Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 20.03.2013 – 21.03.2013

Aikamme suuria (keinotekoisia) kysymyksiä: Cheers vai Simpsonit? – David Mamet: Truth and Melodrama and Phil Spector — The Making Of… – We know any drama ends when we find the answer to the question which gave rise to it. When we discover the answer simultaneously with the hero, the dramatist has done a very good …

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 17.01.2013 – 20.01.2013

John Woo on Hard Boiled – Here the gunman gets shot in the legs, and there’s a lot of smoke in the corner of the frame. In action scenes I usually like lots of things happening at once—big plumes of smoke or fires burning, or something else. If there’s no smoke, sometimes I’ll use fireworks …

Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 12.01.2013 – 13.01.2013

Jaxxon’s 11 comic (pdf) – In 2003, I had a very silly idea for a comic. Resurrect the stupidest character from the 1970s Marvel "Star Wars" comic books — a seven-foot-tall green rabbit named Jaxxon — and have him recruit a middle-aged Han Solo for one last heist. FILMography – movie stills, real locations – …

Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 27.12.2012 – 28.12.2012

Indian Soap Operas, Ruled by Mothers-in-Law – NYTimes.com – Television isn’t an insurrectionist force in India. It’s a relatively young medium struggling to adapt to a vast viewing audience that respects tradition and suspects change. Like many an Indian bride, television here occasionally tests the boundaries but mostly finds its way by following the rules …