MCN Curated Headlines Archive for August, 2016
“I don’t like show business, I realized. I like show, but I don’t like the business.”
Sean Fennessey On Gene Wilder’s Choice To Walk Away From Acting 25 Years Ago
“I’ve been offered some pretty big movies, superheroes movies and other stuff of that ilk. Those aren’t the movies that I go see. I go with my taste above thinking of my career and what would be a smart movie for me to make. I had built up a lot of goodwill at Warner Bros; we made four movies in five years that all made a good amount of money for them which is what they worry about.”
Todd Phillips On War Dogs And What’s On His Mind
“Don’t try to make it funny, try to make it real.”
The NYT On Gene Wilder
“You’re looking at the end of result of faking falls.”
90-Year-Old Jerry Lewis Gets Glum With USA TODAY
“Gawker was stupid, loud, bullying and ill-informed, and most days it was the only honest thing you could read,” Writes Alex Balk
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
Turkey Bans All Foreign Plays From State Theaters While Compelling Lists Of “Dissidents” To Vanquish
“Mekas came to the U. S. from Lithuania in 1949 with everything he owned in his arms: three bags of books and one set of clothes. What he’s done since is a rags-to-riches story of a very different kind. Rather than enrich himself, he’s made the lives of so many others richer.”
WGA President Howard Rodman Tub-Thumps For Honorary Oscar For 93-Year-Filmmaker-Life Force Jonas Mekas
“Horror movies always seem to find an audience. They are extraordinarily cost-efficient. You don’t need a ton of money to make one. All you have to have is a darkened room and some people chasing other people and you’ve got a horror movie.”
Don’t Breathe Gets The Traditional Condescension-To-Horror Analysis
“Bekmambetov shows us a more contemplative, sensitive side here, allowing for moments of quiet reflection or, more often, raging emotion.”
An Unexpected Sentence From Vanity Fair’s Richard Lawson
“Put it this way, when you’re 19, a threesome is normal. It’s fun. When you’re 19, getting a girl to say yes, or being a dog, or being a player, cheating. Consent is all about–for me, back then–if you can get a girl to say yes, you win.”
Ebony Magazine Has An Audience With Nate Parker
“I just don’t have a lot of interest in watching them if they’re done. I enjoy the build, and if I’m honest about it, I just don’t care to review it. It feels like a love affair gone past. I don’t feel like re-reading the Valentines. Maybe when I’m an older man, I’ll have something to look forward to, but right now I just like making things.”
Ben Foster Reflects On Hell Or High Water And Acting Today