Shutter Island

Word is Mark Ruffalo is very, very close to signing on as Dicaprio's co-star in Shutter Island! Good news in my opinion as I'm a big fan of Ruffalo. Eternal Sunshine, You Can Count on Me, Zodiac...the list goes on. So the question is, who is going to lens the film? Scorsese goes back and forth between Michael Ballhaus and Robert Richardson. He used Roger Deakins once, maybe he'll go back. Personally, I'd love it if he grabbed Rodrigo Prieto.

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Head on over to digg.com and check out Potty Boy's new video. It's hilarious and you'll get to meet the incomparable Grace! Go now.

No Country for Old Men

I'm a big fan of the Coen Brothers, but I wasn't exactly a huge fan of their last two films. Their latest, is easily one of their best, and that's saying something. No Country for Old Men is told in a very simple, straightforward, and clean way. That's why it's so effective. Also, as the film progresses they make some choices that will surprise you and I found them invigorating. The story is simple; A man, Llewelyn Moss is out hunting and he comes across a bloodbath, a shitload of heroin and 2 million dollars in cash. He takes it. The Coens have made a few movies about people who take something that doesn't belong to them and the consequences they face. Moss faces one of the most memorable screen villians I've ever seen. Played to perfection by Javier Bardem, Anton Chigurh, is a cold, relentless killer sent to track down the money and the man who took it. Their cat and mouse chase is taut and nail biting. The film is quietly simmering. You can smell the violence and danger and you fear for Llewelyn immediately because you know, as well as he does actually, that he is, in a word, fucked. I saw this film a week ago and their are scenes that have not left my brain and lines of dialogue that echo in my head. The work in and on the film is terrific. The Coens adapted the screenplay from a book by the same name from author Cormac McCarthy. Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Kelly MacDonald and Tommy Lee Jones are give excellent performances and as usual, one of my favorite DP's shot the shit out of this film. Roger Deakins work is striking and the visuals are a character of their own in the film.

I truly can't recommend this enough.

Cloverfield

Okay here we go. Small but important tidbit.

The Wonders of the Internet

I'm flattered. And excited. I just found this.

Someone found my short film Edit This and posted it on youtube. I have no idea who this person is but I can only assume that they liked it and that's why they posted it. Made my day.

Thank you cyberdelicamusic!

I said "arigato" to a Korean man.

There is a terrific interview with Paul Thomas Anderson over at cigarettesandredvines.com. They discuss There Will Be Blood (can't fuckin' wait), Robert Altman, shoes, sandwiches and some other cool stuff.

Cloverfield

It appears thats the title. Works for me...not that I have a choice. I like that it isn't a direct (as far as we know) reference to a monster or event, i.e. Godzilla or Independence Day. Better than the title is the new trailer. This trailer shows, however fleeting, much than we've seen yet so if you want to remain completely in the dark about the film don't watch it. Not that it gives much away but some people don't want to know anything. That being said, it's a kick ass trailer.

Of note...look at the page the trailer is on. NYC smoking in the background of a headless Statue of Liberty. Spiderman 3 also had the floor of a building, in NYC, destroyed with people falling out. Why is that okay, but the film United 93 was deemed "too soon?" Just curious...