Many DP/30s this year have been with Oscar-worthy actors and actresses. But in this case, at this moment in the year, I am taking the unusual step of noting here that This Actor Deserves It. None of the awards groups have recognized his performance in Django Unchained so far. But for me, it is the home run performance in this film… and one of the great turns of the year.
And as you can see in this interview, a consummate muthafucking pro….
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God Save The NFB! “@GuyLodge: @raypride @tednope And Venice, pre-Toronto!” STORIES WE TELL in 35mm
My trade reviewer wish for the #Cannes festival is that someone give Scott Foundas a quaalude and Todd McCarthy some speed.
RT @raypride: How it premiered at Toronto fest, too “@TedNope: one of the nicest 35mm prints I've seen recently in NY was a new print of ST…
DP: Omar is probably my #Cannes favorite so far. Hany Abu-Assad is a great filmmaker who deals w/ heavy politics w/ humanity and not polemics
DP: @chutry I don’t quite mind the speed so much as the bravado of KNOWING and dismissing. Loving is ok, if it feels real
“One of the things I wish I could do in my life would be to watch this film through somebody else’s eyes. I just can’t. I still see it as just a giant mess, and other people are seeing that it has a shape. That’s really exciting, because I still have a hard time seeing it clearly.”
~ Sarah Polley’s Greatest Wish About Stories We Tell
“Anyway, Hitchcock eventually saw a rough cut of High Anxiety. He enjoyed it. But he said nothing after it. He just left. I [thought he] wasn’t happy. The next day, about 11 o’clock in the morning, I get this enormous, beautiful case of Chateau Haut-Brion 1961. That was almost 20 years old [at the time]. I mean, it was priceless. And there were magnums six of them, in a wooden case. Haut-Brion. I mean, oh my God. I’ve still got three of them left waiting. I keep all the good wines.”
What kind of occasion is worthy? When will you know it’s time to go into number four?
“A real, real occasion. I won’t drink it just because it’s a family occasion. I’ll drink it with guys that know what a good wine is and care about, you know, exquisite wines. I have a couple of friends that know what a good wine is.”
~ Mel Brooks, Foodie
- he is keeping it real
- really liked the last 5 minutes
- liked his 2 minute review for un named movie at 18 minutes – which is probably Gangster Squad (2013)
- no confusing questions from DP – DP let him talk …
- did he take a minor swipe at Tom Cruise ?
- what does LexG think about this interview …
- hopefully clips from this make to some tv entertainment shows
- i give this a rare 9/10
This is the greatest dp30 ever. Only question that I wished you asked was how did he and Spike Lee patch things up since he is working with him again on Spike’s version of Oldboy?
Gotta confess, I generally don’t have the time or inclination to watch these interviews, but DP was so effusive in his tweets had to to check this one out. The bookends of the conversation are priceless.
SLJ declares up front that this is all part of his professional obligation, and you can see the skepticism in his entire attitude before he sits down to get to work. I don’t know if Poland is even on his radar, but here’s a guy he doesn’t really know telling him this isn’t going to be like a junket, and his face is all “yeah, whatever” and “how’s that gonna work.” And there’s a couple of moments where you can see him rearing back ready for the same old shit but Poland just lets him talk without pressing an agenda… such that at the end, he’s surprised to feel like he just had a conversation.
That purposeless expression on his face as he gazes at the camera at the end is kind of jarring, too, because he doesn’t seem to realize that he has been in the moment for a full half hour, which is where that valediction comes from when it occurs to him. And it’s still all part of the job. What a pro.
Sanj, it seemed to me like he might have been referencing Killing Them Softly. Regardless, such a refreshingly candid interview, as always, from Jackson. Loved it.
it could be Killing Them Softly or Gangster Squad – DP do you know which movie he’s talking about …
Jackson really hates depressing movies – there are a lot of those which have gotten awards – would like him to review
some – see if he changes his mind .
He was definitely talking about Killing Them Softly. Because I agree with him…I’d also agree with him just in general practice.
One of your best.
THIS.IS.AWESOME.
Wow, 30 minutes just flew by, probably the best DP30 I have seen.
No doubt in my mind that he is talking about Killy Them Softly but I did like that movie for the most part.
Great interview!
“This a ‘look at me’ fuckin’ business.” Phenomenal. Great, great interview.
I always thought he was a very easy-going, fun guy, but he has been very prickly on this particular press tour. If he doesn’t want to be out there, he shouldn’t be. But maybe part of him is hoping for Oscar attention. I mean, no one else in the film seems to be pushing as hard as he is. But he just seems very guarded and pissed. He really went in on that Jake the Movieguy in his interview.
Yeah, this was probably my favorite DP/30. He’s an easy conversationalist. Half hour flew by.
Also, it was Killing Them Softly. From the interview on HP:
But “Pulp Fiction” is a once-in-a-lifetime-type movie.
It’s a standalone film.
It’s hard to top.
People have been trying to do it and trying to do it. I saw some people try to do it just a week ago and failed miserably.
Which movie is this?
“Killing Them Softly.” It didn’t quite happen. And going nowhere! You can do that, but you’ve got to go somewhere. That’s the marvelous thing about Quentin: his movies are talky as all hell, but it’s shit you want to hear.
Just FYI, KILLING is based on a novel by vet crime author George V. Higgins (best known for “The Friends of Eddie Coyle”), and much of the dialogue comes straight from the book.