MCN Curated Headlines Archive for April, 2017
“When they were both in Los Angeles for the Emmys, Moss found a note scribbled on a napkin and slipped under her hotel door: “I have it saved. It says, ‘Room No. 1209. TOTL 2? Love, Jane.’”
Jada Yuan Visits With Elisabeth Moss
“They are low-key, organic, humble, small, not flashy, honest, and earnest. They are nice people who really love films. They don’t have the arrogance.”
Anne Thompson Sees A24 Chasing The Oldies
“Imagine being able to say, “Al and Bob” for the rest of your life. Not many people can do that. I have seen Bob, giggling like a school girl in a van in the middle of the night, because we have to be quiet cause they are filming outside… I have been hugged by Al Pacino in the middle of downtown LA like he was my older brother. I have shot live rounds from high powered assault weapons over Bob’s head while rehearsing lines from our film. I got to kiss Ashley Judd. I sometimes lived at Michael Mann’s house. I am in one of the greatest cops and robbers films in film history, has to be in the top 20. I am on the poster for goodness sake.”
Val Kilmer Does An AMA
“Every imaginary future ever written is about the time it was written in. People talk about science fiction’s predictive possibilities, but that’s a byproduct. It’s all really about now.”
William Gibson Reimagines The World After The 2016 Election
“You can have a deep affection for your characters, you can feel that they have a future. Tomorrow has the possibility of being as good or even better than today. In their lives there is always the possibility as well as the reality of things getting better. There are, however, many other options for what might happen and how it might be perceived. This, then, is not ‘optimistic,’ which has to do with naively underestimating the terrible situations and dire circumstances that people confront every day. You can believe and hope without exactly being optimistic.”
Louis Black On His Friend Jonathan Demme
I was friends with Jonathan Demme for over 40 years. His greatness as a filmmaker is only exceeded by his greatness as a human being.
— Roger Corman (@RogerCorman) April 26, 2017
“A personable man with the curiosity gene and the what-comes-next instinct of someone who likes to both hear and tell stories, Mr. Demme had a good one of his own, a Mr. Deeds kind of tale in which he wandered into good fortune and took advantage of it.”
Bruce Weber’s Lilting Obit For Jonathan Demme
“We are exploring theatrical distribution of these two films in France, for a limited theatrical run, day-and-date with the films’ release on Netflix.”
Netflix May Do Truncated Theatrical Releases Of Cannes Competition Titles
“None of that changes the fact that I am scared shitless. I am not a 24-year-old kid coming out of film school and sharing an apartment with a gaggle of friends. I have a family that needs health insurance and a mortgage that needs to be paid. I am a grown-ass man who lives in the real world.”
Marc Bernardin On Voting WGA Strike Authorization
“Jonathan’s skill was to see the show almost as a theatrical ensemble piece, in which the characters and their quirks would be introduced to the audience, and you’d get to know the band as people, each with their distinct personalities. They became your friends, in a sense.”
David Byrne On His Friend Jonathan Demme
Mark: I just wish you’d stop sniping.
Joanna: I haven’t said a word.
Mark: Just because you use a silencer doesn’t mean you’re not a sniper.
Mark Harris Looks Back To Two For The Road For “Cinema ’67 Revisited”
“Every night we were shooting, I’d study the scene for tomorrow, and I’d also go back to the book and read what Harris had written, all the levels that were going on there. I’d arrive on the set just tremendously fortified, from the Harris point of view and the terrific Ted Tally script.”
From Its 25th Anniversary, An Oral History Of How Silence Of The Lambs Made It To The Screen
“For a love story, it mirrors what often happens when people do fall for another – it’s destabilizing and terrifying.”
Kim Morgan On Jonathan Demme’s Something Wild
“I didn’t even know that I was in the documentary until a ‘fan’ messaged me telling me they knew my real name and personal information. Do you understand how scary that is? Nobody called me to warn me.”
Allegations Of Exploitation By Netflix’s “Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On”
“What struck me instead was the haunting notion that we’ve reached a point in history where an explicitly political, feminist work of art must be depoliticized and downplayed for fear of alienating the men who might feel excluded by it.”
On “The Handmaid’s Tale” And That “F” Word
“Miramax is a storied brand that is poised for growth across all of its divisions. It is an honor to helm this legacy and expand it qualitatively across all platforms including the immense growth potential across digital and in new media.”
Expansion-Minded Miramax Names Bill Block CEO
“Leni Riefenstahl’s playbook was key for him. I think he used her technique of fear, which you can see in that movie.”
“The barriers in Hollywood are simple. First, you have to have talent. And, second, you have to know how to get along with people. It’s a small club.”
Connie Bruck On How H’wd Remembers Steve Bannon
