<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- generator="wordpress.com" -->
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>road-to-perdition &amp;laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed</title>
	<link>http://wordpress.com/tag/road-to-perdition/</link>
	<description>Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "road-to-perdition"</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:20:14 +0000</pubDate>

	<generator>http://wordpress.com/tags/</generator>
	<language>en</language>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Danny Elfman to score The Wolf Man, whole world utters loud "Duh!"]]></title>
<link>http://themovieplanet.wordpress.com/?p=94</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>misterhollywood</dc:creator>
<guid>http://themovieplanet.wordpress.com/?p=94</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Superstar music master Danny Elfman (Hellboy II) has just been announced as the composer for Univer]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj6/misterbrocktastic/danny-elfman-20061006051250403.jpg"><img class="alignnone" src="http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj6/misterbrocktastic/danny-elfman-20061006051250403.jpg" alt="" width="425" height="319" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Superstar music master Danny Elfman (<em>Hellboy II</em>) has just been announced as the composer for Universal's forthcoming remake of <em>The Wolf Man</em>. Elfman, who's best known for his frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton as well as his theme for <em>The Simpsons</em>, is a good choice in my opinion, in addition to being a very obvious one (he did score <em>Sleepy Hollow</em> after all). I for one am looking forward to what musical wonders Mr Elfman will come up with.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>The Wolf Man</em>, a remake of the 1941 classic, will premiere on April 3rd in the US, UK and Denmark, with the rest of the world following shortly. Footage from the film was shown at this year's Comic-Con, to very enthusiastic response. The premise of the film, which was written by Andrew Kevin Walker  (hey, <em>Sleepy Hollow</em>!) and David Self (<em>Road To Perdition</em>), goes like this, according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Set in the late <a title="1880" href="http://themovieplanet.wordpress.com/wiki/1880">1880s</a>, the film keeps the plotline of the original, with Lawrence Talbot meeting his father following the death of his brother. The film details events during Lawrence's past that led to his estrangement from his father (which includes Gwen), and the setting is expanded from <a title="Blackmore" href="http://themovieplanet.wordpress.com/wiki/Blackmore">Blackmore</a> (now identified as the village from the original) to <a title="London" href="http://themovieplanet.wordpress.com/wiki/London">London</a>.<sup class="reference"><a href="http://themovieplanet.wordpress.com/wp-admin/#cite_note-producer-2">[3]</a></sup> The official synopsis states Talbot was traumatized by his mother's death as a child, while Gwen Conliffe is his brother's fiancée. Following his brother's disappearance, Talbot hunts a murderer, which turns out to be a werewolf, and the curse is passed on.</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The film was originally to be directed by the über-talented Mark Romanek (<em>One Hour Photo</em>), but he left very early on due to budget disagreements, with the pretty competent Joe Johnston (<em>Hidalgo</em>) taking over as helmsman. Benicio Del Toro (<em>Things We Lost In The Fire</em>) plays the lead character and is joined Anthony Hopkins (<em>Beowulf</em>), Hugo Weaving (<em>V For Vendetta</em>) and Emily Blunt (<em>Charlie Wilson's War</em>).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>The Wolf Man</em> will be Universal's third attempt at resurrecting their old horror franchises, following the success of <em>The Mummy</em> and the failure of <em>Van Helsing</em> (a seriously underrated movie by the way). It seems as though <em>The Wolf Man</em>, which features makeup from maestro Rick Baker (<em>Norbit</em>), will be a decidedly more serious-minded affair than those movies, which turned away some moviegoers with their more light, fun approach to the source material.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://api.ning.com/files/O3bQkEr8R3Tati6Yk40MD21jfqhkkJXsAgGMdtGhrkGqvZo-smAifRDCRxorILpb8tLxcSQcQ6aq5mr-HatD11MOkU6zfKqx/Wolfman2.jpg"><img class="alignnone" src="http://api.ning.com/files/O3bQkEr8R3Tati6Yk40MD21jfqhkkJXsAgGMdtGhrkGqvZo-smAifRDCRxorILpb8tLxcSQcQ6aq5mr-HatD11MOkU6zfKqx/Wolfman2.jpg" alt="" width="543" height="812" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/08/25/danny-elfman-to-score-the-wolfman/" target="_blank">Source</a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Kino &amp; Comics]]></title>
<link>http://symbadisch.wordpress.com/?p=613</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://symbadisch.wordpress.com/?p=613</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Gestern habe ich mit Tobias und 2 weiteren Bekannten die Ausstellung &#8220;Kino &amp; Comics&#8221;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gestern habe ich mit <a href="http://www.tobiasniemitz.de/weblog" target="_blank">Tobias</a> und 2 weiteren Bekannten die Ausstellung <a href="http://www.karlsruhe.de/kultur/ausstellungen/staedtische_galerie/kino_comics" target="_blank">"Kino &#38; Comics"</a> in der <a href="http://www.karlsruhe.de/kultur/ausstellungen/staedtische_galerie.de" target="_blank">Städtischen Gallerie</a> im <a href="http://www.zkm.de/" target="_blank">ZKM</a> in Karlsruhe besucht. Wie der Name schon andeutet konzentriert sich die Ausstellung auf Comics, die auch verfilmt wurden.</p>
<p>Es wurde ein schöner Überblick geboten, angefangen bei den Klassikern wie<em> Tarzan, Jungle Jim, Buck Rogers</em> oder <em>Flash Gordon</em>, die in den 30er Jahren entstanden und auf der Leinwand durch Legenden wie Buster Crabbe oder Johnny Weissmüller verkörpert wurden, die beide im Laufe ihrer Karriere in die Haut mehrerer Comichelden schlüpften und interessanterweise beide erfolgreiche Schwimmer waren, bevor sie sich der Schauspielerei zuwandten.</p>
<p>Die franko-belgischen Klassiker wie<em> TIm &#38; Struppi, Lucky Luke</em> oder <em>Asterix</em> waren ebenso vertreten wie einige hierzulande ziemlich unbekannte italienische Comics und natürlich die unumgänglichen US-Helden von DC <em>(Superman, Batman)</em> und Marvel <em>(Spider-Man, X-Men, Hulk, Daredevil)</em>. Selbst einige Graphic Novels neueren Datums, wie Frank Millers <em>Sin City</em> oder Alan Moores <em>From Hell</em> und <em>Die Liga der außergewöhnlichen Gentlemen</em> wurden berücksichtigt. Dafür vermissten wir aber z.B. <em>V wie Vendetta</em> oder <em>Road to Perdition</em>.</p>
<p>Für jeden der insgesamt 34 ausgestellten Comics wurden in einem Schaukasten neben einigen Heft- und Buchexponaten ausführliche Hintergrundinfos zu Inhalt und Entstehung, den Schöpfern, sowie zu den gedrehten Verfilmungen geboten. An den Wänden hingen zahlreiche Filmposter, sowie Originalzeichnungen und Strips und es wurden sogar einige Filmkostüme von Batman, Spider-Man, Daredevil und Wolverine ausgestellt, sowie Requisiten wie die Maske des Green Goblin oder Conans Schwert.</p>
<p>Wir waren uns einig, dass uns die Ausstellung sehr gut gefallen hat und dementsprechend kann ich sie auch jedem, der sich für das Thema interessiert, weiterempfehlen. Die Ausstellung läuft noch bis zum 5. Oktober.</p>
<p>Als krönenden Abschluss haben wir uns dann noch <a href="http://www.movies.uip.de/diemumie3/" target="_blank"><em>"Die Mumie: Das Grabmal des Drachenkaisers"</em></a> im <a href="http://www.filmpalast.net/" target="_blank">Filmpalast am ZKM</a> angesehen. Hier gingen die Meinungen dann etwas auseinander, aber ich muss sagen, ich wurde gut unterhalten und der Film hatte einige gelungene Gags zu bieten, vor allem da er - wie schon seine beiden Vorgänger - ziemlich selbstironisch daherkommt. Sicherlich kein filmisches Meisterwerk, aber solide Action-Unterhaltung, bei der man das Hirn weitestgehend abschalten kann.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[2008 Oscar-Bait]]></title>
<link>http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/?p=410</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Joseph Demme</dc:creator>
<guid>http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/?p=410</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s been a good year at the movies so far. There are only a few films that I&#8217;m in]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, it's been a good year at the movies so far. There are only a few films that I'm interested in seeing this Summer (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Pineapple Express, and Tropic Thunder)</p>
<p>My Top 5 for 2008 So Far:</p>
<p>1. The Dark Knight<br />
2. Wall-E<br />
3. American Teen<br />
4. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull<br />
5. Iron Man</p>
<p>That said, I'm really looking forward to Oscar season this year. I have a feeling that the Academy Awards are going to be insane with competition. Last year was good, but this will probably be better. This afternoon I hunted down the upcoming films for the rest of the year.</p>
<p><strong>My Top 11 Must-Sees:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/benjamin_button.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-414" src="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/benjamin_button.jpg?w=222" alt="" width="222" height="300" /><br />
</a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421715/"><br />
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</a><br />
Directed By: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000093/">David Fincher<br />
</a>Starring: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000093/">Brad Pitt</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000949/">Cate Blanchett</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842770/">Tilda Swinton</a></p>
<p>Zodiac was royally shafted at the Academy Awards this year. I thought it should have been nominated for picture, adapted screenplay, supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr) and visual effects. It probably wouldn't have won any, but it should have had some recognition.</p>
<p>That said, I think Benjamin Button is going to get Fincher back in the game.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/5ptxY4Bl4RI'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/5ptxY4Bl4RI&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span><br />
(<a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton/">Apple Trailers</a>)</p>
<p><a href="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/burn_after_reading.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-416" src="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/burn_after_reading.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="161" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887883/">Burn After Reading</a><br />
Directed By: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001053/">Ethan Coen</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001054/">Joel Coen</a><br />
Starring: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000093/">Brad Pitt</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000123/">George Clooney</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000518/">John Malkovich</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842770/">Tilda Swinton</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000531/">Frances McDormand</a></p>
<p>After the amazing No Country for Old Men last year, it looks like the Coens are back in action with a dark screwball comedy (their forte) with a great ensemble cast. It will be nice to see Frances McDormand in a Coen film again.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/t4QA2heP6Ts'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/t4QA2heP6Ts&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span><br />
(<a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/burnafterreading/">Apple Trailers</a>)</p>
<p><a href="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/revolutionary-road-movie-01.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-420" src="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/revolutionary-road-movie-01.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959337/">Revolutionary Road</a><br />
Directed By: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005222/">Sam Mendes<br />
</a>Starring: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000138/">Leondardo DiCaprio</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000701/">Kate Winslet</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000870/">Kathy Bates<br />
</a></p>
<p>Looks like a Titanic cast reunion. Add in the director of American Beauty and Road to Perdition and you have an awesome combination.</p>
<p><a href="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/the_soloist.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-422" src="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/the_soloist.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0821642/">The Soloist</a><br />
Directed By: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942504/">Joe Wright<br />
</a>Starring: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000375/">Robert Downey Jr.</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004937/">Jamie Foxx</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001416/">Catharine Keener</p>
<p></a>Robert Downey Jr. has been in an insane number of films the last few years. That's all.</p>
<p><a href="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/australia.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-413" src="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/australia.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455824/">Australia</a><br />
Directed By: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525303/">Baz Luhrmann<br />
</a>Starring: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0413168/">Hugh Jackman</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000173/">Nicole Kidman</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920992/">David Wenham</p>
<p></a>Quite simply, this looks epic, and I do not want to miss seeing it on the silver screen. It may end up being the next Lawrence of Arabia for all we know. And you can't go wrong with Hugh Jacman.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/JQHa9f_Y7uc'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/JQHa9f_Y7uc&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span><br />
(<a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/australia/">Apple Trailers</a>)</p>
<p><a href="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/appaloosa.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-412" src="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/appaloosa.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800308/">Appaloosa</a><br />
Directed By: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000438/">Ed Harris<br />
</a>Starring: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001557/">Viggo Mortensen</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000250/">Renée Zellweger</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000460/">Jeremy Irons</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000438/">Ed Harris</a></p>
<p>As long as it's better than Hidalgo. Solid cast, and the amazing Ed Harris.</p>
<p><a href="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/lakeview_terrace.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-419" src="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/lakeview_terrace.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947802/">Lakeview Terrace</a><br />
Directed By: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001438/">Neil LaBute<br />
</a>Starring: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933940/">Patrick Wilson</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913488/">Kerry Washington</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000168/">Samuel L. Jackson</p>
<p></a>What can I say? The preview sold me. This looks to be quite the tense film.<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000168/"><br />
</a></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/j4yACExHw0k'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/j4yACExHw0k&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span><br />
(<a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/lakeviewterrace/">Apple Trailers</a>)</p>
<p><a href="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/body_of_lies.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-415" src="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/body_of_lies.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758774/">Body of Lies</a><br />
Directed By: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000631/">Ridley Scott</a><br />
Starring: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000138/">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000128/">Russell Crowe</p>
<p></a>Since 2002, DiCaprio hasn't disappionted me once as an actor. He just keeps plugging away. With 8 films in the next two years, he's going to be a busy man. And to top it off, the preview reminded me a little bit of Michael Mann's Heat, which is never a bad thing.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/sUkk9MsWrFA'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/sUkk9MsWrFA&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000128/"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/doubt.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-418" src="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/doubt.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0918927/">Doubt</a><br />
Directed By: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788234/">John Patrick Shanley<br />
</a>Starring: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000658/">Meryl Streep</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000450/">Philip Seymour Hoffman</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010736/">Amy Adams</p>
<p></a>I've heard really good things about the Shanley's play, which this is based on. And what a great cast.</p>
<p><a href="http://striderdemme.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/the_reader_picture.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-423" src="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/the_reader_picture.jpg?w=199" alt="" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0976051/">The Reader</a><br />
Directed By: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0197636/">Stephen Daldry<br />
</a>Starring: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000701/">Kate Winslet</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000146/">Ralph Fiennes<br />
</a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000146/"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/defiance.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-417" src="http://striderdemme.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/defiance.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="163" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034303/">Defiance</a><br />
Directed By: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001880/">Edward Zwick</a><br />
Starring: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185819/">Daniel Craig</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000630/">Liev Schreiber</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068260/">Jamie Bell</a></p>
<p>You can't go wrong with Edward Zwick.</p>
<p><strong>What films are you looking forward to the most?</strong></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[DARON ARONOFSKY To Direct New ROBOCOP Movie]]></title>
<link>http://dietrichthrall.wordpress.com/?p=650</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dietrichthrall</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dietrichthrall.wordpress.com/?p=650</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
Source: CraveOnline.com

Not clear on whether it&#8217;s a remake or a sequel. 
MGM has singed Darr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://dietrichthrall.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/robocop.jpg"><img src="http://dietrichthrall.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/robocop.jpg?w=64" alt="A New ROBOCOP Movie Is In The Works" width="64" height="96" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-651" /></a><br />
<i>Source: CraveOnline.com</i><br />
<b><font size="1"><br />
Not clear on whether it's a remake or a sequel. </p>
<blockquote><p>MGM has singed Darren Aronofsky to direct the next Robocop movie. The director is best known for directing ‘The Fountain’, as well as ‘Pi’ and ‘Requiem for a Dream’. The movie will be written by David Self who wrote ‘Road to Perdition’.</p></blockquote>
<p>Read more <a href="http://www.craveonline.com/articles/comics/04651160/darren_aronofsky_to_direct_robocop.html">HERE</a>.<br />
</b></font><br />
-------<br />
-------</p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[And I keep getting tagged...]]></title>
<link>http://indisch.wordpress.com/?p=804</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>indisch</dc:creator>
<guid>http://indisch.wordpress.com/?p=804</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have no particular inclination to be tagged, but despite my natural non-chalance tags just keep fa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have no particular inclination to be tagged, but despite my natural non-chalance tags just <em>keep falling on my head.</em> This time it's <a href="http://notnerdyenough.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Ms Nerd</a> who's done it. With due apologies to her for taking up this meme a bit late (as I was busy putting out my diary on the net), I begin right away. The tag is:</p>
<p><em>List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring summer. Post these instructions in your blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to.</em></p>
<p>Here's my list:</p>
<p>1. Lux Aeterna (Requiem For A Dream) - Clint Mansell's composition is undoubtedly a haunting piece which rings in my ears for days together. Listen to it <a href="http://www.radioblogclub.com/open/147590/requiem_for_a_dream/Requiem_For_A_Dream_-_Lux_aeterna" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>2. Cheyenne's theme (Once Upon A Time In The West) - Ennio Morricone's score for Cheyenne is better than that of Harmonica. Listen <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgXFA_yP3jw" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>3. Haara (Aamir) - Undisputedly the best Hindi soundtrack of the year. Amit Trivedi has done a marvellous job of bringing together different genres, appealing to a wide variety of listeners. Listen <a href="http://musicmazaa.com/hindi/audiosongs/movie/Aamir.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>4. Bandya Re (Khuda Ke Liye) - Another of Bulleh Shah's compositions, it does remind one of Bullah Ki Jaana. A delightful fusion of folk and rock. Check it out <a href="http://musicmazaa.com/hindi/audiosongs/movie/Aamir.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>5. Jajabara (Jajabara) - Akshaya Mohanty's '75 piece has become a motif of Oriya film music. The first Oriya song to be influenced from the west, it sounds a bit old fashioned, but not if one gets the lyrics. Listen <a href="http://music.fullorissa.com/Songs.aspx?Name=AKSHAYA%20MOHANTY%20(new)&#38;Type=Singers&#38;nvbar=AKSHAYA%20MOHANTY%20(new)" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>6. Sorutihudu Maliya Maligi (The Raghu Dixit Project) - Penned by the Kannada saint Shishunala, it brings out the emotions of a poor helpless man. Raghu Dixit has done wonders with this song. Listen <a href="http://www.hummaa.com/artist/artistdashboard.php?aid=23943" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>7. Theme of Road To Perdition (Road To Perdition) - By Thomas Newman, it's mostly orthodox and traditional music that is powerful and moving. Listen to it <a href="http://www.radioblogclub.com/open/147590/road_to_perdition/Road_To_Perdition_-_Rock_island_1931_" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>And as always, I don't tag anyone.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Road to Perdition]]></title>
<link>http://haikutheater.wordpress.com/?p=128</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dju316</dc:creator>
<guid>http://haikutheater.wordpress.com/?p=128</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Boy sees dad commit
mob hit.  Mob tries to kill boy.
Dad tries to save him.
]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boy sees dad commit<br />
mob hit.  Mob tries to kill boy.<br />
Dad tries to save him.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Не правете моята грешка!]]></title>
<link>http://lotlorien.wordpress.com/?p=91</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lotlorien</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lotlorien.wordpress.com/?p=91</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Не правете моята грешка - да гледате &#8220;Път към отмъще]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Не правете моята грешка - да гледате "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257044/">Път към отмъщение</a>" и <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443456/">"Breaking and entering"</a></p>
<p>Първият е досаден и скучен филм за трагедията на едно дете на гангстер и о, как то след всичко което му се е случило, разбира че проблемите не се решават " само с юмрук и картечница". Бла-бла. Джъд е фотограф-некрофил, но има само 5 минути екранно присъствие. И въпреки, че е разтреперващо добър, не може да спаси филма от тъпотията, с която е пропит.</p>
<p>Вторият е още по-досаден и скучен, защото всеки герой в него казва минимум 10 пъти "Съжалявам". Филм за това, колко лошо нещо е лъжата. Бла.</p>
<p>Хубавите филми с Джъд привършиха. Враговете ми могат да ликуват.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Episode 2!!!]]></title>
<link>http://backatthepodcast.wordpress.com/?p=11</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vamosramos</dc:creator>
<guid>http://backatthepodcast.wordpress.com/?p=11</guid>
<description><![CDATA[At long last, episode 2. Turn up your headphones and get ready for some comic talk on movies (Batman]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At long last, episode 2. Turn up your headphones and get ready for some comic talk on movies (Batman, Ghost Rider, Road to Perdition, Electra and more), reads (Justice League, Proof, The Defenders, and stuff), and artists. We hope you enjoy!</p>
<p><a title="Episode 2" href="http://m.podshow.com/media/17743/episodes/107797/mbackatthepodcast-107797-04-13-2008.mp3" target="_self">Episode 2 Download (65 MB)</a></p>
<p>Right click and Save Target As or roll-over to listen in a WordPress Snapshot.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[My Top 40 Comic Book (or Strip) Movies]]></title>
<link>http://sophosmoros.wordpress.com/?p=176</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sophosmoros</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sophosmoros.wordpress.com/?p=176</guid>
<description><![CDATA[1.        Annie*                         1982
2.        American]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<pre style="margin:0;">1.<span>        </span>Annie*<span>  </span><span>            </span><span>           </span>1982</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">2.<span>        </span>American Splendor**†<span>           </span>2003</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">3.<span>        </span>The Dark Knight<span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Symbol;"><span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Symbol;">¨ </span></span></span>              </span>2008
4.<span>        </span>Superman<span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Symbol;">¨  </span></span><span>      </span><span>              </span>1978</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">5.<span>        </span>Batman<span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Symbol;">¨</span></span><span>                       </span>1989</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">6.<span>        </span>A History of Violence‡◊<span>        </span>2005
7.<span>        </span>Batman Begins<span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Symbol;">¨</span></span><span>                </span>2005</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">8.<span>        </span>300†<span>     </span><span>            </span><span>          </span>2007</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">9.<span>        </span>Dick Tracy*<span>  </span><span>                  </span>1990</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">10.<span>       </span>V for Vendetta◊<span>         </span><span>       </span>2005</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">11.<span>       </span>Batman Returns<span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Symbol;">¨</span></span><span>               </span>1992</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">12.<span>       </span>Road to Perdition‡<span>             </span>2002</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">13.<span>       </span>X-Men<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©</span></span><span>           </span><span>             </span>2000</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">14.       Iron Man<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©</span></span>                     2008</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;"><span>15.       </span>Spider-Man 2<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©</span></span><span>                 </span>2004</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">16.<span>       </span>Spider-Man<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©</span></span><span>   </span><span>                </span>2002</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">17.<span>       </span>Men in Black<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>§</span></span><span> </span><span>                </span>1997</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">18.<span>       </span>Hellboy†  <span>         </span><span>            </span>2004</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">19.<span>       </span>Sin City†<span>           </span><span>           </span>2005</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">20.<span>       </span>Constantine◊<span>    </span><span>               </span>2005</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">21.<span>       </span>X2: X-Men United<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©</span></span><span>             </span>2003</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">22.<span>       </span>From Hell<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>ª</span></span><span>    </span><span>                </span>2001</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">23.<span>       </span>Mystery Men† <span>                  </span>1999</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">24.<span>       </span>Timecop†<span>         </span><span>              1</span>994</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">25.<span>       </span>Over the Hedge‡‡ <span>              </span>2006</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">26.<span>       </span>Superman Returns<span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Symbol;">¨</span></span><span>             </span>2006
27.       The Incredible Hulk<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©</span></span>          2008</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">28.<span>       </span>Daredevil<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©</span></span><span>       </span><span>             </span>2003
29.       Wanted††                       2008</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">30.<span>       </span>X-Men: The Last Stand<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©</span></span><span>        </span>2006</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">31.<span>       </span>Hulk<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©</span></span><span>   </span><span>            </span><span>          </span>2003</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">32.	 The Mask†                      1994</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">33.<span>       </span>Fantastic Four<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©</span></span><span>               </span>2005
34.       Hellboy II: The Golden Army†   2008</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">35.<span>       </span>Blade<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©</span></span><span>                        </span>1998</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">36.<span>       </span>Batman Forever<span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Symbol;">¨</span></span><span>               </span>1995</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">37.<span>       </span>Men in Black II<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>§</span></span><span>              </span>2002</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">38.<span>       </span>Blade: Trinity<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©</span></span><span> </span><span>              </span>2004</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">39.<span>       </span>Howard the Duck<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©</span></span><span>              </span>1986</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">40.<span>       </span>Elektra<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©</span></span><span>           </span><span>           </span>2005</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;"> </pre>
<pre style="margin:0;"><em></em></pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">*  Chicago Tribune Syndicate
** Self-Published</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">†  Dark Horse
‡  Paradox Press (DC)
◊  Vertigo (DC)
<span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>¨  </span></span>DC Comics</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>©  </span></span>Marvel Comics </pre>
<pre style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>§  </span></span>Aircel/Malibu/Marvel</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;"><span>ª  </span></span>Top Shelf Productions</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">†† Top Cow</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;">‡‡ United Media Comics</pre>
<pre style="margin:0;"><em></em></pre>
<pre style="margin:0;"><em></em></pre>
<pre style="margin:0;"><em></em></pre>
<pre style="margin:0;"><em>L</em><em>ast revised and updated: July 19, 2008</em></pre>
<pre style="margin:0;"><em></em></pre>
<pre style="margin:0;"><em></em></pre>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS]]></title>
<link>http://screenwrite.wordpress.com/?p=15</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Thomas Lenz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://screenwrite.wordpress.com/?p=15</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Geraubte Küsse.
Den einen oder anderen Puristen wird merkliches Unwohlsein überkommen haben, als b]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Geraubte Küsse.</strong></p>
<p>Den einen oder anderen Puristen wird merkliches Unwohlsein überkommen haben, als bekannt wurde, dass Hongkongs populärster Autorenfilmer seinen nächsten Film auf amerikanischem Boden stattfinden lassen würde. Dabei konnte eine westliche Cineastenmeute im Zuge von „Chungking Express“ Mitte der 90er kaum eilig genug darauf bestehen, den allzeit sonnenbebrillten Regiemeister mit erinnerungslastiger Kindheit in Shanghai flugs zum chinesischen Tarantino zu erklären (wozu auch der Namensgeber selber eifrig beitrug), und ihn damit als einen der ihren einzugemeinden. Dass man mit diesem Stempel allerdings eher etwas voreilig hantiert hatte und schon früh gut damit beraten gewesen wäre, im Kino Wong Kar Wais mehr Truffaut in Technicolor als Godard on Acid auszumachen, hat sich mittlerweile stillschweigend bewahrheitet. „My Blueberry Nights“, Wongs mit reichlich Vorschussbedenken und gemischten Gefühlen erwartetes US-Debüt, bildet dabei keine Ausnahme. Denn auch und gerade unter dem Vorzeichen von Stars and Stripes ist dieser Film vielleicht der bislang französischste seines Autors.</p>
<p><!--more--></p>
<p>Das hat sicherlich auch mit einer gewissen Leichtigkeit zu tun, wie man sie aus den großen Melodramen des Chinesen wenn überhaupt, dann nur sehr peripher kennt. Und genau dort setzt erwartungsgemäß der wesentliche und vielvertretene Kritikpunkt eines gewissen ästhetischen Formalismus an, mit dem der Filmemacher eine möglicherweise allzu seicht geratene Tiefenschärfe von Geschichte und Charakterzeichnung breitflächig überlagert haben mag. Gefällig, belanglos und wenig nachhaltig sei das, was Wong diesmal biete, in etwa so wie die Musik der Hauptdarstellerin Norah Jones oder der titelgebende Blaubeerkuchen, den im Film aus unerklärlichen Gründen niemand essen will. Das ist leicht behauptet und argumentiert, denn hinsichtlich melancholischer Gewichtigkeit kann es der Eröffnungsfilm der 2007er Filmfestspiele von Cannes kaum mit seinen unmittelbaren Vorgängern aufnehmen. Die entscheidende Frage dabei ist allerdings, ob das tatsächlich auch ein notwendiger Anspruch sein muss.</p>
<p>Im Anschluss an „2046“ hatte der Filmemacher verkündet, dass so ziemlich das Letzte, was er als nächstes machen wollte, ein weiterer Wong-Kar-Wai-Film sei. Die zur Perfektion getriebene, am Rande des Manierismus operierende ästhetische Gleichförmigkeit des direkten Nachfolgers von „In the Mood for Love“ hatten Wongs künstlerische Spannweite möglicherweise in eine Art Sackgasse laufen lassen und ganz nebenbei auch die öffentliche Wahrnehmung seines Schaffens merklich enggeführt. Dabei deckt seine Karriere mit 9 Spielfilmen unter eigener Regie und (eigenen Angaben zufolge) rund 60 Drehbüchern eigentlich ein ziemlich breites Genre-Spektrum ab, und daran sollte sich wohl auch in Zukunft nichts ändern. So mag der Sinneswandel, Drehortwechsel und Verzicht auf stilprägende Weggefährten vor der Kamera (Tony Leung und Maggie Cheung), vor allem aber auch dahinter (Darius Khondji ersetzt relativ unsichtbar Christopher Doyle) der Versuch gewesen sein, echter künstlerischer Stagnation entgegenzuwirken – vom wirtschaftlichen Nutzen einmal ganz zu schweigen. Seit 2005 hatte er bereits einige gut dotierte Commercials mit englischsprachigen Darstellern wie Clive Owen, Sharon Stone, Brad Pitt oder Eva Green realisiert und sich dabei mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit nicht nur inhaltliche, sondern vor allem auch materielle Türen geöffnet. „My Blueberry Nights“ liest sich vor diesem Hintergrund nur wie der konsequente nächste Schritt, muss aber deshalb keinen Abfall vom Glauben bedeuten.</p>
<p>Ganz im Gegenteil bewegen sich die Figuren des Films durchaus im Universum des Filmemachers – nur mit dem Unterschied, dass die wirklich tragischen Konflikte durch den Filter einer Hauptfigur abgemildert werden, deren lebensbejahende Naivität es erlaubt, das Schicksal anderer mehr oder weniger als ein Lehrstück zu begreifen, das sich nach Abschluss der Lektion ablegen lässt, ohne dass man selber Schaden nehmen müsste. Die Besetzung mit Norah Jones ist aus dieser Sicht ein echter Glücksfall, denn ihr routinefreier Zugang zur Schauspielerei prägt den weltoffenen und unverkrampften Charakter Ihrer Rolle ebenso wie die ecken- und kantenlose Leichtigkeit, die sie mit ihrer musikalischen Vorgeschichte unvermeidlich assoziativ bei sich trägt. Ihre Figur Elizabeth wird im Verlauf der Geschichte ihren Namen zweimal variieren und dabei immer ein Stück ihrer alten Identität ablegen. An Begegnungen mit Menschen wird sie reifen, deren Lebensweg irgendwie aus der Spur geraten ist. Der Café-Besitzer Jeremy (Jude Law, möglicherweise zum ersten Mal seit „Road to Perdition“ nicht deplaziert), dessen Träume von der Teilnahme an den großen amerikanischen Marathonläufen sich nie wirklich erfüllt haben, ist der Seelenverwandte, der ihre Geschichte in Gang setzt und sie schlichtweg wach küsst. Es sind geraubte Küsse, die er der schlafenden Elizabeth von den eiscremeverzierten Lippen stiehlt, aber sie schicken sie doch hinaus in die Welt (die in Amerika selbstverständlich immer durch die eigenen Landesgrenzen definiert ist) und bringen sie am Ende auch wieder zu ihm zurück. - Im Grunde sind es drei Geschichten, welche die Koordinaten der Erzählung bilden, und Elizabeth wird zum narrativ verbindenden, inhaltlich jedoch weitestgehend passiven Handlungsträger. Am kraftvollsten, weil tragischsten erweist sich dabei die mittlere der drei Episoden, in der mit besonderer Nachhaltigkeit das Zerbrechen zweier Menschen (fantastisch: David Strathairn und Rachel Weisz) in den Mittelpunkt rückt, die auf unterschiedliche Weise am anderen zugrunde gehen.</p>
<p>Ein in gewohnter Weise eher musikalisch als narrativ strukturiertes Motivgeflecht aus Erinnerungen, Sehnsüchten und unüberwindbaren Abgründen zwischen den Charakteren, die nur der Tod schließen kann, die Manifestation von Stationen des Handelns in materiellen Spuren (Schlüssel, Videoaufzeichnungen, Jetons, Belohnungschips) und das Setzen einer individuellen Symbolsprache wird optisch zusammengehalten durch ein einheitliches visuelles Stilkonzept aus Unschärferelationen, Zeitverzögerungen und einer stringenten Farbdramaturgie. Darin bleibt „My Blueberry Nights“ ganz integrativer Bestandteil von Wongs Filmographie. Ob die neu gewonnene Leichtigkeit allerdings dort nur zur Episode taugt oder sich tatsächlich langfristig durchsetzen kann, wird sich erst noch zu zeigen haben.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.alienus.de/screenwrite/Plakat_My-Blueberry-Nights.jpg" border="1" alt="" width="450" height="637" align="absBottom" /></p>
<p>Artikel © 2008 Thomas Lenz. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.<br />
Filmplakat: <a href="http://www.prokino.de/" target="_blank">Prokino Filmverleih GmbH</a></p>
<p><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&#38;add=http://screenwrite.wordpress.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/btn-fave2.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Diese Seite zu Favoriten.de hinzufügen" href="http://www.favoriten.de/url-hinzufuegen.html" target="_top"><img src="http://www.favoriten.de/buttons/80x15_12.gif" border="0" alt="Diese Seite zu Favoriten.de hinzufügen" /></a></p>
<p><a title="Diese Seite zu Mister Wong hinzufügen" href="http://www.mister-wong.de/add_url/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.mister-wong.de/img/buttons/wongbig09.gif" border="0" alt="Diese Seite zu Mister Wong hinzufügen" /></a></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[CINEMA: Sleuth]]></title>
<link>http://thevoidmovies.wordpress.com/2007/11/26/cinema-sleuth/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Movies@the-void</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thevoidmovies.wordpress.com/2007/11/26/cinema-sleuth/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In theory there is an embarrassment of riches with the creative team behind Sleuth: Kenneth Branagh ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In theory there is an embarrassment of riches with the creative team behind Sleuth: Kenneth Branagh directing, celebrated playwright Harold Pinter adapting, and Michael Caine and Jude Law in front of the camera. The levels of experience boded well. However, theory and reality do not always go hand in hand. The end product is a disappointing waste of time which adds nothing to the 1972 original.Law’s Milo Tindle has been invited by best-selling crime novelist Andrew Wyke (Caine) to his country pile, a dead-tech, post-modernistic bullshit house (to quote Al Pacino’s Vincent Hanna in Heat) – minimalist and gadget-laden. Wyke has been made a cuckold by his wife’s affair with Tindle, and she now wants to marry his paramour. Wyke’s motivations in requesting a meeting are unnervingly ambiguous to those who’ve not seen the original. In essence, very little has been altered, bar the ending which feels forced in its apparent desire to be different to the source. The game playing device of the original has been replaced with a surveillance motif that tries to be contemporary and relevant.</p>
<p><img src="http://thevoidmovies.wordpress.com/files/2007/11/sleuth.jpg" alt="sleuth.jpg" align="middle" border="1" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;">Caine’s performance is gripping due to his usual charisma, this time tinged with untrustworthy menace, and the experimental nature of his taking on the opposite role from the original where he played Tindle to Laurence Olivier’s Wyke. Production design is also a stand out; the eye-catching interiors are like porn for the Property Ladder-set. Law is unconvincing though, not up to his best performances in Road to Perdition and Cold Mountain. The original was about class, masculinity and vanity, a film more of its time than timeless. Those themes have only been superficially updated, instead of overhauled for a modern audience. The CCTV idea seems to be a prop rather than a metaphor, and the nature of celebrity barely touched upon.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;">The remake frenzy currently gripping the multiplex, knowing no-end, is deeply frustrating.     <em>Hemanth Kissoon</em></p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Max Allen Collins]]></title>
<link>http://thedesertlist.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/collins-max-allen/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>climach</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thedesertlist.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/collins-max-allen/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[            The Road to Perdition didn’t re-invent literature for me in the way The Watchmen did, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><span>            </span><i>The Road to Perdition</i> didn’t re-invent literature for me in the way <i>The Watchmen</i> did, but it’s fast-paced, fun but grim introduction to graphic novels. The film version is slower and darker, but they’re close enough to the same thing that if you didn’t like one, you won’t like the other either.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[136 - The Road to Perdition]]></title>
<link>http://frothy.wordpress.com/2003/03/13/136-the-road-to-perdition/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2003 22:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>frothy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://frothy.wordpress.com/2003/03/13/136-the-road-to-perdition/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Road to Perdition is one of those movies that&#8217;s heavy on mood and atmosphere but makes you sto]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Road to Perdition is one of those movies that's heavy on mood and atmosphere but makes you stop and think every few minutes, "What the heck are these people doing in this movie?"</p>
<p>Tom Hanks is hitman Michael Sullivan, in the employ of local tough guy John Rooney (Paul Newman). Sullivan's very effective at his job, and he's equally effective in keeping his true occupation from his<br />
young sons. On one fateful night, however, son Michael (Tyler Hoechlin) stows away on one of his father's business trips and witnesses a slaying. Knowing the boy has seen far too much, Rooney's own son decides to kill him - but gets the wrong boy (not to mention his mother).</p>
<p>So the Michaels young and old are on the run. Sullivan wants to get back at the man who killed his family, and that journey can only lead to one man - John Rooney.</p>
<p>There are several problems with this movie. The first is - surprisingly - in the casting. Hanks isn't wrong for the part of Michael Sullivan, but there's also no real need for him to play the part, either. He's okay, but he's just not as effective as Tom Hanks usually is. For someone who's such a great and accomplished actor, Hanks had no need to take on this role, which conceivably could have been played by most actors in America.</p>
<p>Paul Newman isn't any better. I know, sacrilege! Newman's been in Hollywood for a long, long time, and he's one of my all-time favorite performers. But the man's getting old. I don't mean he's aging gracefully, although he had been doing that for many years. I mean he looks old - in this movie, he looked very haggard and weary, as if he had been working on the movie nonstop for seven months. There's none<br />
of that old fire and passion we've come to expect from Newman. There's one scene in particular near the end in which his character confronts Hanks's character, and - no lie here - he sounded like he was on Death's door.</p>
<p>Oh, I know. He IS an old man. Newman's 78 years old, now. But I've never seen him look and sound as bad as he did in this movie. The last movie I saw him in was Message in a Bottle (1999), in which he played Kevin Costner's cantankerous father. And he was very, very good in that movie. He was funny, self-deprecating, engaging, and magnificent - aging gracefully, if you will. But this movie's like the anathema to Message.</p>
<p>Imagine, a movie with Hanks and Newman! New guard and old guard! It should have been a real meeting of the thespians, a chance to compare the styles of two of the greatest ever to walk onto the silver screen. But it's a major dissapointment, this acting summit. Hanks is earnest but a little insincere, and Newman looks like he's walking in his sleep.</p>
<p>What makes this movie even more disappointing is the fact that it was directed by Sam Mendes, who wrote and directed American Beauty (1999). This is his first film since Beauty, but there's none of the nuances of that masterpiece evident in this one. Was he just happy to work with acting legends?</p>
<p>There are some interesting, almost random funny moments, as when Michael, Jr. learns to drive the getaway car (they're on the lam, remember), but overall it's a bleak, uninspiring film. At least the title is appropriate, as "Perdition" means "eternal damnation," which is what watching this movie sometimes felt like.</p>
<p><strong>Road to Perdition</strong>: **</p>
]]></content:encoded>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>
