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Quentin Tarantino's List Of His 20 Favorite Spaghetti Westerns

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966)
For a Few Dollars More (Sergio Leone, 1965)
Django (Sergio Corbucci, 1966)
The Mercenary (Sergio Corbucci, 1966)
Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone, 1968)
A Fistful of Dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964)
Day of Anger (Tonino Valerii, 1967)
Death Rides a Horse (Giulio Petroni, 1967)
Navajo Joe (Sergio Corbucci,1966)
The Return of Ringo (Duccio Tessar, 1965)
The Big Gundown (Sergio Sollima, 1966)
A Pistol for Ringo (Duccio Tessari, 1965)
The Dirty Outlaws (Franco Rossetti, 1967)
The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci, 1968)
The Grand Duel (Giancarlo Santi, 1972)
Shoot the Living, Pray for the Dead (Giuseppe Vari, 1971)
Tepepa (Giulio Petroni, 1968)
The Ugly Ones (Eugenio Martin, 1966)
Viva Django! (Ferdinando Baldi, 1967)
Machine Gun Killers (Paolo Bianchini, 1968)
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adgy-san said:
Watch: 'Blind Leading The Blind' Supercut Highlights Darren Aronofsky's Unique Tracking Shots

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That's an interesting observation. I think I noticed this camera position most in The Wrestler.

The editor suggests it represents a sense of confusion for the character. Likewise, in a documentary, the camera frequently finds itself in this position when things get hectic, so it does seem like it would be properly evocative when a character heads into the unknown. I don't think it's necessarily all about confusion, though. It can draw you into the film and perhaps the character in a personal way, too. Without seeing the character on the screen, it almost puts you into the place of the character, ala a third-person video game. This is certainly a visual language familiar to a modern audience.

Anyway, it obviously made me stop and ponder for a moment. So, thanks!
 
Ang Lee. remember him...

Vin Diesel and Chris Tucker Team Up for BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK
http://collider.com/vin-diesel-chris-tucker-billy-lynns-long-halftime-walk/

I had a blind spot for Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk until today but now I’m finally getting clued into this crazy Ang Lee (The Ice Storm, Hulk) directed project via the announcement that Vin Diesel and the ever elusive Chris Tucker have joined the cast. Based on the Ben Fountain novel of the same name, the film is an Iraq War satire that takes place in Texas and revolves around the surviving members of a squad of soldiers who, while preparing to return to Iraq, embark on a media-intensive “Victory Tour” at Texas Stadium. Most of the story takes place on the day of their appearance at the stadium, with flashbacks scattered throughout.

The cast for this one is all over the place in a fairly great way and includes Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund, and Steve Martin. Simon Beaufoy will adapt Fountain’s book for the screen. Tucker is a virtual ghost these days, who finally seems to be coming out of his shell in lieu of any impending Rush Hour movies. His last film was Silver Linings Playbook for David O. Russell. Interestingly enough, this film will be shot in Ultra High Frame Rate 3D. I’m not sure what about the material beckons for that approach, but I’m genuinely curious to her how it’s employed. Vin Diesel’s Furious 7 muscle should leverage some folks into theaters for this one.
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jerseydevil said:
Watch: Christopher Nolan Tribute Video Journeys Through His Filmography in 15 Minutes
http://collider.com/christopher-nolan-tribute-video-journeys-filmography/

hooray.
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Are you being Sarcastic, dude?

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mhihi:
 
Watch: Trailer For Restored, 50th Anniversary Release Of Orson Welles’ Masterpiece 'Falstaff Chimes at Midnight'

Up until this year, it was very hard to find a home video copy of the film stateside, but now things are getting slightly easier. Fans of Welles’ epic had to shell out big bucks for a European DVD with an apparently muddy transfer. Fortunately, “Falstaff Chimes of Midnight” has been lovingly restored and is on its way to a limited theatrical run in the U.K. on May 1st, to be followed by a DVD and Blu-ray release on June 29th via Mr. Bongo.
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First Official Image: Andrew Garfield In Martin Scorsese's 'Silence'

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Well, it's now filming, and today the first official image from the production has been revealed. Also featuring Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano, and Adam Driver, the film follows two 17th-century Jesuit priests who face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and spread the gospel of Christianity.

The film is slated for release in 2016.
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I was unaware that this had been casted, let alone started shooting.
 
Newly Restored The Third Man Heading to Blu-ray

StudioCanal will release on Bky-ray the recent 4K restoration of Carol Reed's The Third Man, starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard, and Bernard Lee. The release will be available for purchase on July 20.

In addition to the standard edition, StudioCanal will release a Collector's Edition set.

The 4K restoration will also be screened during the Centennial Orson Welles Celebration at this year's edition of the Cannes Film Festival.

Restoration details: Intermediate film print, 2nd generation of nitrate film (non-existent original negative), scanned in 4K and restored frame by frame in 4K by Deluxe in England. Restoration supervised by StudioCanal.
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Very happy to see this coming back into print. I managed to get my hands on a Criterion DVD (not Blu), and this might be one of those movies worth owning in multiple formats.
 
I watched "Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia" last night.

I can only wonder how many people who claim to be huge tarantino fans are completely oblivious to the name of Sam Peckinpah.
 
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