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The Big Ass Summer Movie Show
By paul in FilmCouch
"From FilmCouch #69: The Big Ass Summer Movie Show Iron Man is strangley apolitical. I think the new approach Marvel is taking to create a web of overlapping hero movies is wacky (Kevin likes it). And we both like Speed Racer the way you may come to love the aesthetic of a candy shop once you get over the sickly sweet smell. What do you think? " [More]
Iron Man
Iron Man
FilmCouch #69 - Summer Movies
By paul in paul on spout.com
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 "Computer generated super machines run by conflicted heroes tethered to ladies who just can’t quit them–summer has arrived. And we’re loving it. Iron Man won the democratic primaries this week by staying away from controversy. The Marvel Universe will change how business gets done in Hollywood and Speed Racer is… different. Like Warhol making out with Walt Disney. (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday) filmcouch-69 Iron Man, Speed Racer Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore " [More]

Indie film clichés
By paul in FilmCouch
"m_rturnage sent me this wonderfully obvious indie film idea after our barrage of made up film pitches in FilmCouch #65 - Indiewood Mashup. (Sorry, turnage I took so long to find it.) Greasy Cheese On a lonely back road... in the middle of flat Middle America... is Greasy Cheese. Greasy Cheese is an old all-nite roadside diner, its only employees are the slightly anti-Semitic, yet lovable,owner/fry cook and the sassy, wisdom-dispensing transsexual waitress. Rick and Carol are a young couple on the run, with only their beat up old car and a trunk full of stolen money to keep them company. Their car breaks down less than a mile from Greasy Cheese and barely limps into the parking lot before giving up the ghost. It will be a day before the tow truck can get to them, leaving the young couple stranded for 24 hours at the diner. Enter Sheriff McBiff, the corrupt cop that really stole the money and who Rick and Carol double-crossed. McBiff is hot on the couple's trail, and stop at not ... " [More]
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men
FilmCouch #68 - Paranoia
By paul in paul on spout.com
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 "New developments in the case of an artist arrested for bioterrorism (from the doc Strange Culture), lead us into a web of noir (Murder, My Sweet) and an unexpected look at No Country for Old Men. All of which reveal the sinister culture of PARANOIA! (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday) FilmCouch #68 - Paranoia Strange Culture, Murder, My Sweet, No Country for Old Men Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore " [More]
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo
FilmCouch #67 - Wisdom of Kumar
By paul in paul on spout.com
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 "Paul interviews Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, opening tonight), which inadvertently pushes Paul & Kevin on to a road trip–metaphoricaly speaking–from a Whites Only saloon in the old west to the ghettos of Canada where a mathematician is changing the world and a legendary filmmaker brings them to enlightenment. (Also under discussion EMPz 4 Life) (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday) FilmCouch #67 - Wisdom of Kumar *Note: The phone number announced in the show has technical problems. If you want to leave a message, call: 1-800-749-0632 Channel: 8838 Password: 1111 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, EMPz 4 Life Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore " [More]
Iron Man
Iron Man
FilmCouch #66 - Care Bears and ...
By paul in paul on spout.com
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 "When a laugh is more powerful than a tear. The Care Bears Big Wish Movie, Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? and, possibly, Iron Man share a common theme. A quiet–almost subliminal appeal–to an audience seeking a straight shot of entertainment asking them to drop apathy and get involved in a troubled world. A new subversive cinema (that I wrote about earlier this week), which isn’t a filmmaker sneaking a message past Hollywood executives, but past a message-weary audience. (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday) filmcouch-66 Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?, Iron Man, Care Bears Big Wish Movie Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore " [More]
Iron Man
Iron Man
Iron Man and new subversive cinema
By paul in paul on spout.com
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 "After interviewing George Romero at Sundance 2008, Joe Swanberg and Ronald Bronstein (the interviewers) began to debate whether or not there’s even a place today for subversive directors (i.e. those who defy an institution–Hollywood–while pretending to support it). Romero’s Night of the Living Dead served as a blood and guts zombie vehicle carrying everything troubling him about the turbulent 60’s. The argument today is that subversion is unnecessary. No filmmaker is limited to studio controlled dollars, equipment or theaters to get their ideas out. Although you don’t have to take subversive tactics to get a film made anymore, I think there’s a new institution to game, that of a jaded movie watching audience. For a generation who doesn’t know a world without premium cable channels and DVD shops on every corner, a trailer is shorthand (largely due to uncreative marketing) telling an audience to drop a film full of challenging ideas into the skip it bin. A lot of films buzzing throug ... " [More]
2046
2046
Kanye gets Kar Wai and Herzog e ...
By paul in paul on spout.com
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 "A post from Big Screen Little Screen turned me onto a music video created by Kanye West’s editor, Derrick Lee, using footage of 2046 for Kanye’s “Flashing Lights.” It’s almost sacrilege to not watch this in High Definition, but the video remix still shames the original Spike Jonze helmed spot. I couldn’t say it better myself. Wong Kar Wai’s 2046 is a long, visually indulgent meditation of love in bad timing, grief and the futility of anything else in life to play love’s substitute. In some way, Derrick Lee’s editing was able to grab the essence of love lost in what you might call a world of “affluent dystopia.” A hyper-realized city, like Tokyo or LA, where lives and opportunity are crammed together so tightly it would seem that making connections would be easy, but it’s only become harder. Human intimacy is the new luxury nobody can afford, but people spin their wheels faster. They collide but never connect. In short, repurposing footage from 2046 for “Flashing Lights” brought new ... " [More]
The Visitor
The Visitor
FilmCouch #65 Indiewood mashup
By paul in paul on spout.com
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 "If you’re visiting a theater and tired of the same old movie clichés, conventional wisdom would point you to the independent movie selection. However, a string on indiewood flicks–most recently The Visitor (opening tonight)–are caving in on their own “indie” clichés. Like rogue environmentalists tracking an invasive species in an Appalachian creek bed, we digest their ways and spew out some indiewood movie pitches of our own. As a palette cleanser, we talk to Carson Mell. We formed a crush on him last week watching Wholphin DVD No. 5. His sharp wit and creativity are on display in his short animation, Chonto. filmcouch-65 (Subscri be to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul Moore " [More]
Stop-Loss
Stop-Loss
FilmCouch #64
By paul in paul on spout.com
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 "Iraq fatigue: the conventional wisdom settled on in the last year that nobody wants to go to a movie theater for an Iraq war movie (most recently: Stop-Loss). Is it a new phenomenon or are all movies questioning war during wartime doomed to financial failure? The new Wholphin quarterly DVD magazine is out. It’s probably the best curated source for short films outside a major festival and we give it the attention its due on FilmCouch. FilmCouch 64 (Subscribe to FilmCouch–Spout’s weekly movie podcast–in the iTunes store and an episode will download each Friday) Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul " [More]
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride
Recasting THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1 ...
By paul in Recasting couch
"This week, we're recasting The Princess Bride (1987). It's a classic that would be a travesty for some money hungry Hollywood exec to try and remake, which is exactly why we're imagining a remake. I hope a new cast comes out of this that makes me salivate for a remake, but I predict this will be an exercise in imagining how bad a remake of this movie could screw up.This is a FIlmspotting contest and a winner will be announced on the Filmspotting podcast April 18, 2008. Extra credit goes to anyone who casts Samuel L. Jackson and rewrites a classic Princess Bride quote just for him. Cary Elwes ... WestleyRobin Wright Penn ... Buttercup / The Princess BrideMandy Patinkin ... Inigo MontoyaChris Sarandon ... Prince HumperdinckChristopher Guest ... Count Tyrone Rugen Wallace Shawn ... VizziniAndré the Giant ... Fezzik (as Andre the Giant)Fred Savage ... The GrandsonPeter Falk ... The Grandfather / ... " [More]

Re:Recasting THE LAST DRAGON (1 ...
By paul in Recasting couch
"Thanks. I was giggling about my casting decisions in that post, but for the past couple days I've been thinking about it and I really want to see The Last Dragon remade. " [More]

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