Excerpt from an interview with writer-director Rob Zombie.
The look of Halloween II is very different from the first one.
Well I was kinda disappointed with the look of the first one, I didn’t like it, I thought it looked too clean and it really bothered me. I like when movies look kinda dirty. I actually spent a lot of time in post trying to make it look dirtier. So this film I went back and shot it on 16mm instead of 35mm because I wanted it to look really grainy and gritty, and more real, so that when something was dirty it felt dirty. I got a different DP who works differently, we lit things with really low light, and would light the set 360 and I would shoot any direction I wanted and almost never ever moved a light, so if someone walked into the shadows, well there in the shadows, not like when everybody seems to be fully lit no matter what, and at night we would hardly light anything.
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
The look of Halloween II
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Joe Dante: "I think that 3-D has a big future"
Joe Dante, director of Gremlins, The Howling, and Small Soldiers (among others)
"I think that 3-D has a big future, if the exhibitors don’t botch it up. When [James Cameron’s] AVATAR comes out, I think people will say that it looks great. But I believe that 3-D has a bigger future than that. I don’t think it should be relegated to exploitation films or science-fiction. I think that you can do interesting things with 3-D in a dramatic situation. If you look at Hitchcock’s DIAL M FOR MURDER, the drama is incredibly enhanced by the fact that it was filmed in 3-D. And the spatial relationships between the characters, adds so much to it. Sooner or later, some Ang Lee-type guy is going to make a regular movie in 3-D: one that’s not a gimmick picture or a rollercoaster ride. And the 3-D will be a part of how he’ll tell the story. And it’s going to be good.”
From an interview about his new 3-D film, 'The Hole.'
Check also A Career-Spanning Conversation with Joe Dante
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Bryan Singer returning to X-Men?
You may have read that Bryan Singer mentioned this possibility in a recent interview.Here's what i wrote on the subject (in my review of Wolverine):
"What i would want to see is X-Men 4, a true sequel to X3.The reception to The Last Stand was lukewarm and many think that the series reached its peak with X2, and so it's argued that there is no reason for another sequel and if there was possibility for such a movie, new contracts with the actors and actresses would be needed, which means new negotiations and maybe higher cost.However, i would like to see, after some spin-offs, a true X-Men sequel, ideally with most of the cast and Bryan Singer returning.I think that there many good stories that deserve to be told.I know that it's probably not going to happen, though you can never be certain for anything."
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
U.S Box Office October 9-11, 2009
| # | Title | Oct 9 - 11 | % Chg. | Theaters | Weeks | AVG | Cumulative | ||
| 1 | Couples Retreat | $ 34,286,740 | 3,000 | 1 | $ 11,429 | $ 34,286,740 | |||
| 2 | Zombieland | 14,802,431 | -40.2 | 3,038 | 2 | 4,872 | 47,603,512 | ||
| 3 | Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs | 11,527,480 | -27.1 | 2,992 | 4 | 3,853 | 95,778,436 | ||
| 4 | Paranormal Activity | 7,900,695 | 1384.4 | 160 | 3 | 49,379 | 9,113,936 | ||
| 5 | Toy Story & Toy Story 2 (3D) | 7,766,643 | -37.8 | 1,752 | 2 | 4,433 | 22,768,991 | ||
| 6 | Surrogates | 4,268,314 | -41.1 | 2,992 | 3 | 1,427 | 32,725,781 | ||
| 7 | The Invention of Lying | 3,339,263 | -52.5 | 1,743 | 2 | 1,916 | 12,295,868 | ||
| 8 | Whip It | 2,827,512 | -39.2 | 1,738 | 2 | 1,627 | 8,793,570 | ||
| 9 | Capitalism: A Love Story | 2,630,292 | -40.9 | 995 | 3 | 2,644 | 9,025,483 | ||
| 10 | Fame | 2,543,067 | -45.0 | 3,110 | 3 | 818 | 20,028,806 |
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Monday, October 12, 2009
Michael Jackson-Bad: The Music Videos
"Bad" (Full Version)
Written and composed by Michael Jackson Produced by Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones
"This kid who went to school upstate [New York], in the country, whatever, who is from the ghetto and he tried to make something of his life and he would leave all his friends behind and when he came back, on spring break or whatever, thanks giving break, his friends became so envious, jealous of him they killed him. But in the film [Bad's music video] I don't die of course. So it was a true story that was...we had taken from Time or Newsweek magazine, and he's a black kid like me and...it's a sad story." -Michael Jackson (Ebony, Jet Magazines Interview 1988)
Part 1
Part 2
"The Way You Make Me Feel" (Full Version)
Written and composed by Michael Jackson Produced by Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones
"Man In The Mirror"
Written and composed by Siedah Garrett & Glen Ballard Produced by Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones
"Dirty Diana"
Written and composed by Michael Jackson Produced by Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones
"'Dirty Diana' is trying to be this year's 'Beat It'--a hard-rock song about a tenacious groupie that's sent into orbit by a Steve Stevens guitar solo" Richard Cromelin-L.A Times ("Bad" Review 31/8/1987)
"Another Part of Me"
Written and composed by Michael Jackson Produced by Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones
"Smooth Criminal"
Written and composed by Michael Jackson Produced by Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones
"Leave Me Alone"
Written and composed by Michael Jackson Produced by Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones
"Liberian Girl"
Written and composed by Michael Jackson Produced by Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones
"Speed Demon"
Written and composed by Michael Jackson Produced by Michael Jackson, and Quincy Jones
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
Music in Film: Tyler Bates-Halloween Theme 2009 (H2: Halloween 2 Soundtrack)
Original theme composed by John Carpenter
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Tv Schedule: October 12-18, 2009
Monday October 12
How I Met Your Mother SE05E05 "The Sexless Innkeeper"
The Big Bang Theory S03E05 "The Pirate Solution"
Gossip Girl S03E05 "Rufus Getting Married"
House M.D S06E04 "Instant Karma"
Tuesday October 13
Melrose Place S01E06 "Shoreline"
Sons of Anarchy S02E06 "Falx Cerebri"
Wednesday October 14
Nip/Tuck S06E01 (Season Premiere) "Don Hoberman"
Thursday October 15
FlashForward S01E04 "Black Swan"
The Vampire Diaries S01E06 "Lost Girls"
Supernatural S05E06 "I Believe the Children Are Our Future"
Fringe S02E05 "Dream Logic"
30 Rock S04E01 (Season Premiere) "Season 4"
Friday October 16
Smallville S09E04 "Echo"
Stargate Universe S01E04 "Darkness"
Sunday October 18
Dexter S04E04 "Dex Takes a Holiday"
Californication S0304 "Zoso"
Bored To Death S01E05 "The Case of the Lonely White Dove"
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
U.S Box Office October 2-4, 2009
| # | Title | Oct 2 - 4 | % Chg. | Theaters | Weeks | AVG | Cumulative | ||
| 1 | Zombieland | $ 24,733,155 | 3,036 | 1 | $ 8,147 | $ 24,733,155 | |||
| 2 | Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs | 15,809,039 | -36.9 | 2,977 | 3 | 5,310 | 81,501,320 | ||
| 3 | Toy Story & Toy Story 2 (3D) | 12,491,789 | 1,745 | 1 | 7,159 | 12,491,789 | |||
| 4 | Surrogates | 7,241,054 | -51.4 | 2,951 | 2 | 2,454 | 26,284,134 | ||
| 5 | The Invention of Lying | 7,027,472 | 1,707 | 1 | 4,117 | 7,027,472 | |||
| 6 | Whip It | 4,650,812 | 1,721 | 1 | 2,702 | 4,650,812 | |||
| 7 | Fame | 4,626,952 | -53.8 | 3,133 | 2 | 1,477 | 16,507,188 | ||
| 8 | Capitalism: A Love Story | 4,447,378 | 962 | 2 | 4,623 | 4,849,067 | |||
| 9 | The Informant! | 3,689,235 | -44.3 | 2,425 | 3 | 1,521 | 26,469,331 | ||
| 10 | Love Happens | 2,749,025 | -36.2 | 1,922 | 3 | 1,430 | 18,882,080 |
Source: Box Office Guru Read more!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Michael Jackson-Thriller: The Music Videos
"At some point,'Thriller' stopped selling like a leisure item-like a magazine, a toy, tickets to a hit movie-and started selling like a household staple." -J.Randy Taraborelli (Michael Jackson biographer)
Billie Jean
(Written, arranged and composed by Michael Jackson, Produced by Quincy Jones)
"A lean, insistent funk number whose message couldn't be more blunt: 'She says I am the one/But the kid is not my son.A sad, almost mournful song, but a thumping resolve underlies his [Jackson's] feelings" Christopher Connelly-Rolling Stone
Beat It
"Jackson's voice soars all over the melody, Eddie Van Halen checks in with a blistering guitar solo, you could build a convention center on the backbeat" Christopher Connelly-Rolling Stone
Thriller
"Well, it was a delicate thing to work on because I remember my original approach was, 'How do you make zombies and monsters dance without it being comical?' So I said, 'We have to do just the right kind of movement so it doesn't become something that you laugh at.' But it just has to take it to another level. So I got in a room with [choreographer] Michael Peters, and he and I together kind of imagined how these zombies move by making faces in the mirror. I used to come to rehearsal sometimes with monster makeup on, and I loved doing that. So he and I collaborated and we both choreographed the piece and I thought it should start like that kind of thing and go into this jazzy kind of step, you know. Kind of gruesome things like that, not too much ballet or whatever" -Michael Jackson talking about the music video
Billie Jean-Motown 25
"It was a moment that crossed over in a way that no live musical performance ever had. There was a messianic quality to it" Steve Daly-Entertainment Weekly
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Friday, October 2, 2009
An hour with Battlestar Galactica's Ronald D. Moore
Ronald D.Moore's Creative Keynote at the 2009 New York Television Festival last weekend
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