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Indymisanthrope said:
Speaking of, has The Last Black Man in San Francisco not come up yet in this thread? My wife and I talked about that movie for like 3 days straight after we saw it.
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I know I'm a year late, but anytime you want to discuss let me know. I put off watching it for awhile because I was waiting until I could stream it and I wasn't emotionally ready for it... I still wasn't fully emotionally prepped. One of the best films I've ever seen.
 
siremobunny said:
Friendly reminder: Palm Springs, the priciest acquisition in Sundance history, is going straight to Hulu on Friday.
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Between that and First Cow, I guess I know what I’m doing Friday.

In other news, I’m eight years late to Mud, but...good flick.
 
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Indymisanthrope said:
I missed this a couple of weeks ago. I guess it's official that The Modern Ocean will definitely not be Shane Carruth's "final project."

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Shane Carruth Shares Full Script & Concept Trailer for The Modern Ocean

It was a little less than five years ago, after the success of Upstream Color, that what was to be Shane Carruth's next project, The Modern Ocean, was unveiled. Set to star Jeff Goldblum, Keanu Reeves, Daniel Radcliffe, Anne Hathaway, Chloe Grace Moretz, Asa Butterfield, Tom Holland, Abraham...
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There's something truly wrong with an industry where an obvious talent like Shane Carruth can't get a movie made.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
He need to make a couple blockbusters then everyone will just give em bags of money and leave em the fuck alone. A la Christopher Nolan or Denis Villeneuve. Imagine the flick he could make with that type of cash?
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I guess that's the baffling thing, though. If one considers Primer and Upstream Color to be his Following and Memento, where's his Insomnia/Batman Begins? Maybe he's impossible and uncompromising to work with, but as far as I know he doesn't have that reputation. Considering his critical cachet and the fact that certain filmgoers (me) will see anything with his name on it, you'd think more financiers would be in the Shane Carruth business.
 
Bull Shannon said:
I guess that's the baffling thing, though. If one considers Primer and Upstream Color to be his Following and Memento, where's his Insomnia/Batman Begins? Maybe he's impossible and uncompromising to work with, but as far as I know he doesn't have that reputation. Considering his critical cachet and the fact that certain filmgoers (me) will see anything with his name on it, you'd think more financiers would be in the Shane Carruth business.
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Totally agree. Original filmmaking is a tough sell in this day and age. Marvel needs to let him do a Silver Surfer movie or something.
 
kvetcha said:
I imagine he would rather jump out a window.
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Maybe but Sam Rami, James Gunn, the aforementioned Nolan, etc.. have all done good work within the superhero genre. I don’t know if I woulda thought the guy who made Swingers or the Director or Meet The Feebles would have made epic studio blockbusters either. Everyone starts somewhere and dude creates great cinema.
 
ayayrawn said:
Marvel isn't one to let auteurs do anything particularly interesting with their properties either.
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I disagree. I think the movies that have been the most successful are the ones where they have loosened the reins a bit. Obviously I am speaking from within the context of studio blockbusters and not an art house flick.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
I disagree. I think the movies that have been the most successful are the ones where they have loosened the reins a bit. Obviously I am speaking from within the context of studio blockbusters and not an art house flick.
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That may be true, but there are also plenty more instances of good directors leaving Marvel movies over "creative differences" to be replaced by no name blockbuster director #3891.
 
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