Gurus On A Tighter Race: Picture, Director, Acting, Writing
| March 5, 2021
Gurus On A Tighter Race: Picture, Director, Acting, Writing
| March 5, 2021
| March 5, 2021
| March 1, 2021
"Midnight Cowboy shattered many barriers. Men like these—hungry, hollow outcasts—had never been depicted with such honesty and directness in a mainstream American movie. Neither had this vision of New York—cold, bleak, corrupted. The acting is superb—not just Voight and Hoffman, but a small troupe of brilliant supporting actors—the screenplay terse and powerful, the camerawork fluid, the music poignant and engaging. Even the costumes are memorable. Still, no one expected the movie to make a dime. On the way to their first screening before the executives at United Artists, the chronically anxious Schlesinger turned to Hellman, his producing partner, and asked, 'Really, Jerry, do you think anyone in their right mind will pay good money to see this rubbish?'"
Excerpting Glenn Frankel's "Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation and the Making of a Dark Classic"
| March 5, 2021
DP/30: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The Trial of the Chicago 7
| February 15, 2021
DP/30 Audio: Bombshell, Jay Roach
| December 13, 2019
DP/30 Audio: The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Jonathan Majors
| December 4, 2019
DP/30 Audio: The Mustang, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
| December 4, 2019
Maybe? (Drive-ins count I suppose)
And NOPE I am not going
Nolan has received years of praise, honors, power and cash beyond the wildest expectations of countless filmmakers. Has he always been annoying, or is he being pushed by Warner? no idea. These release day announcements have become pitiable…. except that he is number 10 billion among men and beasts on the prayer list.
As Bear Bryant used to advise his players celebrating plays, “Relax, son. Act like you been there before.”
I may try and catch it at a drive-in. Haven’t been to one in years, could be fun. Otherwise, wait for VOD and try not to read spoilers about it, which could be difficult. Going to a theater isn’t on my radar right now. Not seeing Tenet and Dune on a giant dolby screen is gonna hurt. Wish they’d just delay everything a year. Is it super expensive to keep a film in the can for a year? How come Fast and Furious did that immediately but there doesn’t seem to be any discussion of that strategy for Tenet? If I was Nolan I’d say fuck this, summer 2021 it is.