The harder the life, the sweeter the song.
Jeff Bridges plays Bad Blake in the film. Bridges has achieved mastery of his craft.
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New Orleans is a great city, and they have an up and coming film festival to boot.
One of Digital Ink Los Angeles‘s favorite single-screen theaters in the country — The Prytania Theatre — is hosting a few screenings this year. Well worth a visit.
In particular, the Make Out With Violence screening on Monday, Oct 12th, at 9:45PM at the Prytania Theatre should be good.
Make a date with a New Orleans cultural gem, the NOFF, from Thursday, October 8th through Thursday, October 15th.
In the words of Louis Armstrong, “What we play is life.” And films are life. Get out and enjoy.
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70s diabolical cinema gave audiences Rosemary’s Baby, The Exorcist, The Omen, and Halloween.
The Millennial Age has given them Blair Witch Project, and now Paranormal Activity.
“A POTENT FRIGHTFEST that will fry your nerves and CREEP YOU OUT!”
– Peter Travers ROLLING STONE
The thing about Oren Peli‘s film — much like Blair Witch Project — is the viral nature of its marketing and the low-budget production’s ability to thrill audiences. Hand-held cameras, insufficient lighting, lack of dramaturgy, cliched storylines, and no-name actors make up the recipe for failure in Hollywood.
Not so with this flick, as the opening date business is already prompting Paramount Studios to initiate a “Demand Paranormal” ad campaign.
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For those who’ve followed Digital Ink Los Angeles for a while — oh, so many — it’s not a surprise that another blog post features the wonderfully talented actress, Ms. Megan Fox.
She is a very special creature, no doubt. Talented? Uhhhmmm… But she is a very attractive lady, no doubt.
Ms. Fox will be the feature lead in 20th Century Fox‘s September 18th release, Jennifer’s Body.
When it comes to talent, Jennifer’s Body writer Diablo Cody (Juno) has got some skills. A stripper-turned-writer, Diablo has become a real professional, with Hollywood studios regularly offering 7-figure sums for her screenwriting expertise. And Ms. Cody’s not bad to look at either.
Check out the YouTube sneak-peek below:
Nearing its 30th Anniversary, Carl Reiner‘s The Jerk still holds a relevant platform for discussing what it really means to be a jerk. In every sense of the word, including stupidity and ill will.
Congressman Joe “You Lie!” Wilson, Rock-n-Roller Ike Turner, Professional Footballer Terrell Owens, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez are a few who come to mind as potential “jerk”-type figures worthy of some note.
But Steve Martin‘s frank and crass representation of The Jerk goes well beyond the oft-used term to a deeper understanding of what stereotypes, ignorance, bigotry, and demagoguery can produce when someone seeks to be a product of rude and mindless sociopathic behavior.
My favorite quotes from The Jerk:
Mother: Navin, it’s your birthday, and it’s time you knew. You’re not our natural-born child.
Navin R. Johnson: I’m not? You mean I’m gonna STAY this color?
Motel Guest: Don’t call that dog “lifesaver;” call him “shithead”.
Navin R. Johnson: First I get my name in the phone book and now I’m on your ass. You know, I’ll bet more people see that than the phone book.
Navin R. Johnson: Lord loves a workin’ man; don’t trust whitey; see a doctor and get rid of it.
Billed as an “American Musical Fantasy,” The Wizard of Oz opened in theaters on August 25, 1939 — 70 years ago last week.
Based on the 1900 children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, many historians now believe Baum’s premise was slanted toward an argument for the “Gold Standard” in economics — hence the Yellow Brick Road.
Warner Brothers is releasing a 70th Anniversary Edition on September 29th.
We’re not in Kansas, anymore.
Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my.
Poppy Fields.
Flying Monkeys.
Auntie Em.
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
Heart, Courage, Brain, and a Home.
Lewis Carroll‘s Alice In Wonderland was published in 1865, and his Through the Looking Glass was the follow-up in 1871.
Tim Burton‘s cinematic version of both comes out in 2010, with Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter.
Doesn’t the 60s rock-band Jefferson Airplane have their own rendition of this story? Go ask Alice, when she’s ten-feet tall…
Watch the sneak-peek trailer here.
