Fortis93

4 minutes ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

Yeah, that movie looks great.  A love letter to the city according to Allen.  You have a good eye, that's Kodak 5222 BW.  Amazing if well lit.  Also used for the BW sequences of Momento.  And I believe used as the base for the new large format (IMAX) BW stock that was created for Nolan to shoot the BW scenes in Oppenheimer IIRC.

Manhattan the movie? . . . maybe that's a convo for a DM.  🤔

Oh, that's cool.

I didn't know that. The B&W cinematography in Oppenheimer was pretty eye-catching too.

As for the movie, I know what you mean. 😅

I appreciate that Allen was going for a sincere and romantic love story, but the relationship between him and a 17-year-old is a bit....you know. 

I don't think it worked as well in that regard.

12 minutes ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

 

@Fortis93 do you like that movie?  I know people hate it and it's not a very sensitive-to-other-cultures movie, which I am about, but I laugh my a$$ off at this movie.

Is that The Love Guru?

Honestly, mate, I haven't seen it yet. 😅

But, it's on my watch list.

14 minutes ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

 

Interesting.  I know he's from the midwest, so I hear @Veum as the dad from A Christmas Story.

Everyone else on MP I hear with Morgan Freeman's voice.

Don't mind me. I'm just an Aussie who's seen too many American movies.

I'd love to have a speaking voice like Morgan Freeman's and a singing voice like Tom Jones. Like real soulful sh*t, you know?

I'm always fascinated by how varied American accents are. I remember watching this on Jimmy Kimmel, which I thought was pretty funny.

And speaking of NY. 

I finally got around to watching Manhattan a couple of days ago.

That's probably the coolest I've ever seen New York look in movies.

2 hours ago, nathan_s82 said:

I don't know, my Southern Redneck is pretty suave!

I'm not going to lie.

In my head, I read @Veum's comments in a Texan cowboy accent. 😄

If anyone is interested:

CEREAL15

Gives you 15% off at the checkout.

50 minutes ago, Casiusco said:

We are simply the last romantic guys on earth.

 

No more.

 

 

It also doesn't hurt that you're from Spain.

French and Spanish accents are supposed to be the sexiest, right? 😄

2 hours ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

 

I just finished watching this.  Interesting dude.  I appreciate his honesty about what he was doing, and the reality of what his movies were.  But, @Fortis93, why didn't he go independent?  I mean, he loved the indy new wave directors, he was familiar with the concept, it seems like it would have occurred to him to do that.  Any ideas?  Was he addicted to stars and all the big toys only Hollywood could provide him?  Was it personal?  Did he have some kind of an existential crisis after Rollerball (beyond the legal issues). That is a remarkable string of hits he created, seems like someone would have given him a chance outside of the system.  But, I'm not as familiar with him as you are.

I honestly don't know.

I think he mentioned in the video that he wanted to move to Europe and make movies there.

He was attached to direct this movie, but it fell through.

Maybe an independent studio wouldn't given him the budget or fee he wanted?

Maybe the smaller studios like Neon or A24 could give him a chance? Might be a long shot, but who knows?

Release Date: 4th September, 2024

Price: $130.00 / $75.00 / $29.95 AUD

Purchase Link: Night Owls Fan Club Edition, Collector's Edition, Regular Blu-ray

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Calling all Night Owls! The world-first release of LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL is here in collaboration with directors Cameron and Colin Cairnes and released on blu-ray as their preferred format.

 

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Facing plummeting ratings, host Jack Delroy (David Dastmalchian – The Suicide Squad, Oppenheimer) decides to up the stakes with an occult-themed special during sweeps week with guests who claim to commune with spirits. What starts as a mere television gimmick quickly spirals into a nightmarish reality. As the boundaries between the supernatural and the tangible blur, Jack and his guests find themselves trapped in a deadly talk show with forces beyond their control.

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11 minutes ago, Heywoodmoutaw said:

Yeah, there are probably few things that dissuade a producer from working with a director like the director having had previous producers wiretapped.  It’s a shame.  Really interesting scandal though.

McTiernan seems like an interesting character.

I don't condone what he did. The studios would probably be right not to touch him with a ten foot pole.

As @BreakBeatDJ said earlier, trying to break into that industry is extremely difficult for many people.

Hollywood probably isn't the easiest place to work within, but to have finally broken in, had some big hits and then piss away all that talent and opportunity over something as stupid as what he did is a shame.

46 minutes ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

have fun on your trip!   are you Richie, Ralph, or Potsie in this scenario?

@Veum is Mike.

@BreakBeatDJ He did this interview last year where goes through his own movies and movies that inspired him.

It's a neat watch.

The voiceover is in French, but his interview is in English.

40 minutes ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

 

Wow, I didn't know that.  Just read that story.  What a bizarre thing to do, or probably more on point . . . what an inept thing to get caught doing in Hollywood.  It's a shame, it would have been interesting to see how he would have evolved.  I've never seen Medicine Man, is that worth a watch?

Yeah, it's a shame.

I wondered why one of my favourite filmmakers was no longer putting out movies until I'd found out he'd done that. 

I've seen Medicine Man. It's not bad. The main standout is once again McTiernan's direction (for my money, the man really knows how to shoot movies set in jungles).

From what I've seen, he mainly attends events related to or celebrating his movies. He seems pretty much done with Hollywood.

He says he's looking for financiers in Europe to make the movies he wants to make. Apparently, he has several scripts he's written that he wants to make while he can.

I hope we get to see another classic action film from him.

7 hours ago, Heywoodmoutaw said:

Listening to the Blank Check podcast, talking about Die Hard with Kevin Smith, they mentioned John McTiernan’s first movie (right before he rattled off Predator, Die Hard and Hunt for Red October), called Nomads.  It has Pierce Brosnan and Lesley-Anne Down, how have I never seen this?  Anyone here seen it?

I have. 

It's a solid little film with some interesting ideas.

It impressed Schwarzenegger enough to recommend McTiernan to the studios as the director for Predator.

I would love to see McTiernan behind the director's chair again, but I can understand why studios wouldn't want to touch him given his criminal history.

1 hour ago, R1s1ngs0n said:

I've seen many lousy AMPs over the years, but this one takes the cake. It's so shockingly and colorfully bad, I think it deserves to be appreciated on that merit alone.

 

JAWS 'The Musical'

1 hour ago, swish said:

Hello everyone

 

I've finally managed to get to the site using the private surfing setting on my cell phone. A white page and this URL came up via firefox on the laptop, just like on the cell phone

mediapsychos.com/admin/install

 

@extantsrevenge do you know a solution??

I'm having this same problem on Google Chrome.

2 hours ago, Catgirl said:

 

Also nur mal so nebenbei ,ich hatte mein 5 jähriges letztes Jahr -- 9. Juni 2018 --möchte auch mein Titel haben NIls 😁

Es ist höchste Zeit, dass Großmeister Lindy ihren Titel bekommt.

1 hour ago, swish said:

OC und FS von Manta

 

 

Juhu.

Mehr Spiderman.

@Cornbuster

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, mein Lieber.

Auf viele weitere Jahre!

6 hours ago, Heywoodmoutaw said:

I’ve heard very good things about this movie but never seen it.  Any fans here?

I like it.

It's a fun 60s spy movie done in Guy Ritchie's style.

52 minutes ago, Gladiator_MV said:

 

...wollen wir mal... @bilbon fragen?! 🤭😃😄

 

 

@bilbon c'est un amoureux, pas un combattant. 😁

In Bezug auf Bälle...

7 minutes ago, Rockntoni87 said:

wie viele am sack?

18 hours ago, Veum said:

Ich habe ein graues Haar auf meinem Kopf und zwei graue Haare im Bart.

Darf ich feiern?