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3/24/10
David Cross and Will Arnett together again...
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret is a new comedy written by David Cross and also starring Will Arnett and Spike Jonze. Its already premiered in the UK and now is coming to the States in the Fall thanks to an IFC rebranding campaign. The pilot is hilarious and I only hope this will somehow be available on the internets as I don't have cable.
3/20/10
the 6th dimension
yes! I just returned from a screening of the 80's camp musical The Forbidden Zone followed by Q&A with director Richard Elfman. The last time I saw the movie was many, many, many years ago on a friend's vhs tape and it was in black & white (as originally filmed) What a delight to find out tonite the film has been digitally colorized (Elfman's vision from the beginning, he wanted hand painted frames but it was too cost prohibitive) and it was on the big screen in vibrant color glory. Original, creative, surreal, musical mishmosh and a ton of fun The Forbidden Zone is a cult classic that combines animation, 1920's musical numbers, camp, yiddish jokes and is based on Elfman's stage show Mystical Knights of Oingo Boingo. He said he originally shot it in 16mm with a couple actors and "some crazies". Friends saw it and encouraged him to shot 20 more minutes to make a feature film out of it so he shot 20 more min in 35 mm with different actors and that turned out better than the original 16mm so he re-shot the original footage in 35mm basically making the film backwards. He was also friends with Hervé Villechaize who put his own money into the film and helped paint some of the sets. A bit of trivia, Hervé Villechaize and Susan Tyrrell, who is awesome as the evil queen, dated in real life and were split up at the time of the filming thereby creating "drama" on set. This film pre-dates Pee Wee's Playhouse and came out during the Reagan era, a solid contribution to cinema history. Also, for die-hard fans, there's a Forbidden Zone 2 in the works half of it being filmed in Ghana.
3/19/10
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2/14/10
The Devils
The Devils is a controversial and banned film made by Ken Russell in 1971. Based on the 1952 book The Devils of Loudun by Aldous Huxley, it portrays the rise and fall of respected priest Urbain Grandier in 17th Century France as he is demolished physically, politically, and in the eyes of the public by the hunchbacked, sexually repressed Sister Jeanne (Vanessa Redgrave). Featuring lesbian nun orgies, masturbation, torture, and enemas its still censored and I believe the uncut version is not available on the market. I recently missed a screening at IFC of this wildly interesting film and so am left with youtube clips. I'll be keeping an eye out for the next time its shown.
2/11/10
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