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Vincenzo Natali Makes the SPLICE

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Vincenzo Natali Makes the SPLICE

Vincenzo Natali’s SPLICE is a dark fantasy about what would happen if maverick scientists decided to flout the rules and insert human DNA into a hybrid creature. The result is terrifyng on both a cerebral and an emotional level, with the complex structure of the human psyche, good and bad, making for the real horror of the… Read More »

Tagged With: Adrien Brody, director, DNA, fantasy, genetic engineering, hybrid, Joel SIlver, narrative, plaid suit, Psychology, science fiction, screenwriter, SPLICE, Vincenzo Natali

Alexandre O. Philippe Makes the Case for THE PEOPLE VS. GEORGE LUCAS

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Alexandre O. Philippe Makes the Case for THE PEOPLE VS. GEORGE LUCAS

Is George Lucas more than just a filmmaker with a franchise worth billions? Is he also that franchise’s #1 Fanboy? It’s one of many intriguing questions in Alexandre Philippe’s documentary about the relationship the fans have with  the creator of the Star Wars universe. While Philippe demurred about the exact number of Star Wars action… Read More »

Tagged With: Alexandre O. Phillipe, fanboy, fantasy, George Lucas, Jar Jar Binks, mythology, science fiction, Star Wars, superfans, Who Shot First

Tim Allen & Michael Lembeck Invoke THE SANTA CLAUS 2

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Tim Allen & Michael Lembeck Invoke THE SANTA CLAUS 2

Though the result may be so much cinematic cotton candy, the process of making THE SANTA CLAUS II was anything but all sweetness and light for its star Tim Allen. Playing both Santa and his evil toy double required extensive prosthetic makeup that took hours to apply and didn’t last all that long under the… Read More »

Tagged With: Christmas, directorial debut, elf, fantasy, holiday, reindeer, Santa Claus, sequel

Gregg Araki Goes KABOOM

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Gregg Araki Goes KABOOM

Gregg Araki made his reputation for uncompromising indie filmmaking with a the Doom Generation Trilogy. Those films explored the terror and exhilaration of being young, confused, and hormonal. His later film, MYSTERIOUS SKIN, was unflinching in its depiction of the effects of child sexual abuse on its victims. His latest, KABOOM, picks up many of… Read More »

Tagged With: Chris Zylka, college, David Lynch, Doom Generation Trilogy, fantasy, Gregg Araki, Haley Bennet, Juno Temple, Kelly Lynch, post-millenial, Sci-fi, sex, Thomas Dekker

Andre Ovredal Exposes the TROLLHUNTER

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Andre Ovredal Exposes the TROLLHUNTER

Andre Ovredal waited over a decade before embarking on his second adventure in feature filmmaking. He used the time to hone his skills as a successful commercial filmmaker in his native Norway, a country whose folklore gifted him with the premise of TROLLHUNTER. A man with a quick wit, and a killer smile, he talked… Read More »

Tagged With: Andre Ovredal, cinema, comedy, fantasy, faux documentary, folklore, Hans Morten Hansen, mythology, narrative, Norway, Norwegian Cinema, Otto Jespersen, trolls

Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij Listen to the SOUND OF MY VOICE

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Brit Marling & Zal Batmanglij Listen to the SOUND OF MY VOICE

For co-writers Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling, making SOUND OF MY VOICE wasn’t just a labor of love, but one of passion. Batmaglij directed and Marling stars as Maggie, the enigmatic leader of a cult who claims to have come from the future to save her followers in a film that lets the audience decide… Read More »

Tagged With: apocalypse, belief, Brit Marling, cinema, cults, director, faith, fantasy, film, indie film, journalism, LaBrea Tar Pits, narrative, politics, Sci-fi, screenwriters, SOUND OF MY VOICE, time travel, Zal Batmanglij

Rich Moore Gives WRECK-IT RALPH Serious Depth

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Rich Moore Gives WRECK-IT RALPH Serious Depth

Rich Moore spent a healthy part of his youth playing video games, which ultimately paid off when the time came to come up with the story for WRECK-IT RALPH. When I spoke to him on October 17, 2012, the first thing I wanted to know was how he got from video games in general to existential… Read More »

Tagged With: 8-bit, animation, computer games, director, Disney, existential angst, fantasy, John C. Reilly, John Lasseter, kids, narrative, Rich Moore, Sarah Silverman, WRECK-IT RALPH, writer

Andrew Davis and Louis Sachar’s Perfect HOLES

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Andrew Davis and Louis Sachar’s Perfect HOLES

If I had had any doubts about HOLES being one of the big summer films of 2003, they were all put to rest by the audience reaction the film and its makers received at one of the two press screenings that I went to. The audience was packed with kids of all ages who adored Louis… Read More »

Tagged With: Andrew Davis, author, book to film, casting, cinema, digging holes, director, fantasy, filling in holes, film, HOLES, lizards, Louis Sachar, movie, mystery, narrative, screenwriter, Shia LeBeouf, sun screen, UNDER SIEGE 3, YA literature, young adult

Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore & Dania Ramirez on X-MEN: THE LAST STAND

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Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore & Dania Ramirez on X-MEN: THE LAST STAND

There is something a little superhuman about Anna Paquin (Rogue), Shawn Ashmore (Iceman), and Dania Ramirez (new character Callisto). After a wake-up call that came before dawn and a full day of interviews, including one on a cold and windy pier overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, they were still full of energy and psyched to… Read More »

Tagged With: Callitso, cinema, fantasy, franchise, Golden Gate Bridge, Iceman, movie, narrative, peer pressure, press tours, Rogue, Sci-fi, science fiction, sequel, X-MEN

Andrew Niccol on Creating SIMONE

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Andrew Niccol on Creating SIMONE

In S1M0NE, Andrew Niccol (GATTACA, THE TRUMAN SHOW) presents an intriguing and, for SAG members, a somewhat disturbing glimpse of what the future of entertainment might be. In it, a computer-generated actress becomes a pop-culture sensation for a public that doesn’t know that she’s a collection of pixels. What that says about reality and perception is something worth… Read More »

Tagged With: Al Pacino, director, Ethan Hawke, fantasy, film, movie, narrative, perception, reality, SAG, Sci-fi, science fiction, special effects, Uma Thurman, virtual reality

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