August 2011
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WatchJohnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music
Along with Thelonius Monk: Straight No Chaser this documentary was probably the biggest influence on The Carter. It’s like a home video. The director Robert Elfstrom was entrenched in Johnny Cash’s camp shooting on Super 8MM and following him on tour and around the country. This particular scene is in Johnny’s hometown. That’s...
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Marilyn Manson / Shia LaBeouf Project "Born...
Man they sure pumped this thing out fast. When Manson told me he and Shia were shooting together one weekend I guess he meant they were literally shooting this whole thing in one whole weekend.
I like how you purchase the book and it’s a ticket to your screening of the film. So the whole thing is like an event with a book signing, screening of the short film and you get to bring a guest....
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Meet The Man Behind 'Entourage's' Music →
Good interview with my homeboy Scott, music supervisor extraordinaire.
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Review of The Upsetter, opening in Milwaukee this... →
“Jamaican producer, singer and living legend Lee “Scratch” Perry, aka The Upsetter, aka Pipecock Jackson, has always been an enigma, an eccentric that has led many to baffle over his sanity, potential drug use and the potential that it’s all one big act.
If you’re hoping that the film by Ethan Higbee and Adam Bhala Lough – and narrated by Benicio Del Toro – clears...
J-Lab →
“J-Lab is a journalism catalyst that funds new approaches to journalism, researches best practices and shares practical insights gained from years of working with news creators and news gatherers.”
J-Lab helped fund the Philly Weekly cover article I linked below.
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The Top 10 Drug Corners in the City of Brotherly... →
Here’s a link to Steve Volk’s astonishing Philadelphia Weekly cover story on drug dealing in Philly, plus 6000 extra words and a terrific story after the article “My Life on a Drug Corner.” This is the best journalism I’ve read all year, a ”product of a partnership between Phawker and PW and funded by a grant from J-Lab and the William Penn Foundation.”...
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The Weeknd - Thursday (free download) →
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From Goblin to Morricone: the art of horror movie... →
Excellent article by Stephen Thrower in Guardian. He includes many of my all time favorite horror score pieces. And some of the greatest hits he left out are in the comments below (including the excellent Fabio Frizzi - Fulci’s composer). Worth reading & clicking through to all the YouTube clips.
WatchOne of the best attributes of practical effects over CGI was that horror films in the 80’s and 90’s became veritable showcases for scenes of increasingly creative use of practical effects, eventually reaching a high level of artistry. The implementation of on-set effects work lends itself to creativity given the limited amount of time, resources, takes, and hours in the day. This...
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Shoutout to Amy, my 3000th tumblr follower -... →
“I’m Amy. I believe in magic. I love writing and receiving letters. I adore travelling, music and films. I like stories that have no ending. I sometimes pretend that my life is a movie. I like orange juice and coffee, and I collect little knick-knacks that mean something to me. I love old photographs and listening to people tell me about their lives. I like long walks at night and...
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It’s rare when a film really shocks me and turns out to be the exact opposite of what I expected. Recently I viewed Woody Allen’s 1989 film Crimes and Misdemeanors for the first time and was absolutely floored by this dark, twisted and profound film. In the DVD commentary Allen calls it a film about “God, faith and justice,” and remarks, “Existential subjects to me,...
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My 2nd feature film WEAPONS had its BET Star Cinema premier 2 nights ago and was trending on Twitter for 2 hours. Of course I just found this out after the fact. But reading through the comments on the hashtag #Weapons was a hilarious, eye opening experience. It’s exactly like watching your movie with an audience. You get to see where people laugh, where they cry, where they cheer, where...
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Howard Stern on Your Highness →
Your Highness drops today on Blu-ray, digital download, VOD, etc. Make sure you pick that up. By far the funniest movie of the year, and that’s not just a shameless plug for my friends, it’s actually hilarious, balls-out crazy and brilliant and the type of film that 20 or 30 years from now people will look back and say ‘how the f*ck did they get the studios to finance...
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“Back then hip-hop was very different… It was impossible to consume...”
– Adam Mansbach in the New York Times today.
I adapted his novel “Angry Black White Boy” into a screenplay. It’s a terrific book, highly recommended.
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Eli Roth on RZA's "Man with the Iron Fist" →
I’ll support anything the RZA does. The man is a genius. For real. A “Kung Fu Star Wars movie?” Shit, sign me up. And Russell Crowe can do no wrong far as I’m concerned. 2nd favorite actor behind Tom Hanks. #BASED
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WatchZoe Kravitz - great actress, love her in everything she does. Also very sweet person in real life. They should have put her in this trailer more though.
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Ethan Hawke starring in "found footage thriller" →
The film is being produced by Jason Blum, a great producer and a great guy who just recently optioned my new script Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’. My film is far from horror (it’s an action/comedy) but found footage horror is Blum’s specialty so this Ethan Hawke film should be big.
If you think about it the idea that Ethan Hawke could star in a found footage thriller a la...