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Post by Neverending on Aug 12, 2022 18:33:22 GMT -5
BHC4 is heading to Netflix baby, they’ll release a 2 hour video of a dog taking a shit on a dead body. Yup it's with Netflix now. I started on pre-production for it yesterday actually. Formerly to be directed by the dudes that did Batgirl. |
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Jan 7, 2023 16:15:42 GMT -5
If I ever encountered anyone trying to talk about the Todd-AO process I would probably lose my shit. Or maybe that's just a casual conversation in Silver Lake. Or maybe I'd counter with "YEAH WELL THAT GUY WAS MARRIED TO LIZ TAYLOR AND DIED IN A PLANE CRASH, DID YOU KNOW THAT!? DID YOU!?" |
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Post by Doomsday on Jan 7, 2023 17:15:11 GMT -5
I found a hardcover on ebay for $20, it's $40 other places I look. Grabbing that puppy now. |
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Jan 7, 2023 18:37:15 GMT -5
I got Tarantino's "Cinema Speculation" book for Christmas. Haven't read it yet but just thumbing through it I can tell it's going to be a lot of fun.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Jan 30, 2023 1:38:24 GMT -5
I'm currently reading this, which I got as a Christmas present:
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Post by Doomsday on Mar 18, 2023 20:50:18 GMT -5
Brian Cox has had some choice words about method acting of late.
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Post by Neverending on Mar 19, 2023 0:33:09 GMT -5
Brian Cox has had some choice words about method acting of late. Indeed he did. Someone should get him a copy. |
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Post by Neverending on Aug 14, 2023 16:34:57 GMT -5
Phil Tippett's book is massively discounted on Amazon. Poor Phil Tippett. Jurassic Park killed his career and he never recovered. SnoBorderZero doing the lord’s work at those picket lines. Protect us from A.I., sir. |
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Post by Neverending on Oct 19, 2023 16:12:49 GMT -5
Doomsday PG CooperMight dive into this bad boy.  By meticulously compiling the details of how movies have been made and financed since the medium′s inception, chronicling their performances at the box office, and offering expert commentary about the most important trends of the last one hundred years, the authors of this book have given readers a singularly unique perspective on the film-making industry and a superlative blueprint for future successful filmmaking ventures. Taking us decade by decade, this book focuses on the revenues, costs, production and distribution of 300 of the most critically and financially successful movies of all time from the business′s origins through 2005. Its numerous essays examine trends in war, noir, bio-drama, biblical, epic, musical, western, disaster, crime, and action adventure films, as well as the advent the summer movie, auteur filmmaking, and the revolutionary advances that have been made in film technology over time. Furthermore, its full complement of charts, graphs and diagrams presenting such things as salary histories, awards and honors, the number of principal photography days required, advertising expenditures, domestic versus overseas profits and more, also include conversions of past movie-making dollars into current dollar values for easy and relevant comparisons. The ideal resource for filmmakers of every kind, this book evidences that blockbusters have not only been made on relatively low budgets before, but that they have been made time and time again through varying economic climates. George Lucas′s Blockbusting is indispensible reading for all who love and contribute to the film business.
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Post by Doomsday on Oct 19, 2023 16:53:22 GMT -5
That's awesome, I'll see if the library's got it. I've been reading this again to prep for Killers of the Flower Moon. A great read for anyone who's a fan of Scorsese and Ebert's banter.  |
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Post by Neverending on Oct 19, 2023 17:06:59 GMT -5
I've been reading this again to prep for Killers of the Flower Moon. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Oct 19, 2023 17:52:24 GMT -5
That's awesome, I'll see if the library's got it. I've been reading this again to prep for Killers of the Flower Moon. A great read for anyone who's a fan of Scorsese and Ebert's banter. I've been reading this again to prep for Killers of the Flower Moon. |
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Post by frankyt on Oct 23, 2023 15:23:03 GMT -5
Gave this one a spin today since it's only 4 hours, I think Patton is a much better writer than he is a comedian. He reminds me of kind of a David sedaris in that way - kinda bristly and unfriendly in person but a good speaker and funny in an every day kinda sense. This was interesting as he explains how addicted he was to this and how it manifested in himself and I couldn't help comparing this to his first wife who tragically passed away by her own multi faceted addiction (clearly the drugs killed her, but the obsession with the killer certainly didn't help) but I found the book to be interesting without those morbid comparisons. His conclusions about obsessive fandom and incessant criticism of all things film from the cheap seats struck a chord for myself and his conclusion on how powerful a driving force star wars was - even when admitting phantom menace was one finally brought him out of the film obsession - rung pretty true for me. And I needed some short books to catch up on my Goodreads reading goal for the year so 4 hours was perfect. |
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Post by Wyldstaar on Oct 23, 2023 20:54:37 GMT -5
Glad you enjoyed it.
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Post by frankyt on Jan 30, 2024 8:52:47 GMT -5
Got that Oscar wars on my queue this week, prob not a whole lot that you guys didn't know but I'm an old Hollywood neophyte so all these old stories and the growth of the industry is all pretty new to me.
Enjoyable read - give it a spin if you're interested.
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Post by Neverending on Mar 20, 2024 2:02:49 GMT -5
Something to do with Death is a fantastic book as well. |
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Post by Doomsday on Aug 2, 2024 12:26:40 GMT -5
Adding this to the list of things to do.  The Future Was Now
In the summer of 1982, eight science fiction films were released within six weeks of one another. E.T., Tron, Star Trek: Wrath of Khan, Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, The Thing, and Mad Max: The Road Warrior changed the careers of some of Hollywood's now biggest names―altering the art of movie-making to this day.
In The Future Was Now, Chris Nashawaty recounts the riotous genesis of these films, featuring an all-star cast of Hollywood luminaries and gadflies alike: Steven Spielberg, at the height of his powers, conceives E.T. as an unlikely family tale, and quietly takes over the troubled production of Poltergeist, a horror film he had been nurturing for years. Ridley Scott, fresh off the success of Alien, tries his hand at an odd Philip K. Dick story that becomes Blade Runner―a box office failure turned cult classic. Similar stories arise for films like Tron, Conan the Barbarian, and The Thing. Taken as a whole, these films show a precarious turning-point in Hollywood history, when baffled film executives finally began to understand the potential of high-concept films with a rabid fanbase, merchandising potential, and endless possible sequels.
Expertly researched, energetically told, and written with an unabashed love for the cinema, The Future Was Now is a chronicle of how the revolution sparked in a galaxy far, far away finally took root and changed Hollywood forever. |
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Post by Neverending on Aug 2, 2024 23:26:30 GMT -5
Adding this to the list of things to do. The Future Was Now
In the summer of 1982, eight science fiction films were released within six weeks of one another. E.T., Tron, Star Trek: Wrath of Khan, Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, The Thing, and Mad Max: The Road Warrior changed the careers of some of Hollywood's now biggest names―altering the art of movie-making to this day.
In The Future Was Now, Chris Nashawaty recounts the riotous genesis of these films, featuring an all-star cast of Hollywood luminaries and gadflies alike: Steven Spielberg, at the height of his powers, conceives E.T. as an unlikely family tale, and quietly takes over the troubled production of Poltergeist, a horror film he had been nurturing for years. Ridley Scott, fresh off the success of Alien, tries his hand at an odd Philip K. Dick story that becomes Blade Runner―a box office failure turned cult classic. Similar stories arise for films like Tron, Conan the Barbarian, and The Thing. Taken as a whole, these films show a precarious turning-point in Hollywood history, when baffled film executives finally began to understand the potential of high-concept films with a rabid fanbase, merchandising potential, and endless possible sequels.
Expertly researched, energetically told, and written with an unabashed love for the cinema, The Future Was Now is a chronicle of how the revolution sparked in a galaxy far, far away finally took root and changed Hollywood forever.Fuck yeah! |
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