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Tentative 2013 Cannes Screening Sked
I’ve started putting together my screening schedule for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and it only includes one... -
Wong Kar-Wai Week
Chungking Express, 1994
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RENEGADES OF PERN by Michael Whelan, cover for the book by Anne McCaffrey.
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Before Mako had a red scarf.
We posted this back in the day on Korra Nation, but strolled upon it and thought it deserved another glory day. How...
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As the series evolves, Bond is becoming a director-driven franchise. It’s one of the few — rarely can blockbusters take a chance on someone with a vision. But the Bond team welcomes it. Normally, I’d hate hearing a director I love, someone with imagination, would come on board a big studio movie. With Bond, it seems more promising. Finally, ______ gets to play with money and toys and go crazy.
Click the link to see some of my picks. Who are yours?
How They Made the ‘Skyfall’ Title Sequence
My interview with the director behind this crazy cool scene.
Part 2 of my Bond action extravaganza:
‘Skyfall’ Stuntman Reveals How They Devised and Pulled Off the Movie’s Big Set Pieces
Why the approach to Skyfall resulted in a brilliant one-off but leaves the future of the franchise murky.
Operation Kino 88: Skyfall And More Films Defined By Their Eras
This week on Operation Kino, we let the sky FAAAAAAALLLL, we let it CRUM-BAAAAAAAALLLL, as we review the new James Bond movie Skyfall. From there we talk about the difference between the mid-aughts Casino Royale and the 2012 Skyfall, and how James Bond films and plenty of others are defined by the eras they come out in. But before any of that there’s tidbits, in which David talks intelligently about porn (really!), Patches falls for the Jack Black film Bernie, Da7e fills us in on the strange fate of Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, and Katey catches up with the heartbreaking documentary How To Survive A Plague.
(Pic from MachoMachi)
Roger Deakins on Shooting ‘Skyfall’ Like a Western, Not an Action Movie
Talking to the legendary cinematographer about everything from action photography philosophy to IMAX conversion to the pros of digital to emotional visual storytelling. AWESOME.
“Skyfall,” written and performed by… Randy Newman?
Amazing job by my friend Eric D. Snider. Spot on!
‘Skyfall’ Star Daniel Craig on Bond Fandom: ‘There Are Too Many Voices to Make Any Sense Of’
With 23 different entries, the Bond series offers something for everyone. Different Bond attitudes, varying scales of action, unique approaches to humor and charm — like a blockbuster Mad Libs, the 007 formula has its blueprints, but leaves plenty of room to play.
That makes picking a favorite difficult, but there’s a Bond movie that sums up everything to love about James and his particular brand of spy entertainment, it’s the under-seen, under-appreciated 1987 gem The Living Daylights. Under the eye of longtime Bond editor and director John Glen, Living Daylights marks the first of British thespian Timothy Dalton’s two entries (he followed it with 1989’s Licence to Kill). After years of courting the actor, producers finally got their wish for Dalton to take on the role — and with his addition came a darker, more sophisticated tone.
Read the rest of my declaration of love for The Living Daylights!
