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Does anyone know how Werner Herzog ended up being in Jack Reacher of all things. I still don't get it at all. I mean honestly that's he has not had very many film roles like almost always very small parts or voice over. So does anyone know the back story to that cause I haven't found a suitable answer.
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penismightier posted:That is gossip. Well, shoot.
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May 19, 2013 21:50
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Hollis posted:Does anyone know how Werner Herzog ended up being in Jack Reacher of all things. I still don't get it at all. I mean honestly that's he has not had very many film roles like almost always very small parts or voice over. And as for casting Werner Herzog as the villain? It's a genius move that endeared the films to cinephiles the world over, and McQuarrie gives all the credit to his casting director, Mindy Marin. "I gave her my list of criteria. The main ones being that I wanted somebody European and unknown to a wider audience," he explained. "I thought the villian would be a lot more intimidating if he was somebody unfamiliar. And the first name out of her mouth was Werner Herzog which I thought was an inspired idea but we would obviously never get him." A week later McQuarrie was on the phone with an excited Herzog, who was very keen to take on the role, but of course, this triggered second-guessing doubts. "I was suddenly worried that he was too unfamiliar and that he was gonna feel like a documentary character in a Tom Cruise movie," McQuarrie said. The director vacillated back and forth, but it was Tom Cruise who gave him the best advice possible. "It's Werner Herzog, man. I don't understand. Like just hire the guy." Herzog became a favorite on the set of the actors and the crew. "We had about 90 minutes put aside for us to rehearse some of the scenes towards the end of the movie and the trailer and the first three hours of that 90 minute meeting were Werner Herzog telling stories about his experience in an African prison," McQuarrie laughed. "That was kinda what the relationship was. He would never leave the set. He would just hang out with the crew, he would hang out with the other actors and he's still very much a student of film. And was also there constantly observing and constantly learning. And it was just a great." http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayl...herzog-20121219
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May 19, 2013 21:56
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DNS posted:Herzog became a favorite on the set of the actors and the crew. "We had about 90 minutes put aside for us to rehearse some of the scenes towards the end of the movie and the trailer and the first three hours of that 90 minute meeting were Werner Herzog telling stories about his experience in an African prison," McQuarrie laughed. "That was kinda what the relationship was. He would never leave the set. He would just hang out with the crew, he would hang out with the other actors and he's still very much a student of film. And was also there constantly observing and constantly learning. And it was just a great." You just know Herzog was massively interested to see how a Tom Cruise movie functions behind the scenes.
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May 20, 2013 10:29
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scary ghost dog posted:You just know Herzog was massively interested to see how a Tom Cruise movie functions behind the scenes. "I just deed not understand. I say to my new friend Thomas Cruise, 'Why are you always running? What is weeth all the running? Who are you running from... is it your mother?' He deed not have any answers for me, but perhaps no one can understand what makes a man run."
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May 20, 2013 12:23
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:"I just deed not understand. I say to my new friend Thomas Cruise, 'Why are you always running? What is weeth all the running? Who are you running from... is it your mother?' He deed not have any answers for me, but perhaps no one can understand what makes a man run."  Was that movie any good, btw?
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May 20, 2013 17:04
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:"I just deed not understand. I say to my new friend Thomas Cruise, 'Why are you always running? What is weeth all the running? Who are you running from... is it your mother?' He deed not have any answers for me, but perhaps no one can understand what makes a man run."
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May 20, 2013 18:22
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Eight Is Legend posted:
Its an extremely goofy movie. Jack Reacher is a trickster god who flits into existence when someone writes his name on a piece of paper and then beats people up and steals cars for the whole movie. Herzog is in it for about 10 minutes. I don't really think its worth seeing.
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May 20, 2013 19:00
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Jack Reacher's awesome.
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May 20, 2013 23:23
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For behind-the-scenes semi-gossip, you can't do better than the books written by the man who is one of the most famous screenwriters of all time, Willam Goldman. He has dirt on "great" movies that he wrote (Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid), "mediocre" movies that he wrote (The Ghost and The Darkness), "poo poo" movies that he wrote (The Great Waldo Pepper), "great" movies that he adapted (Misery), and "poo poo" movies that he adapted (...I can't recall any at the moment). He admits he's extremely curious about how tall stars are; he reveals the gist of conversations with stars, agents, and other industry vets (though often unnamed); he squashes a few rumors (he did not doctor the script for Good Will Hunting...though he did suggest they excise a subplot where a government agency pursues Matt Damon's character, including car chases...); and he even includes excerpts from his scripts, suggestions to writers, and candid commentary about his own failures. Or I think Jim Breuer has a book filled with anecdotes about how Chris Kattan is a piece of poo poo. That's probably funnier, anyway.
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May 21, 2013 05:07
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The good SNL dirt book is Jay Mohr's.
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May 21, 2013 13:27
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THere's this well known article about Linday Lohan's on set antics http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/magazine/here-is-what-happens-when-you-cast-lindsay-lohan-in-your-movie.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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May 21, 2013 13:46
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nocal posted:Or I think Jim Breuer has a book filled with anecdotes about how Chris Kattan is a piece of poo poo. That's probably funnier, anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rFu_u71gas Jim Breuer telling a story about the Twilight Zone sketch, with Norm MacDonald & Chris Kattan in it. The sketch itself is on youtube, but it's hard to tell if the story is true. It's hilarious though. Carthag Tuek fucked around with this message at 14:16 on May 21, 2013 |
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May 21, 2013 14:13
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In the absence of Roger Ebert I feel lost and confused. What are some recommendations for a new "go to" critic?
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May 21, 2013 15:16
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caiman posted:In the absence of Roger Ebert I feel lost and confused. What are some recommendations for a new "go to" critic? A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis from the NY Times are pretty good.
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May 21, 2013 21:38
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caiman posted:In the absence of Roger Ebert I feel lost and confused. What are some recommendations for a new "go to" critic? The movie critics on the SA front-page.
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May 22, 2013 01:02
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I'll always take an opportunity to pimp Tim Brayton. No critic who's about to follow a Ray Harryhausen week with a summer-long retrospective of Canadian slasher films is a critic worth sleeping on (yes, he does current releases too).
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May 22, 2013 01:07
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As much as I loathe to admit it for how much I really hated on him when I first started reading his reviews, Film Crit Hulk has really won me over. He doesn't review everything, so it's not a real Go-To, but it's a fantastic read for after you've seen a movie and want to read/talk more about it.
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May 22, 2013 01:41
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Armond White, unless you're some kind of fuckin nerd.
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May 22, 2013 04:56
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Joe Bob Briggs. 
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May 22, 2013 05:11
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There is a movie where a woman and her friend conspire to kill a man, I think he was either an abusive husband, or a terrible landlord... I can't remember. They work together to try and conceal the murder (I think they roll the body up in a carpet?) Does anyone have any idea what movie this is? I want to say it was from the 40's.
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May 22, 2013 18:07
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RagingBoner posted:There is a movie where a woman and her friend conspire to kill a man, I think he was either an abusive husband, or a terrible landlord... I can't remember. They work together to try and conceal the murder (I think they roll the body up in a carpet?) Is the friend a woman? Then that sounds like Diabolique (1956).
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May 22, 2013 18:10
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Is the friend a woman? Then that sounds like Diabolique (1956). That's the one! Thank you very much!
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May 22, 2013 18:13
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Christianity Today has good, in depth reviews, surprisingly enough.
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May 22, 2013 19:13
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In a fit of awesomeness, my local multiplex is showing Airplaine!, Caddyshack, and Jaws this summer. I know nothing about how theaters are run, but how exactly does the business side of this work, and how does it differ from the usual "We show 4 or 5 of the most recent big releases and then they are gone FOREVER" business? [Dumb edit] I'm not old enough to have seen Jaws in a theater, but I think it will be worth the ticket price just for the ability to hear that cello sound on a full-size theater sound system by itself.
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May 23, 2013 00:25
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FuSchnick posted:In a fit of awesomeness, my local multiplex is showing Airplaine!, Caddyshack, and Jaws this summer. Before digital, theaters could rent 35mm prints from studios of older films. This kind of died out because studios would send worn prints instead of something pristine. The 35mm revivals I've seen of Eyes Wide Shut, Casablanca, and Citizen Kane were from older prints (EWS looked like it had gone through a meat grinder at reel changes) but The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Safety Last!, and The Wizard of Oz looked like they were fresh from the lab. My first job was at a drive-in theater that used to play Universal horror marathons at Halloween, but stopped when they kept getting horrible prints with a hundred decaying splices. With digital, they can still rent, but it's vastly easier with digital files. Jaws will always be Universal's pristine 4K master instead of a faded 1970s print. When I saw Lawrence of Arabia back in October, the 4K projection was beyond amazing. It's really good for classics if more theaters would get into showing them. Now it's cheaper and easier, so there's just a matter of interest.
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May 23, 2013 00:37
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Egbert Souse posted:Before digital, theaters could rent 35mm prints from studios of older films. This kind of died out because studios would send worn prints instead of something pristine. The 35mm revivals I've seen of Eyes Wide Shut, Casablanca, and Citizen Kane were from older prints (EWS looked like it had gone through a meat grinder at reel changes) but The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Safety Last!, and The Wizard of Oz looked like they were fresh from the lab. Well that makes sense, since this theater has all digital projectors. I'm glad they are doing it! I wonder if I can get in touch with the owners and put in some requests... What do these rentals cost? Is it a flat amount, a percentage of ticket sales, a combination of both?
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May 23, 2013 00:45
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Egbert Souse posted:My first job was at a drive-in theater that used to play Universal horror marathons at Halloween, but stopped when they kept getting horrible prints with a hundred decaying splices. Our local cineplex did Flashback Flicks every Thursday for like four years and usually it was pretty good (though there were a hilarious amount of projector-lens fuckups) but every once in a while something bizarre would happen. My favorite was when a whole sequence had been cut out of The Matrix and the entire audience yelled. Egbert Souse posted:When I saw Lawrence of Arabia back in October, the 4K projection was beyond amazing. That was seriously one of the most gorgeous things I've ever seen projected.
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May 23, 2013 01:19
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Egbert Souse posted:With digital, they can still rent, but it's vastly easier with digital files. Jaws will always be Universal's pristine 4K master instead of a faded 1970s print. When I saw Lawrence of Arabia back in October, the 4K projection was beyond amazing. It's really good for classics if more theaters would get into showing them. Now it's cheaper and easier, so there's just a matter of interest. Problem is that they can rent, but they generally aren't. They're taking a lot of titles out of circulation that way and it's just terrible.
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May 23, 2013 02:11
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Magic Hate Ball posted:That was seriously one of the most gorgeous things I've ever seen projected. Until penismightier makes that screening of Chainsaw Scumfuck happen.
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May 23, 2013 07:28
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NeuroticErotica posted:Problem is that they can rent, but they generally aren't. They're taking a lot of titles out of circulation that way and it's just terrible. That's a downside. Films like Jaws and E.T. will always be available in one form or another, but not every film. Apparently Sony does not have any 35mm prints of The Age of Innocence anymore. Then there's all the films that probably don't have the monetary value to be upgraded to a 2K or 4K file, despite usable or even pristine negatives.
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May 23, 2013 19:07
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caiman posted:In the absence of Roger Ebert I feel lost and confused. What are some recommendations for a new "go to" critic? Ian Maddison, Martin Schneider, Joseph Wade and Sean Hanson.
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May 23, 2013 22:33
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scary ghost dog posted:You just know Herzog was massively interested to see how a Tom Cruise movie functions behind the scenes. What I wouldn't give for Werner Herzog to somehow end up working for E!, doing behind-the-scenes puff pieces in his sombre documentarian style.
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May 24, 2013 02:18
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DNS posted:Ian Maddison. A handsome choice.
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May 24, 2013 16:43
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In Walk Hard, what musician is John C. Reilly parodying as Dewey Cox for "Guilty as Charged"? The clip of the song below includes two topless women engaged in simulated sex, so likely not work safe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yCNghEwMw0
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May 24, 2013 19:45
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Sir Kodiak posted:In Walk Hard, what musician is John C. Reilly parodying as Dewey Cox for "Guilty as Charged"? The clip of the song below includes two topless women engaged in simulated sex, so likely not work safe. Like most of the songs in the movie, it's largely a pastiche of Elvis, Johnny Cash and their contemporaries.
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May 24, 2013 20:26
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Sir Kodiak posted:In Walk Hard, what musician is John C. Reilly parodying as Dewey Cox for "Guilty as Charged"? The clip of the song below includes two topless women engaged in simulated sex, so likely not work safe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUVwZoiH5ZU
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May 24, 2013 20:38
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Egbert Souse posted:That's a downside. Films like Jaws and E.T. will always be available in one form or another, but not every film. Apparently Sony does not have any 35mm prints of The Age of Innocence anymore. Then there's all the films that probably don't have the monetary value to be upgraded to a 2K or 4K file, despite usable or even pristine negatives.
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May 24, 2013 21:12
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What does "shot" mean in this context. http://vashivisuals.com/6-famous-movies-with-very-few-shots/ If I film a lengthy conversation between two people and do two takes, (say over the shoulder of each character) and in the final edit I cut back and forth between the two takes 15 times, is that 2 shots or 15?
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Skwirl posted:What does "shot" mean in this context. In the context of looking at the final film, you'd have 15 different shots from two angles.
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