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The Movies That Changed My Life: ‘Tales From The Loop’ Filmmaker Mark Romanek

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 01 May 2020 20:13:14 +0000

In some ways, we’ve only gotten a small taste of what filmmaker Mark Romanek is capable of. In nearly 20 years, thanks to the fickle nature of the film industry, projects that have fallen apart and an unwillingness on his part to compromise the work, Romanek has only made two feature films, the psychological thriller, “One Hour Photo” (2002), the first film to cast the beloved comedian Robin Williams as a sociopath, and the melancholy sci-fi romance “Never Let Me Go,” from writer Alex Garland.

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The Essentials: The Films Of Hal Ashby

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 06 May 2011 10:55:09 +0000

The Films Of Hal Ashby: A Retrospective

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Belated: Hal Ashby’s ‘ Classic ’70s Film, ‘The Landlord’ Finally Arrives On DVD

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:45:00 +0000

“You know what NAACP means, don’t you?”

Damn, this is why the Playlist is in desperate need of a DVD column — consider this an open call for those that are interested — somehow Hal Ashby’s excellent and underseen 1970 debut film, “The Landlord” was finally issued on DVD and no one told us about it (and we honestly don’t remember the usual suspects Jeff Wells or David Kehr writing about it, though yes, we may have missed it).

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Gus Van Sant’s ‘Restless’ Becomes Untitled, Dennis Hopper’s Son & Sissy Spacek’s Daughter Join Cast

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:20:00 +0000

Alright, Gus Van Sant’s “Restless” has now become an untitled project. We’ll see how long that lasts. Remember when Noah Baumbach’s “Greenberg” became untitled and now all of a sudden Focus Films is calling it by its original title?

Don’t count it out yet. Meanwhile, the adolescent teen drama/ love story — which as we noted might be a strange, but good project for Van Sant as it’s also a bit of a dark comedy and features a weird ghost — that stars Mia Wasikowska, has finalized it’s casting which is good, because it starts filming today.

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Martin Starr Says Platontic Love Story With Charlene Yi Might Have Familiar ‘Harold & Maude’ Vibe

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:31:00 +0000

Remember Martin Starr’s recent “announcement” (random talk in an interview) that he was writing a script with Charlyne Yi based on uncomfortable party experiences in L.A.?

In an interview with this guy, Starr says the film will have a familiar Hal Ashby vibe.

“We still haven’t worked out a lot of the details, but it’s basically a story about platonic love, the friendship between a young man and an old, decrepit woman…It definitely has a familiar [Harold and Maude-Like] tone to it, and well, oddly enough, it’s set in the ‘70s.

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Kanye West Goes Hip-Hop For Muppets

Rodrigo Perez — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:52:00 +0000

Kanye West has teamed with Comedy Central for a project that is unfortunatley called, “hip-hop meets the Muppets.” A half-hour pilot has been shot for the project, tentatively titled “Alligator Boots.” God, day by day, West grows more StuffThatWhitePeopleLike. Soon he’s just going to dress like Carlton and look like Michael Jackson. [THR]

“Harold & Maude” and “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” are part of “Fight Club” and “Choke” (and many others) author Chuck Palahniuk’s 5 favorite movies.

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