MCN Curated Headlines Archive for September, 2014
“What concerns me about this is companies marketing something expressly to allow people to hold themselves beyond the law. The notion that someone would market a closet that could never be opened—even if it involves a case involving a child kidnapper and a court order—to me does not make any sense.”
Apple Locks Out Government With iPhone 6; FBI Director Publicly Counterattacks
“In some 20 feature films, Cronenberg’s specialty as a director has been a meticulous probing of the juncture where the resemblance between illness and sexuality becomes a metaphor for our relationship to our technologies—including the arts.”
Jonathan Lethem On David Cronenberg’s New, First Novel
“I don’t know that I was offered it, but I did read it. I wouldn’t have done it even if they did offer it to me. It was ridiculous!”
John Carpenter Offers Epic Banter On His Career, Studio Dealings And The Term “Slasher” As Well As Top Gun
“Gone Girl is a gas, and I mean that in a truly fascinating ass-wind sense. Fincher delivers a blistering assessment of American upscale marriages and social values and self-f—itude like you’ve never quite seen. How do I get outta here? Look at how miserable we manage to make each other… togetherness! And the pigslop media brigade can eat both our a—s. I have about 15 minutes before heading over to the post-gala party at Tavern on the Green. Later.”
Jeff Wells Goes Team Gone Girl
“Financial terms were not disclosed.”
Disney-Marvel Settles With Jack Kirby’s Family
The Digital Life!
Meltdown Rife With Bizarre Threats Gets Curmudgeonly Book Blogger Ed Champion Booted Off Twitter (with a bonus, most splendid comment thread)
“There is a moment in the movie where a secondary character arrives and the screening room splits right down the middle.”
David Fincher On His Dastardly Date Night With Gone Girl
“Surely Mr. Pynchon, 77, would be tempted by such an inside joke? Told that other sources had confirmed a cameo, Mr. Anderson stared intently into his salad and poked around with his fork, either looking for an answer among the summer beets, fighting back a grin or both.”
Paul Thomas Anderson Talks Inherent Vice and Teases Tom Pynchon Cameo