's announcement of the first seven films lined up for the Competition, the Berlinale rolls out eleven narrative and eight documentary films slated for its 36th Panorama program. Among the eleven narrative and eight documentary films are Hal Hartley's Ned Rifle with Liam Aiken, Martin Donovan, Aubrey Plaza, Parkey Posey and Thomas Jay Ryan; Christian Braad Thomsen's documentary on Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Mark Christopher's 54: The Director's Cut with Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Mike Myers, Sela Ward and Mark Ruffalo; new films by Raoul Peck, Peter Kern and more. » - David Hudson...
- 12/16/2014
- Keyframe
Blade Runner: The Final Cut will be released in UK cinemas by the BFI next year.
Ridley Scott's 117-minute 2007 cut of the sci-fi classic will be released on April 3, 2015 nationwide.
Have your say: What are the greatest sci-fi movies ever made?
Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young and Daryl Hannah, the film is based on Philip K Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The original 1982 Us theatrical version of the film added Harrison Ford voiceovers and a "happy ending", while the international version released the same year included more violent action scenes.
In 1992, Scott approved 'The Director's Cut' of the film, with the work conducted by Michael Arick. This version removed Ford's voiceovers and the "happy ending" and added a dream sequence.
Blade Runner: The Final Cut is Scott's own 25th anniversary 2007 re-edit of the film, where the director was given full artistic control.
Ridley Scott's 117-minute 2007 cut of the sci-fi classic will be released on April 3, 2015 nationwide.
Have your say: What are the greatest sci-fi movies ever made?
Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young and Daryl Hannah, the film is based on Philip K Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The original 1982 Us theatrical version of the film added Harrison Ford voiceovers and a "happy ending", while the international version released the same year included more violent action scenes.
In 1992, Scott approved 'The Director's Cut' of the film, with the work conducted by Michael Arick. This version removed Ford's voiceovers and the "happy ending" and added a dream sequence.
Blade Runner: The Final Cut is Scott's own 25th anniversary 2007 re-edit of the film, where the director was given full artistic control.
- 11/14/2014
- Digital Spy
Nightbreed: The Director's Cut - Scream Factory - Blu-ray Director: Clive Barker Cast: Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby, David Cronenberg,Charles Haid, Hugh Quarshie. Full cast + crew The Nightbreed director's cut may be the most interesting director's cuts to come along in a while. On the one hand, we obviously all want to see what a director's original vision for something looked like-- especially if it involves drastic changes from the previously released version of a movie. And that is indeed the case with Clive Barker's preferred cut of his ambitious 1990 horror fantasy movie. It restores a ton of material that never made it into the original version of the movie, and uses alternate takes of some stuff that was already...
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- 10/30/2014
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
The Nightbreed: Director's Cut has been a long time coming for fans who have swapped stories about Clive Barker's desired version of the film for years. Trust Scream! Factory to finally give it to us and on Blu-ray no less.
The director's cut of the film contains over 40 minutes of new and altered footage as well as an introduction by Clive Barker and restoration producer Mark Alan Miller. You also get a commentary track as well as an original documentary about the making of Nightbreed called Tribes of the Moon.
Onwards!
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The director's cut of the film contains over 40 minutes of new and altered footage as well as an introduction by Clive Barker and restoration producer Mark Alan Miller. You also get a commentary track as well as an original documentary about the making of Nightbreed called Tribes of the Moon.
Onwards!
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- 10/29/2014
- QuietEarth.us
Nightbreed's production and release history is well-known. The rumors of a "director's cut" well chronicled. So I won't dish you a history lesson, after all, that's what Scream Factory's deluxe Blu-ray edition is here for and it does it very well. But, I am here to tell you that after long last, it appears we finally have a cut of Nightbreed that feels more satisfying and cohesive. The theatrical cut was a choppy and hurried. Totally satisfactory, but far from being a home run.
The Director's Cut smooths things out, adds more significance to protagonist Boone, places more emotional weight on his relationship with Lori and injects extra dramatic layers to make the denizens of Midian more sympathetic.
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The Director's Cut smooths things out, adds more significance to protagonist Boone, places more emotional weight on his relationship with Lori and injects extra dramatic layers to make the denizens of Midian more sympathetic.
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- 10/4/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Scream Factory chose Shock Till You Drop to be one of the first to receive the anticipated Nightbreed: The Director's Cut limited edition set. And similar to what we did with the Halloween collection, I figured you guys would want a more detailed look at the packaging (you can see Scream Factory's unboxing video here). It's a beautiful package, without a doubt. Stay tuned for my review, now...pardon me while I dig into this beast!
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- 9/30/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac has released a new trailer.
The short trailer is for the extended director's cut of the two-part sexual epic.
Warning: Trailer contains explicit content:
Read our Nymphomaniac review: "Much more than an exercise in provocation"
The film centres around Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg) - a self-identified nymphomaniac - who recounts her life story to Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), a man who finds her beaten badly in an alley.
Shia Labeouf, Uma Thurman, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen, Christian Slater, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Nicolas Bro, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jens Albinus and Udo Kier also feature in the film.
The director's cut of Nymphomanic will run for five-and-a-half hours.
The short trailer is for the extended director's cut of the two-part sexual epic.
Warning: Trailer contains explicit content:
Read our Nymphomaniac review: "Much more than an exercise in provocation"
The film centres around Joe (Charlotte Gainsbourg) - a self-identified nymphomaniac - who recounts her life story to Seligman (Stellan Skarsgård), a man who finds her beaten badly in an alley.
Shia Labeouf, Uma Thurman, Stacy Martin, Jamie Bell, Connie Nielsen, Christian Slater, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Nicolas Bro, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Jens Albinus and Udo Kier also feature in the film.
The director's cut of Nymphomanic will run for five-and-a-half hours.
- 9/25/2014
- Digital Spy
Scream Factory, Morgan Creek Productions and Clive Barker's Seraphim, Inc. have set an October 28th release date for its long-mooted Nightbreed: The Director's Cut. Nightbreed will be available in two retail versions: A 5,000 Unit Limited-Edition 3-Disc Blu-ray set and a Special Edition DVD & Blu-ray Combo. Scream Factory, in conjunction with Warner Bros., was able to find the long-thought-missing original film elements and combed through over 600 boxes to locate not only the lost scenes but a treasure trove of never-before-seen footage as well. With nearly an hour of lost footage meticulously restored, the result is not only a more faithful adaptation of Clive Barker’s book Cabal, but also what he originally intended Nightbreed to be.
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- 7/1/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
DC Comics takes another opportunity to update the origin of the Dark Knight for the New 52 with Batman Volume 4: Zero Year - Secret City. The book collects issues 21 through 24 of the monthly title and Batman Zero Year: The Director's Cut #1. If you're worried about getting a repeat of Frank Miller's Batman: Year One, you can leave your reservations at the door.
Gotham City is entering a new era shrouded in mystery. A masked vigilante dubbed the Batman has declared war against the criminals overrunning the metropolitan. A gang led by a crook calling himself the Red Hood rise up to wreak havoc and take control of the corrupt underground.
Writer Scott Snyder takes the origin of Batman in a different direction that proves to be as entertaining as Frank Miller's critically acclaimed Year One. It's hard not to make comparisons, but the two stories do have different atmospheres.
Gotham City is entering a new era shrouded in mystery. A masked vigilante dubbed the Batman has declared war against the criminals overrunning the metropolitan. A gang led by a crook calling himself the Red Hood rise up to wreak havoc and take control of the corrupt underground.
Writer Scott Snyder takes the origin of Batman in a different direction that proves to be as entertaining as Frank Miller's critically acclaimed Year One. It's hard not to make comparisons, but the two stories do have different atmospheres.
- 5/27/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Eric Shirey)
- Cinelinx
The Director's Cut of 'Nymphomaniac: Vol. I' Is Longer, Deeper, and Graphicer The already long and graphic movie's extended version premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. by Liam Mathews The theatrical release of Lars von Trier's new film Nymphomaniac will be in two parts, each two and a half hours long. It will be theatrically released in the U.S. next month, where it will be the only five-hour-long, unsimulated sex-including drama featuring a former Transformers star at your local independent theater. On February 9, a three-hour director's cut of Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1 premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. Vulture's Miranda Siegel was there, and she reported on what material, sexual and otherwise, was restored: character development, an oral sex climax that adds deeper meaning, and what sounds like Tree of Life-style impressionistic shots of genitalia. I'm really excited to see this movie. Just like [...]...
- 2/11/2014
- by Liam Mathews
- Nerve
The Director's Cut of 'Wolf of Wall Street' Will Be Even Dirtier and That Is A Great Thing The unrated, four-hour version is the excessive trash epic Martin Scorsese meant it to be. by Liam Mathews The Guardian reports that the DVD release of The Wolf of Wall Street, Martin Scorsese's degenerate spiritual sequel to Goodfellas, will contain a four-hour director's cut in addition to the theatrical version. The Wolf of Wall Street is already notorious as one of the most explicit Hollywood movies ever made. The theatrical release holds the record for most f-words in a feature film, and Scorsese had to cut out nudity and sex scenes to avoid an Nc-17 rating. According to producers Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland, the director's cut will not be much different than the theatrical version, and will mostly just contain longer versions of already existing scenes, [...]...
- 1/29/2014
- by Liam Mathews
- Nerve
Feature James Hunt 30 Jan 2014 - 06:25
Comic book movies are solid blockbuster fare now, but there are plenty of adaptations that didn't get the love they deserved...
You might argue that fans of comic book adaptations have had a pretty good decade or so. Between The Avengers movies, the Dark Knight trilogy, and multiple Spider-Man and X-Men films, some of the biggest-grossing action movies of all time have been based on comics. Not bad when you consider that only recently, the medium was considered the preserve of dateless man-children alone.
But here's the thing: not every comic book adaptation lends itself to being a summer tentpole CGI-fest, and just as many get overlooked or forgotten completely by the time the next one comes out. Comic adaptations are coming out thick and fast, and with so much forward momentum it's sometimes worth taking a moment to look back on what's come before.
Comic book movies are solid blockbuster fare now, but there are plenty of adaptations that didn't get the love they deserved...
You might argue that fans of comic book adaptations have had a pretty good decade or so. Between The Avengers movies, the Dark Knight trilogy, and multiple Spider-Man and X-Men films, some of the biggest-grossing action movies of all time have been based on comics. Not bad when you consider that only recently, the medium was considered the preserve of dateless man-children alone.
But here's the thing: not every comic book adaptation lends itself to being a summer tentpole CGI-fest, and just as many get overlooked or forgotten completely by the time the next one comes out. Comic adaptations are coming out thick and fast, and with so much forward momentum it's sometimes worth taking a moment to look back on what's come before.
- 1/29/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
On Tuesday, January 21st at 9pm, PBS's "American Masters" documentary series will air the never-before-seen director's cut of Shane Salerno's divisive film "Salinger," about the life and influence of reclusive "Catcher in the Rye" author J.D. Salinger, who passed away three years ago. The premiere will be both the series' 200th episode and the premiere of its 28th season. It'll be the first without creator and executive producer Susan Lacy, who left PBS for HBO in September, on board, though Lacy engineered the "Salinger" deal with Wnet VP of Programming Stephen Segaller and is the executive producer of most of the films in the upcoming season. The director's cut will include 15 minutes of new material. PBS has shared an outtake from the film featuring interviewee David Shields, who co-authored an accompanying book on Salinger with Salerno, on the impact of World War II on J.D. Salinger's writing, including...
- 1/10/2014
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
The Director's Cut of Deus Ex: Human Revolution finally has a release date, and wouldn't you know it, it's only a few weeks away. Come inside to check out a brand new trailer and exactly when you'll be able to get your hands on the new version of the game on the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U.
Eidos®-Montréal™, a Square Enix® studio, is pleased to announce that Deus Ex: Human Revolution® – Director’s Cut, the definitive version of the critically acclaimed action-rpg title, is shipping for Nintendo’s Wii U™ system, the Xbox 360® games and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Windows® PC on October 22. The Mac version will launch in the near future.
“Over the last 18 months the team has been working very hard on the development of the Director’s Cut,” said David Anfossi, Head of Studio for Eidos-Montréal. “With this edition we...
Eidos®-Montréal™, a Square Enix® studio, is pleased to announce that Deus Ex: Human Revolution® – Director’s Cut, the definitive version of the critically acclaimed action-rpg title, is shipping for Nintendo’s Wii U™ system, the Xbox 360® games and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Windows® PC on October 22. The Mac version will launch in the near future.
“Over the last 18 months the team has been working very hard on the development of the Director’s Cut,” said David Anfossi, Head of Studio for Eidos-Montréal. “With this edition we...
- 10/2/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
The director's cut of Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" was just released, but is it better than her record-breaking, totally nude original one?We think so.The majority of the director's cut is a close-up of Miley's face, and has a lot more emotional impact than the naked wrecking ball scenes in the original, which obviously generated tons of press.In the end, she breaks to joke around with director Terry Richardson, trying on his trademark glasses and making her trademark tongue face. And compare it with the original:Which do you prefer?The director's cut comes out the same day as the release of her new "23" music video, starring her rumored boyfriend Mike WiLL Made It. Read more...
- 9/24/2013
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
Miley Cyrus might just have a future on Broadway. A leaked version of the singer covering "On My Own" from Les Misérables was posted Sunday. Because the origins of the clip are unclear, we can't be 100 percent certain the raw audio is actually Liam Hemsworth's fiancée. It certainly sounds like her, though! But the 20-year-old Southern superstar was directing fans to a different video on Monday: The director's cut of "We Can't Stop!" This version of the clip still features the twerking, supersized teddy bears, and awkward doll makeout sessions from the original, but it also incorporates Miley's dog Floyd, a partygoer's fingers getting cut off, and a bonus...
- 7/29/2013
- E! Online
The third and allegedly final chapter in the saga of unstoppable bayou killer Victor Crowley arrives on DVD and Blu-ray next month (check out our review of the film here), and Dark Sky Films has unveiled the full breakdown of features. The conclusion of a trilogy that began with Adam Green's 2006 cult splatter hit Hatchet, the third installment finds famed horror actor/stuntman Kane Hodder reprising his role as Crowley, with Danielle Harris returning as Marybeth – who thought she'd offed the monster in Hatchet II and is now hell-bent on finishing the job. The cast also includes Gremlins star Zach Galligan and Caroline Williams (shown below) of Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. Hatchet III marks the directorial debut of Bj McDonnell (who worked behind the camera on features like Jack Reacher and Killer Joe), shooting from a script by Green, who also served as producer. The Hatchet III DVD and Blu-ray...
- 7/16/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
Sometimes it seems like there's only two types of people in the world: those that really like The Boondock Saints and its sequel, and those that don't. But I fall a bit in the middle. The first one I thought was entertaining, but I didn't think it was nearly as amazing as many loyal fans made it out to be. As for the sequel...well I've seen it once and that's probably enough for me. The director's cut of The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day...
- 7/12/2013
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
The 2013 Saturn Awards were handed out Wednesday night, June 26, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. (For those of you without the complete collection of limited edition "Battlestar Galactica" commemorative plates, the Saturn Awards are basically the genre equivalent of the Academy Awards.) "The Avengers" was the big winner on the movie side of things, while "Breaking Bad" dominated in the TV categories.
Named the best science fiction film of the year, "The Avengers" also picked up awards for best supporting actor (Clark Gregg), best director (Joss Whedon), and best special effects (Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick).
Elsewhere in the film categories, "Life of Pi" won for best fantasy film, "Skyfall" took home best action/adventure film, and "Cabin in the Woods" nabbed best horror film/thriller. Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway both added to their awards collections, with Lawrence winning best actress...
Named the best science fiction film of the year, "The Avengers" also picked up awards for best supporting actor (Clark Gregg), best director (Joss Whedon), and best special effects (Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick).
Elsewhere in the film categories, "Life of Pi" won for best fantasy film, "Skyfall" took home best action/adventure film, and "Cabin in the Woods" nabbed best horror film/thriller. Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway both added to their awards collections, with Lawrence winning best actress...
- 6/27/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- Moviefone
The Academy Of Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Films handed out top honors in TV and film at its 39th Annual Saturn Awards on Wednesday (June 26) night in Burbank, with "Marvel's The Avengers" and "Breaking Bad" taking home the most awards in their respective mediums.
"Avengers" collected hardware for top science fiction film, director (Joss Whedon), supporting actor (Clark Gregg) and special effects, going to the team of Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick.
"Breaking Bad" took in three TV awards for Best Presentation on Television, supporting actor (Jonathan Banks) and best actor (Bryan Cranston, in a tie with Kevin Bacon).
The full list of winners at the 2013 Saturn Awards is as follows:
Film Awards
Best Science Fiction Film: "Marvel's The Avengers"
Best Fantasy Film: "Life of Pi"
Best Horror/Thriller Film: "The Cabin in the Woods"
Best Action/Adventure Film: "Skyfall"
Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey ("Killer Joe...
"Avengers" collected hardware for top science fiction film, director (Joss Whedon), supporting actor (Clark Gregg) and special effects, going to the team of Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick.
"Breaking Bad" took in three TV awards for Best Presentation on Television, supporting actor (Jonathan Banks) and best actor (Bryan Cranston, in a tie with Kevin Bacon).
The full list of winners at the 2013 Saturn Awards is as follows:
Film Awards
Best Science Fiction Film: "Marvel's The Avengers"
Best Fantasy Film: "Life of Pi"
Best Horror/Thriller Film: "The Cabin in the Woods"
Best Action/Adventure Film: "Skyfall"
Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey ("Killer Joe...
- 6/27/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
News Den Of Geek 14 Jun 2013 - 12:35
Blissfields Film Festival is looking to uncover some new talent - could it be you?
Blissfields, an award-winning boutique festival in Hampshire, has launched a brand new film festival and is currently accepting submissions by rising filmmakers. Known for the past 13 years as championers of new music, the intimate festival - this year headlined by Bastille and Mystery Jets - wants to apply its ethos and love for finding incredible new music to the world of film.
They're looking for short film submissions to screen at the event in a bespoke cinema tent, before a host of judges including Sky Movies presenter Alex Zane, Frazer Churchill (Scott Pilgrim and The World's End visual effects supervisor), Ray Panthanki (co-producer of Kidulthood) and various other film types and writers. Those judges will then select the 'Best In Show' award. They're looking for documentaries,...
Blissfields Film Festival is looking to uncover some new talent - could it be you?
Blissfields, an award-winning boutique festival in Hampshire, has launched a brand new film festival and is currently accepting submissions by rising filmmakers. Known for the past 13 years as championers of new music, the intimate festival - this year headlined by Bastille and Mystery Jets - wants to apply its ethos and love for finding incredible new music to the world of film.
They're looking for short film submissions to screen at the event in a bespoke cinema tent, before a host of judges including Sky Movies presenter Alex Zane, Frazer Churchill (Scott Pilgrim and The World's End visual effects supervisor), Ray Panthanki (co-producer of Kidulthood) and various other film types and writers. Those judges will then select the 'Best In Show' award. They're looking for documentaries,...
- 6/14/2013
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
News Aaron Birch 12 Jun 2013 - 07:46
The Wii U exclusivity isn't so exclusive, as Dxhr: Director's Cut is coming to other consoles and PC...
The reworked edition of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, which was previously billed as a Wii U-only title is now coming to multiple platforms due to high demand.
Stéphane D'Astous, general manager of development at Eidos stated in an announcement, “After our Director's Cut announcement we received an overwhelming response from the community asking us to bring this ultimate edition of Human Revolution to other platforms.
"We're thrilled to accommodate that request. We can now say with pleasure, 'You asked for this!”
The Director's Cut version is now going to arrive on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and Mac. It includes reworked boss battles with multiple methods of take down, the Missing Link Dlc and a collection of commentary.
Owners of a PlayStation Vita or a Ms SmartGlass device...
The Wii U exclusivity isn't so exclusive, as Dxhr: Director's Cut is coming to other consoles and PC...
The reworked edition of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, which was previously billed as a Wii U-only title is now coming to multiple platforms due to high demand.
Stéphane D'Astous, general manager of development at Eidos stated in an announcement, “After our Director's Cut announcement we received an overwhelming response from the community asking us to bring this ultimate edition of Human Revolution to other platforms.
"We're thrilled to accommodate that request. We can now say with pleasure, 'You asked for this!”
The Director's Cut version is now going to arrive on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and Mac. It includes reworked boss battles with multiple methods of take down, the Missing Link Dlc and a collection of commentary.
Owners of a PlayStation Vita or a Ms SmartGlass device...
- 6/12/2013
- by aaronbirch
- Den of Geek
Boy does Sarah Palin's fan base know how to sock it to ya. Yes siree. You betcha.
Yesterday, Netflix — while pretty much side-stepping the matter of losing thousands of movies from its streaming service — decided to have a little fun on the Twitterverse with a burgeoning hashtag. In the process, they inadvertently (we think?) pegged her as a Nazi, and summoned up the mighty web wrath of the former Alaskan governor's faithful flock.
Whoops.
In a nutshell, someone made #SarahPalinFilms a thing despite the fact that there's like one movie about her, and Netflix chimed in with this "Iron Sky" promo:
#SarahPalinFilms "Iron Sky" nflx.it/11AZvLRtwitter.com/netflix/status…
— Netflix Us (@netflix) May 1, 2013
Some were amused and took the reference at face (i.e., the fact that the character does look like her) value, but others saw a deeper meaning to the jibe based on the "Iron Sky" movie's innate political commentary.
Yesterday, Netflix — while pretty much side-stepping the matter of losing thousands of movies from its streaming service — decided to have a little fun on the Twitterverse with a burgeoning hashtag. In the process, they inadvertently (we think?) pegged her as a Nazi, and summoned up the mighty web wrath of the former Alaskan governor's faithful flock.
Whoops.
In a nutshell, someone made #SarahPalinFilms a thing despite the fact that there's like one movie about her, and Netflix chimed in with this "Iron Sky" promo:
#SarahPalinFilms "Iron Sky" nflx.it/11AZvLRtwitter.com/netflix/status…
— Netflix Us (@netflix) May 1, 2013
Some were amused and took the reference at face (i.e., the fact that the character does look like her) value, but others saw a deeper meaning to the jibe based on the "Iron Sky" movie's innate political commentary.
- 5/2/2013
- by Amanda Bell
- NextMovie
Trailer Aaron Birch 4 Apr 2013 - 07:10
The Director's Cut of the impressive Deus Ex: Human Revolution is coming soon, and here's the trailer...
Wii U owners are set to receive the definitive version of Eidos Montreal's Deus Ex: Human Revolution soon, and a new trailer has been released to showcase the new additions.
The Director's Cut will feature a selection of enhancements over the original, including enhanced visuals and AI, and Wii U-centric controls in the form of the Neural Hub. This grants players easier access to such things as Adam Jensen's inventory via the GamePad's touchscreen.
Boss fights, a common bugbear in the original version, will be enhanced, with alternative tactical options open to players when dealing with them, and all bonus content will be included, such as additional weapons and The Missing Link Dlc mission.
Sadly for non Wii U-owning existing fans, the enhanced content is exclusive to Nintendo's platform,...
The Director's Cut of the impressive Deus Ex: Human Revolution is coming soon, and here's the trailer...
Wii U owners are set to receive the definitive version of Eidos Montreal's Deus Ex: Human Revolution soon, and a new trailer has been released to showcase the new additions.
The Director's Cut will feature a selection of enhancements over the original, including enhanced visuals and AI, and Wii U-centric controls in the form of the Neural Hub. This grants players easier access to such things as Adam Jensen's inventory via the GamePad's touchscreen.
Boss fights, a common bugbear in the original version, will be enhanced, with alternative tactical options open to players when dealing with them, and all bonus content will be included, such as additional weapons and The Missing Link Dlc mission.
Sadly for non Wii U-owning existing fans, the enhanced content is exclusive to Nintendo's platform,...
- 4/4/2013
- by aaronbirch
- Den of Geek
News Aaron Birch 21 Mar 2013 - 12:05
Oddball adventure, Deadly Premonition, is coming to PS3 as a Director's Cut...
We knew Deadly Premonition was set to return, to polarise a whole new audience of gamers, and now we know the release date for the western market. April 26 will see the Director's Cut of the game arrive on PlayStation 3 in Europe, whilst America will get it on April 30.
The Director's Cut, which will be exclusive to the PS3, will feature improved visuals, reworked controls and new gameplay content, including a new scenario. There's also going to be some form of bonus Dlc for pre-order through select retailers (Game and Amazon in the UK, Gamestop and Amazon in America), though it's not known what this will be at the moment.
If you missed it when it was released on Xbox 360 in 2010, Deadly Premonition is a distinctly different survival horror thick with strange characters,...
Oddball adventure, Deadly Premonition, is coming to PS3 as a Director's Cut...
We knew Deadly Premonition was set to return, to polarise a whole new audience of gamers, and now we know the release date for the western market. April 26 will see the Director's Cut of the game arrive on PlayStation 3 in Europe, whilst America will get it on April 30.
The Director's Cut, which will be exclusive to the PS3, will feature improved visuals, reworked controls and new gameplay content, including a new scenario. There's also going to be some form of bonus Dlc for pre-order through select retailers (Game and Amazon in the UK, Gamestop and Amazon in America), though it's not known what this will be at the moment.
If you missed it when it was released on Xbox 360 in 2010, Deadly Premonition is a distinctly different survival horror thick with strange characters,...
- 3/21/2013
- by aaronbirch
- Den of Geek
Eidos Montréal and Square Enix today confirmed that a Director's Cut version of "Deus Ex: Human Revolution" is "coming soon" to Nintendo's Wii U. This "definitive version" of the game includes the Tong's Rescue and Missing Link Dlc.
In addition to the extra content, the Director's Cut also introduces a slew of Wii U Gamepad specific features, including "touch-screen hacking, interactive map editing, augmented sniping, grenade throwbacks and many other neural hub enhancements." Miiverse integration, developer commentaries and in-game guides have also been added
The Director's Cut also brings "overhauled boss fights, refined game balance and combat, improved AI, and striking visual improvements."
The existence of a "Deus Ex: Human Revolution" Director's Cut was leaked by Amazon yesterday, and their listing still sports a May 7th release date.
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In addition to the extra content, the Director's Cut also introduces a slew of Wii U Gamepad specific features, including "touch-screen hacking, interactive map editing, augmented sniping, grenade throwbacks and many other neural hub enhancements." Miiverse integration, developer commentaries and in-game guides have also been added
The Director's Cut also brings "overhauled boss fights, refined game balance and combat, improved AI, and striking visual improvements."
The existence of a "Deus Ex: Human Revolution" Director's Cut was leaked by Amazon yesterday, and their listing still sports a May 7th release date.
Related posts:
'Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut' Coming To Wii U?
'Deus Ex' Film Pulling Inspiration From 'Looper,' 'District 9,...
- 3/20/2013
- by Don Hatfield
- MTV Multiplayer
You can head right over to Gametrailers to check out three new videos from the visually touched-up remake of the cult supernatural mystery game from Rising Star. In the Gt-exclusive videos, particular focus has been given to combat, an updated intro, and some of "The Director's Cut's" early footage.
Special Agent Francis York Morgan will be investigating the Red Seed murders in glorious HD (again, but slightly nicer) with stereoscopic 3D support and modified difficulty so that the endings are more accessible according to this post on Siliconera. You'll also be able to check out a new ending created just for this version of the game as well as decide if you want to mess around with its Ps Move support.
If that's whet your appetite for the PS3-exclusive re-release, then know that this very... idiosyncratic game (think of it as a Lynchian "Silent Hill" by way of...
Special Agent Francis York Morgan will be investigating the Red Seed murders in glorious HD (again, but slightly nicer) with stereoscopic 3D support and modified difficulty so that the endings are more accessible according to this post on Siliconera. You'll also be able to check out a new ending created just for this version of the game as well as decide if you want to mess around with its Ps Move support.
If that's whet your appetite for the PS3-exclusive re-release, then know that this very... idiosyncratic game (think of it as a Lynchian "Silent Hill" by way of...
- 1/29/2013
- by Charles Webb
- MTV Multiplayer
Forget jetpacks – predicting social change can be a fictional challenge
Despite my strong public advocacy of Lab Lit fiction, I have always been a huge science fiction fan too. As a family, we spent the 1970s clustered around the TV watching (the original versions of) Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Space: 1999 and many others in the genre. Being taken to see the first Star Wars movie at the age of nine was akin to a religious experience for me.
I devoured the genre in print, too. My father subscribed to Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine, which I read cover to cover religiously from about the age of seven until I left home to attend university. Not satiated, I used to go to the library every week and check out a stack of Sf so high that the librarian had to crane her neck to make eye contact with the child behind it: Herbert,...
Despite my strong public advocacy of Lab Lit fiction, I have always been a huge science fiction fan too. As a family, we spent the 1970s clustered around the TV watching (the original versions of) Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Space: 1999 and many others in the genre. Being taken to see the first Star Wars movie at the age of nine was akin to a religious experience for me.
I devoured the genre in print, too. My father subscribed to Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine, which I read cover to cover religiously from about the age of seven until I left home to attend university. Not satiated, I used to go to the library every week and check out a stack of Sf so high that the librarian had to crane her neck to make eye contact with the child behind it: Herbert,...
- 1/24/2013
- by Jenny Rohn
- The Guardian - Film News
I've never been a fan of musicals. Although I enjoyed "Annie," "The Wizard of Oz" and other movies of that nature, I always found myself fast-forwarding through the musical numbers to get to the real meat and potatoes of the plot. That's how I felt for the most part watching "Little Shop of Horrors" on Blu-ray for the first time. I did find a few of the songs humorous, but for the most part I found the musical numbers to be a distraction and break from the actual storyline. That's a funny thing to say about a beloved movie based on a hit play but that's how I feel.
Seymour works and lives in a plant shop where he eeks out a sad and lonely existence. His work mate is the lovely physically and emotionally abused Audrey. He pines for her day in and day out but never tells her about his true feelings.
Seymour works and lives in a plant shop where he eeks out a sad and lonely existence. His work mate is the lovely physically and emotionally abused Audrey. He pines for her day in and day out but never tells her about his true feelings.
- 10/9/2012
- by feeds@themoviepool.com (Eric Shirey)
- Cinelinx
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