Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 29.11.2012 – 1.12.2012

Oscar Screenplays: ’Lincoln’, ’Middle of Nowhere’, ’Amour’, ’Rust and Bone’, ’Beasts’ and More – The Revolution Was Televised: The Conversation – Matt Zoller Seitz ja Alan Sepinwall juttelee vuosituhannen vaihteen tv-mullistuksesta Kubrick App | LACMA – In conjunction with the exhibition Stanley Kubrick, LACMA has created a FREE app for iPhone and iPad. The app …

Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 28.11.2012

Frames Cinema Journal, issue 1 – Thompson, Stork, Lee, Shambu, Petersen… Moonrise Kingdom -käsis (pdf) – 1970-luvulla opiskelunsa aloittaneet näyttelijät, dramaturgit ja ohjaajat kokivat monta murrosta –

Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 25.11.2012 – 27.11.2012

Today’s television production resembles the old studio system—particularly its B-level – Lil Buck and Yo-Yo Ma – Spike Jonze’s (camera phone?) footage – Larry Hagman’s Curtain Call (Texas Monthly June 2012) – The world knows him as J. R. Ewing, the star who made Dallas into a global hit and changed television history. But for thirty …

Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 24.11.2012

The Unhinged Animator: “Tex” Avery – Fred “Tex” Avery came to Hollywood at age 20 with friends from his hometown. Not finding employment, they soon went back home but Avery stayed in the film capital, loading produce on trucks and sleeping on the beach at night. Several years after landing a job at the Walter …

Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 20.11.2012 – 23.11.2012

Affleck and the Argonauts – Fiona loved it, I admired and enjoyed it, and then I got into a Twitter debate with Mark Cousins, who was impressed by the filmmaking but disgusted by the portrayal of Iran. Joining the tweeting was Ehsan Khoshbakht, who brought me up to speed on the film’s many inaccuracies. These …