Movie City Indie Archive for December, 2012
Tarantino Talks DJANGO Influence; Terry Gilliam’s Advice; 3 Most Influential Films (9’42” total)
Three excerpts from SiriusXM’s “Town Hall,” moderated by Scott Foundas.
Scott Foundas: “Talk about your Django vis-à-vis that [other] Django.”
Quentin Tarantino: “In the case of Django, this movie became such a sensation; it took spaghetti westerns to a different place—a much more violent place, a much rougher, more brutal and even more surreal type of West. And just as an example of how violent the movie was at the time, it was banned in England up until the ‘90s. You could not show Django in England up until the ‘90s. In fact, one of the only ways to ever see Django in England is in the movie The Harder They Come. Jimmy Cliff goes to a theater and watches Django and you see him in the theater watching Django and you see the villain Django on the screen, and they play a whole mirror aspect of Jimmy Cliff as Django… he’s the outlaw on the run. Andthat was the only time you could ever see Django on the screens of England—[in] the little clip of it that was in The Harder They Come. [The character] Django was so popular that about 40 films exist that are basically non-related, rip-off sequels to [the original] Django. And rarely do they actually try to make it the same character. Only a couple of them have ever tried to do that. It’s just a character name Django. Sometimes the movies don’t even have a character named Django in it. They just put ‘Django’ in the title because they… [thought] that’s what spaghetti western people would want to see. Not to mention any time… [a] …Franco Nero movie—who was the star of [director Sergio Corbucci’s] Django—in particular played in Germany, it was always called ‘Django’ something. Didn’t matter what it was. If he’s doing a modern day cop film in the ‘70s, it was Django the Cop. If he’s doing a movie where he plays a shark hunter [it would be called] Django and the Shark… Django in Vietnam. There were all these complete rip-offs, unrelated sequels to Django and I am proud to say, that my film, Django Unchained, can join the long line of unrelated Django rip-offs.”
Richard Branson’s Drug Dereg Doc, BREAKING THE TABOO (58’09”), narrated by Morgan Freeman
PTA On The Hope For Film Stock
American Cinematographer, November 2012.
2012 FYC Screenplay Season Continues With LOOPER
“Our screenplay is now available as a free download. This is not a “shooting script” conformed to the final picture, it’s actually the final draft of the script we went into production with, and differs from the final film in many respects, which are hopefully more interesting than annoying. A brief introduction is attached to the script. Enjoy, share and disperse freely. Just don’t make any money off of it without letting us know (mostly because we’d be fascinated to know how you managed to make any money off it.)” Plus: A Looper commentary track for in-theater use, which differs from the upcoming DVD release.
“Back To The Drawing Board: Digital Cinema And Film History”: Good Dr. Bordwell’s TIFF12 Keynote (1’05″10′)
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Dave Brubeck “Take Five,” Live, 1966 (5’22”)
2012 FYC Screenplay Season Continues With TWC: MASTER, SILVER LININGS, QUARTET; plus FRANKENWEENIE and
PDF download links: The Master. Silver Linings Playbook. Quartet. (Production notes.) Plus: John August offers up the production draft of Frankenweenie. And: Via Script, Ava DuVernay’s Middle Of Nowhere.
Earlier: Amour. Celeste & Jesse Forever. Rust & Bone. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. Arbitrage. Lincoln. Smashed. Universal and Focus Features. And: Several from 2011 are still online.
2012 FYC Screenplay Season Continues With SPC, Lionsgate, LINCOLN
PDF download links: Amour. Celeste & Jesse Forever. Rust & Bone. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. Arbitrage. Lincoln. Smashed.
Earlier: Universal and Focus Features. And: 19 from 2011.