Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 30.01.2013

Werner Herzog: ”Trust in my wild fantasies” – Mr. Herzog, do you think someone would ever be crazy enough to hire you to direct an epic blockbuster? It wouldn’t be crazy at all, because I am capable of producing huge films for a fraction of the money that Hollywood would spend. A big epic film …

Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 29.01.2013 – 30.01.2013

What do people in the intelligence community think of Homeland? – Quora – House of Cards star Kevin Spacey on his return to television (sort of) – But really it’s “Wiseguy” that kind of got me film, because Bryan Singer and Chris McQuarrie wrote “Usual Suspects” for me because they had fallen in love with …

Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 28.01.2013

Hollywood gets science wrong — and that’s okay – Entertainment starts with an assumption that a lot of scientists don’t start with: The story and the science have to somehow blend. You can’t just insist the science be 100% accurate. It’s better to have some science in there that’s more or less accurate, than to …

Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 25.01.2013 – 26.01.2013

Toden näköistä –dokumenttielokuvaviikonloppu @ Kiasma (22.–24.2.2013) – Jonas Mekas @ Kiasma (17.5.–29.9.2013) – Kontti-tilassa nähdään valikoima liettualaissyntyisen Jonas Mekasin kokeellisia elokuvia 1970-90-luvulta. Title Screens, 1902–2012 –

Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 21.01.2013 – 23.01.2013

Greg’s wonderful piece on the downsides (and up-) of online film writing –  One, I wouldn’t want to not converse with the online community of film lovers and friends I’ve discovered in this time and two, I’ve never learned more about the movies than I have in the last five years.  Before that, it was …