This little clip is from the documentary “Heart of Darkness”, a behind the scenes look at Francis Ford Coppola during the production of Apocalypse Now. Coppola notes his excitement over “new 8mm cameras” and how they’re going to revolutionize filmmaking and enable everyone to make movies.
Yet this hasn’t happened. Not with 8mm cameras. Not with video recorders. Not with DV camcorders. Not with DLSRs. It will never happen no matter how affordable and accessible the technology gets. Because Coppola forgot one important detail: it doesn’t matter what camera you’re shooting on, if you don’t have a story to tell, it’s useless. You are no more an “artist” if you shoot a shitty story on the Red Epic than on your iPhone. You’re still a shitty storyteller.
A group photo of the cast from Aliens (1986). If you don’t remember who the blonde next to James Cameron is, that’s Newt, the little girl, all grown up. Yep, it’s been that long.
Well, for a man, he looks surprisingly close enough. FYI, the stunt double is actually pro parkour runner Daniel Arroyo. Aka the male version of Jennifer Lopez, apparently.
The above represents the movie reviews for this week’s films. All of the top 10 movies currently in theaters have a “rotten” rating on RottenTomatoes. No wonder more and more moviegoers opt out of the theaters and just wait for the DVD/Netflix release.
Oh boy, things aren’t looking good for Disney’s epic John Carter, which opens tomorrow. The $250 million CGI extravaganza is struggling to find an audience, especially abroad, according to recent analyst estimates. Some media analysts at Morgan Stanley predict that the movie needs to gross over $700 million worldwide just to break even. The same analysts expect the movie to open with a $25 million weekend in the US. In other words: don’t count on a John Carter sequel. And if you own Disney stock, consider selling.
We’re not sure whom those Oscar statuettes belong to, but we can say that we certainly understand that they’d rather go for In-And-Out, the de-facto most awesome burger joint in California, rather than some snazzy, over-engineered dinner party.
By now we know what Disney’s $250 million “epic” John Carter will be like. At least judging by the trailer, which is so mediocre it appears to have been cut together by taking bits and pieces from Star Wars and Avatar trailers. Anyways, John Carter opens on March 9. We’ll have a review of the movie shortly.
Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper will take on the project that was known as The Low Dweller with Christian Bale rejoining after dropping out sometime last year because of scheduling conflicts. They are hoping to start shooting this spring.
Out of the Furnace has been a hot script by Brad Ingelsby since its introduction in 2008. The story follows a man released after serving four years behind bars. He has high hopes for a peaceful homecoming. But those hopes are thwarted the moment his younger brother is cruelly and brutally murdered. Bale’s character sets out for revenge.
