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Before fame propelled Brad Pitt above the heights of the Hollywood sign, he was an overly polite, amateur actor who was almost passed over for the role of the seducer-meets-robber J.D. in the 1991 film Thelma and Louise. Now, a new book reveals inside details of his sex scene with Thelma (played by Geena Davis) — a scene so “racy” that it kick-started his reputation as a sex symbol and, if left uncut, would have shot the movie’s rating “past R.”
The young Pitt wasn’t director Ridley Scott’s first (or even second) choice, Becky Aikman reveals in her book,...
The young Pitt wasn’t director Ridley Scott’s first (or even second) choice, Becky Aikman reveals in her book,...
- 6/27/2017
- by Sam Gillette
- PEOPLE.com
Of all the multitude of genres and sub genres out there retro-futurism is, to my mind, one of the absolute hardest to get right. Always at risk of sliding into kitsch and too-cute design schemes the retro bit and the future bit seldom fit smoothly together but when things work it's easy to see why the sub genre is such a favorite among fans. And things very, very much fit together in Romain Quirot's impressive short film The Last Journey Of The Enigmatic Paul W.R.Boasting fabulous production values the most impressive thing here are not the effects - though those are very good - but how grimy and lived in everything feels. Quirot is bringing a fully realized world to life here, one where people...
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- 12/9/2015
- Screen Anarchy
The problem of what films to make in the communist block exercised the minds of the best filmmakers. Milos Forman struggled with the issue of how to create drama in a country (Czechoslovakia) which could not admit to any social problems. At one point he confesses to writing a scenario in which a worker volunteers for so many extracurricular activities he risks meltdown: the conflict between mere commendable social participation and exceptional commitment to going above and beyond the call of duty seemed to be the only avenue of exploration left to the dramatist. Even that story would probably have been censored; at any rate, it was never made.
Nikola Tanhofer, a cinematographer who began alternating camerawork with directing jobs, chose a different approach in Yugoslavia in 1958. The title H-8... refers to the first two figures in an incomplete license plate number, belonging to an unidentified driver whose recklessness has caused a fatal motorway crash.
Nikola Tanhofer, a cinematographer who began alternating camerawork with directing jobs, chose a different approach in Yugoslavia in 1958. The title H-8... refers to the first two figures in an incomplete license plate number, belonging to an unidentified driver whose recklessness has caused a fatal motorway crash.
- 3/27/2013
- by David Cairns
- MUBI
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