“When intertwined with public funding through state and federal tax incentives, the practice of movie and television write-downs represents a troubling exploitation of taxpayer funds. Coupled with rapidly expanding state tax incentives, it represents a multibillion-dollar Rube Goldberg machine that culminates in a nickel being pulled from your pocket, strapped to an Acme rocket, and fired directly into the bank accounts of movie studios.”
I love #books that tell the story about making a #movie.
For example:
Lillian Ross's 'Picture' about the making of The Red Badge of Courage
Katharine Hepburn's 'The Making of the African Queen: Or How I Went to Africa With Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind'
Both coincidentally involving director John Huston.
With Oppenheimer coming out soon on streaming, check out "Unleashing Oppenheimer: Inside Christopher Nolan's Explosive Atomic-Age Thriller' by Jada Yuan
It is a bit spoilerish so maybe read it after you see the movie. For example, she goes into a lot of detail about how Nolan constructed the story from source material. Also an excellent #filmmaker guide. #books#movies#film
Fantastic new film. It does far more than what the headline says, it is a thoughtful inquiry, especially into global warming, and highlights many voices not traditionally included.
"New film underscores Doomsday Clock’s importance and Bulletin history"
Nie tak dawno namówiono mnie do przeczytania "Wieku niewinności" Edith Wharton - można lubić lub nie, ale doskonale się nadaje do rozbudzenia żywej dyskusji w towarzystwie (np. żony 😆) o słuszności (bądź nie) postępowania Newlanda Archera, jego żony - May oraz hrabiny Olenskiej.
Przypomniało mi się, bo wczoraj obejrzałem ekranizację z Michelle Pfeiffer oraz Wynoną Ryder - można sobie porównać wyobrażenia własne z wyobrażeniem nie byle kogo, bo samego Martina Scorsese 🙂
The #conference "Nordsüdlicher Divan. #Intercultural Worldmaking in #Literature and #Film from Europe and the Global South" will take place at the University of Illinois Chicago (#thisisUIC) on November 2-3, 2023.
The thirty first, and final, recommendation for the month is one that many will dislike. It’s Brightburn, a simple and entertainingly gruesome tale that gives us a version of the Superman origin tale if he had also been a bad seed.
Don't worry. I haven't forgotten. The thirtieth recommendation for the month is . . . Pin.
You may have heard of Pin, but you should definitely watch it if you haven't already. It's a superb psychological horror, and would pair up nicely with May.
Sweet #Cinema, you vex me. You know I wince at #BodyHorror and still you tempt me with David Cronenberg's #CrimesOfTheFuture , his most recent nightmare. I must admit it repulsed and lured me in the ways that only he can. I felt entrenched as if inside a classic #Scifi novel. Yet I'm not kinky enough for repeat servings... Next up: his son's Infinity Pool.
With its gut-wrenching #SciFi concept, #InfinityPool says more about colonial tourism than the typical #WhiteLotus episode. Though I was left unmoved by its conclusion.
I appreciate the hectic anxiety-inducing thrill ride of the opening hour of #BeauIsAAfraid from a cinematic perspective. I wish it kept with that pace and leaned further into absurdity. Perhaps then it might've had something more potent to say. Beau's mommy issues weighed down the narrative beyond my interest. #movies#film#AriAster#JoaquinPheonix@film@movies
Nearing the finish line, your twenty ninth recommendation for the month is The Haunted, a 1991 TV movie that everyone remembers . . . even if they don't remember the actual title.