Movie City Indie Archive for May, 2011
John Lithgow’s Reading Of Newt Gingrich’s Purple Press Release
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJlL2vfXnJg&feature=player_embedded
“The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzales’ Video Medley”
What? Writes Scott Thill at WIRED: “The prodigal pianist has been weirding the pop game since the late 90s, from fronting the alt-rock band Son… to collaborating with Peaches, Jane Birkin and Feist. Now he’s spitting gonzo game as a Jewish emcee with mad brains and madder rhymes. Inspired by Ennio Morricone and Sergei [Prokofiev], The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzales’ swelling arrangements were produced by Beck’s brother Christophe Beck… composer for…”Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel” as well as… The Hangover and Percy Jackson & the Olympians.”
Speechless: “The Seduction Of Ingmar Bergman,” By Guy Maddin And Sparks
June 25. LA Film Fest. Ford Amphitheatre. Tickets.
1 Comment »Doing The Kaurismäki Shuffle At Cannes
Delightfully inconsequential.
Trier Understands Hitler?
The best angle on Lars’ latest proclamation, especially for Kirsten Dunst’s sustained, shocked reaction.
Five unobstructed excerpts from Melancholia:
Alexandre Desplat on scoring THE TREE OF LIFE (vid)
From a masterclass at the November 2009 Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Below, Desplat on “Crap And Exaltation” as the film composer’s life and “Light, Color and Vermeer.”
CANNES: Teasing Rasoulof’s GOOD-BYE
Below, three excerpts from imprisoned filmmaker Mohammed Rasoulof’s late addition to the Cannes line-up, a story of limits placed on its female protagonist. Writes Wesley Morris, “The movie’s stillness and quiet are close to funereal. Rasoulof limits himself to a handful of camera angles. Every closed door bring a thunderous rumble. And, in the most cruelly ironic of production choices, the terrace of his heroine’s home, overlooks an airport runway. It’s a stinging work of art and an allegory of a nightmare: Everyone’s in a prison.” [Via David Hudson.]
Karl Lagerfeld’s TALE OF A FAIRY (25’30”)
On “the ill-advised use of money” (not on acting coaches). With Anna Mouglalis, Amanda Harlech, Kristen McMenamy, Freja Beha, Bianca Balti, Baptiste Giabiconi, Brad Koening, Jake Davies, Mark Vanderloo, Oriol Elcacho, Sebastien Jondeau, Seth Kuhlmann.
A Workprint Of ELECTION’s Original Ending
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WqgLbFCmzo&feature=player_embedded
Claims the YouTube poster, “This scene is from the ‘working print’ of the film – it was found on an unlabeled VHS tape at a local flea market. It was NOT included on the DVD!” [Thanks, reader mlp.]