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2 Films I Want To See

brian — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:33:18 +0000

These will give some insight into the types of movies I like.

Once [Site1 Site2] [Trailer] – I love Glen Hansard’s music, and watching the clip gave me extreme homesickness for Dublin. Better move on before I start to blubber.
2 Days in Paris [Site] [Clip] – Before Sunset / Before Sunrise meets Woody Allen type scenario. The NYT review says that Julie Delpy and Adam Goldberg don’t even seem to be acting. and judging by the clips, there does seem to be something special going on there.

Much Ado About Nothing

brian — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:32:39 +0000

I have to admit I am a fan of Kevin Smith’s movies. They are not the type of movies that everyone would ‘get’, an aquired taste for sure. But Chasing Amy is one of my favourite love stories ever, Mall Rats summed up a sub-culture pretty well, and Jersey Girl was a decent story told and performed well despite the bad box office mainly due to the media backlash against it’s main stars.

But I have to admit I’m not too excited about Clerks II, mainly because I didn’t enjoy the first one so much. And it seems like the film is gaining momentum more for what is happening off screen then on. First, writer Nikki Finke takes issue with the offer your name in the credits to MySpace users in exchange for links, and Kevin replies [more follow-up here and here]. Then Kevin writes about the walkout of film critic Joel Siegel from a screening of Clerks II. Now maybe I am naive and this is part of some marketing ploy, but it seems a bit nasty to me.
Come on Kevin,Â you didn’t need to go there. Just let your movies stand up for themselves and do the talking.

Darkly Intriguing

brian — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 12:33:29 +0000

I’ve never read any of Philip K. Dick’s books, nor for that matter found any of the film adaptations of his work particularly good, with the exception of Spielberg’s ‘Minority Report‘.

However, I’m excited about the upcoming ‘A Scanner Darkly‘. There is a fine cast including Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder and Woody Harrelson. And at the helm is Richard Linklater, who always does interesting work. He is using the same real life animation effects used in his previous ‘Waking Life‘. More about the process of ‘interpolated rotoscoping’ here.