A Modest Proposal: Watchmen Should Never Be Released / Destroy the Negative
Perhaps, the most interesting thing about the upcoming film ‘Watchmen’, (based on the graphic novel of the same name), are the ancillary promotional activities for it. Fanboys throughout the Tubes have been slavishly following every release of teaser trailers/teaser posters/actual posters/action figures/behind the scenes puff pieces/fanboy art/production design leaks/supplemental features, etc. This drip, drip, drip, [...]
Inspector Clouseau
Look at the image above, the DVD menu screen for Inspector Clouseau, with Alan Arkin as the eponymous detective. I can only refer to it as anti-funny. If I was in a good mood, laughing; this pic would shut me right down. You know when Professor Dr. Gareth Higgins suggested we watch the Pink Panther [...]
TFT on Christian Grantham's 'Morning Browser' Tomorrow!
I don’t know what you’re doing tomorrow at 6:10am Dear Listener. I’ll be being interviewed on Christian Grantham’s ‘Morning Browser’, (see above for Chris warnin’ ya about those viruses). Obviously the only way to be awake at that hour is for me to actually not go to sleep tonight – so I’m brewing up a [...]
Behind the Scenes with Coraline
Was never a fan of The Nightmare before Christmas. Far too fey and twee for my taste. But the trailer for Coraline is fantastic, (see below), and the subject matter seems just right for traditional stop-motion animation which lends itself of course to stories of the unusual and uncanny, (in the Freudian sense). Seeing inanimate [...]
This Man Used to Be Funny – TFT 50 Preview – All the Pink Panther Movies
Remember this guy? He used to be funny. We investigate what happened on TFT 50 coming later this week: our review of all ALL the Pink Panther films including the little seen ‘Inspector Clouseau’ starring Alan Arkin as the eponymous detective. If there’s any Pink Panther business you’d like Gareth and I to investigate on [...]
Robot Caveman Ninja Attack!
I have this half-remembered fever dream – that as a kid, years ago I saw a film that in one shot of one scene there was a terminator knock-off character, a ninja, a ‘community theatre’ Indiana Jones, the robot from Black Hole, cavemen and Roman soldiers. Surely this can’t be right? How could such a [...]
'I Can Read Movie Series' – Quick and Brilliant Film Graphics from Spacesick
Now thanks to the instant access of content via the Tubes plus the ability to ‘Control C’ and ‘Control V’ we’re seeing a wonderful explosion of past works re-imagined. My favorite this week is without question the quick and brilliant mock-ups of popular, mainstream commercial Hollywood cinema contraptions done as book covers from the mid-60′s [...]
The Real Star of the Dirty Harry Films – Albert Popwell
The real star of the Dirty Harry films, Albert Popwell. As discussed in detail in Part 48 of the Show, coming later today.
Films That Last Forever – Dick Van Dyke Tells 'Mary Poppins' Stories
A pleasant surprise of an interview for anyone out there who knows that The Exorcist is great, and enjoys Bergmans both Ingmar and Ingrid, but who recognise that the movies we saw as children (and the terrible English accents) will never leave us: Dick Van Dyke Tells ‘Mary Poppins’ Stories
The 2009 Irish Blog Awards
Word on the street is that The Film Talk has just been nominated for Best Blog in the Arts and Culture category at the 2009 Irish Blog Awards. It’s nice to know people appreciate the Show – and of course, even if we don’t win, it’s an honor just to be nominated, (have wanted an [...]
10 Movies Hollywood Should Convert to 3D Immediately
Via Digg associate, Mike T., aka Mr. T, aka Turkman182, comes a post on eight mainstream pics that could benefit from being in 3D: Eight Movies Hollywood Should Remake in 3D The list is fine, but of course it course it practically forces one to come up with some more suggestions of films that, perhaps, [...]
Latest On-Set Photo from James Cameron's Avatar
Check out this new kick-ass set pic from Avatar! One look at the photo above and you just know James Cameron’s latest is gonna be AWESOME! – (I know I shouldn’t let Aint It Cool News get to me – but C’mon!) (Plus, I love the fact that everybody reporting on the awesome new set [...]
Outlander = Really?
Oh, I know what you’re thinking. Where did all the ‘John Hurt as a King in 709 A.D. Norseland forced to fight in a war between a good alien and an evil alien that happened to have crash landed outside his village’ movies go? Well your worries are over friend. ‘Cause apparently Outlander is coming [...]
My Favorite Line in 'The Wrestler'
“I heard Bob’s doing really good with his used car lot out in Arizona.” If you see the film you’ll know what I mean. (P.S. Don’t see the film if you’re in the mood for something new, different, fresh – it’s the oldest Hollywood story in the book – shockingly so).
'The Visitor' Screening as Part of the 'Vote No to the Nashville English Only Referendum' Campaign
Professor Dr. Gareth Higgins has been trying to get me to see ‘The Visitor’ for ages, (it made his top-10 list this year). I was always planning to, but now I have a special incentive as it’s screening this Thursday at 6pm at Vanderbilt – Rand Hall, Room 220. It’s all part of ‘Nashville Says [...]
Movie Title Screens
If you haven’t been there before I recommend a visit to: Steven Hill’s Movie Title Screens Page It’s obsessive, exhaustive, continually growing and an all-around hoot. Submitted here for you approval in this post are some random pics from the site. Hmm. Looking at the images I’ve chosen I’m a little concerned for my state [...]
U.S. National Film Registry Adds 25 More Films to the List
Via Metafilter comes the news that 25 more films have been added to the U.S. National Film Registry, (here’s the takeaway from the press release: Under the terms of the National Film Preservation Act, each year the Librarian of Congress names 25 films to the National Film Registry that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant, [...]
Nixon Resigns – Or, Is this One Clip Better than Frost/Nixon?
Gareth and I will be reviewing Frost/Nixon on Part 47 of the Show. I won’t give away any spoilers re: our thoughts about the pic, (it’s directed by Ron Howard – so not a surprise to know that you’re gonna get middlebrow, well produced entertainment); but I will submit for your approval the astonishing clip [...]
Kubrick's Aryan Papers to be Explored in Jane and Louise Wilson Installation
Oh Kubrick. Why didn’t you make Aryan Papers? Was the production process so long, (including the time needed to find the project in the first place), that you were beaten to the punch by Schindler’s List, (shades of Napoleon / Waterloo)? Or was it something else? We never got a chance to see the film, [...]
Battle Damage…Urgh…Must Return to Bio-Flesh Regenerator
Not even going to go into what I was searching for when I came across this YouTube video. I must admit: I love the kid voice acting – this is exactly how I talked when playing…and still do… “Must post…something for The Film Talk…must post…errghhh.”
Scouting New York
Via Metafilter – Nice little blog out of NYC – photographic diary of a location scout: Scouting New York I’ve worked with a variety of scouts over the years and this guy obviously has a great eye. The photos on the site are wonderful – they illustrate the principle that to see the world properly [...]
The Very Best of the Season To You
Just a brief note to wish all TFT listeners the very best of the Season. The good Professor Doctor and I are appreciative of all of you who take the time to listen in to our musings and thoughts about cinema – thanks so much for sharing this journey with us. Gareth and I didn’t [...]
Perkins' 14 – First Feature Film Created Via The Web
Perkins’ 14 is being hyped as the first film ‘created via the web’ – meaning the creative aspects of the film were selected/voted on by the members of Massify. Now, I have to tell you – this sounds like a recipe for dire cinema. The problem with the corporate cinema culture today is that it [...]
This Prius Will Stop at Tucumcari
Being, of course, a huge ‘Sergio Leone – The Man with No Name trilogy’ fan, I had to stop at Tucumcari on my first drive from Nashville to New Mexico. Why you may ask? The clip above explains, sort of. Growing up me and my friends shared much hilarity over this scene. The dubbing contributes [...]
