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One Simple Thing Theater Owners Are Doing to Ruin Your Watching Experience | Film School Rejects

Now Boston.com has a truly disheartening story about theater managers not even bothering to switch out lenses between 3D and 2D films. The result? That 2D movie you saved money on by refusing the 3D up-charge is 50% darker than it should be. Read the entire article for the full take (and definitely listen to that Reject Radio episode for more illumination), but this seems indicative of a larger problem going on in movie theaters ? a lack of incentive to make anything enjoyable.

Audiences are coming for the movie, and theaters are delivering little else in the way of enticement. It?s no wonder that ticket sales are dropping. With the transition from reels to digital projectors, gone is the knowledge that came with understanding how the projection process really works. It took serious understanding to be behind the glass, but now it requires pushing a few buttons and reading an Archie comic.

That?s why, when traditional reels are used, the result is usually a broken frame (or reels put together in the wrong order, which actually happened to Neil, Luke Mullen and I when we saw Gamer). It?s also apparently part of the reason why some aren?t interested in simply replacing a lens.

Either that or its sheer laziness. Or, and I hate to even speculate this, a sly con from theaters who want to punish 2D movie-goers for not buying 3D. (But why would they when ticket sales matter so little to their bottom line?)
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Ahoy Matey: Fox Eyes Pirate Limited Series From Ridley And Tony Scott – Deadline.com

Based on historical events, Pyrates is described as a gritty portrayal of the men and women who pulled off the largest heist on pirate history -- the capture of the Spanish silver fleet in 1628 -- sparking the golden age of piracy, a time when there was greater honor amongst thieves than those who hunted them. Ensemble is exploring an international co-production model for the project and is scouting potential locations for the production, including the Caribbean and Australia. Endemol will handle international distribution for Pyrates through the first-look deal with Ensemble the company signed last fall.
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Has potential.
 
CANNES: Submarine Scores ‘Being Elmo’ – Deadline.com

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Being Elmo, the Sundance prize-winning documentary about the creator of the Sesame Street puppet and his behind-the-scenes beginnings on the iconic PBS children's show, has landed multiple deals at the Cannes market, where it is being sold by Submarine Entertainment. The Constance Marks film, which will be released theatrically this year by Submarine to qualify for Oscar consideration, has been sold to New Video for DVD and digital rights (via its Docurama Films label) and ITVS & Independent Lens for the first TV window.
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Pretty sure we had a small thread about this pre-purge. I heard a story about it on NPR that made it sound wonderful. Hope it gets some kind of decent distribution deal. If anybody hears about theatrical dates, please share!
 
Leonard Kastle, Composer and Filmmaker, Dies at 82

I just watched that movie (The Honeymoon Killers) for the first time. Liked it.

At the request of Mr. Steibel, who died in 2002, Mr. Kastle sifted through the trial records at the Bronx County Courthouse. Then, after studying scripts by Fellini, Pasolini and Truffaut, he wrote a screenplay.

Both men envisioned the film as a cinematic rebuttal to “Bonnie and Clyde.” “I was revolted by that movie,” Mr. Kastle said in an interview for the 2003 Criterion Collection reissue of his film on DVD. “I didn’t want to show beautiful shots of beautiful people.”
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Apparently, Scorsese was originally hired to direct it.
 
History Announces THE HATFIIELDS AND THE MCCOYS Miniseries and THE BIBLE Docudrama

History (formerly known as The History Channel) announced two high profile projects today. The first, The Hatfield and the McCoys, centers on the infamous 19th-century family feud. Kevin Costner will star as ?Devil? Anse Hatfield and co-produce with Leslie Greif. The press release claims the 2012 premiere will coincide with the 150th anniversary of the feud, but I?m not sure how they determine the anniversary for a multidecade feud that was initiated 146 years ago. Brad Pitt, Robert Duvall, and Crazy Heart director Scott Cooper were linked to a separate Hatfield/McCoy movie over a year ago, with the caveat that it will happen ?if and when Pitt decides to clear a place in his schedule.? I imagine the Costner project will dissuade Pitt from searching too hard for that hole.

Additionally, History is developing a docudrama series with producer Mark Burnett (Survivor). The network promises all the greatest hits: Noah?s Ark, the Exodus from Egypt, Daniel and the Lion?s Den, and of course, the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. The press release highlights the ?state-of-the-art computer-generated imagery (CGI),? which is absolutely noteworthy in 2011. The 10-hour series will air in five parts in 2013.
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This sounds like fun.
 
News: Official Synopsis For Nicolas Winding Refn's ONLY GOD FORGIVES

Julian is on the run from the British police. He runs a Thai Boxing club in Bangkok which is a front for a drugs smuggling operation. He is well respected within the criminal underworld, but deep in his heart he feels that his life is lacking something. He meets a retired cop, The Angel of Vengeance, and finds out that he has to confront his mother.
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That's the "official" synopsis? Uh...

Thought about putting this in the Drive thread, but at some point it'll need it's own, so we might as well just stick it here for now.
 
Cary Fukunaga To Direct Black List Civil War Heist Film ‘No Blood, No Guts, No Glory’ > The Playlist

With comparisons being drawn to “The Dirty Dozen,” the “story follows a spy and 20 Union soldiers in disguise who board a train in Georgia in order to pull off a heist that could bring a quick end to the Civil War.” The film is based on the true account of the Great Locomotive Chase in which the Union soliders took over a train, and proceeded run it ragged on the Western & Atlantic Railroad tracks doing extensive damage and cutting Confederate communication down by clipping telegraph wires. This story also served as the inspiration for Buster Keaton‘s landmark “The General.”
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Fukunaga being the director of Jane Eyre.
 
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