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STEADY LEAK: 3-DUDE | CHUD.com

3-D is a tool that has been used wantonly and frivolously by many. Studio executives who are motivated by fear have pulled the trigger on 3-D movies no one needed and we’ve all seen the side effects of bad judgment calls. Bad post conversion. Poor marriages of medium and material. Films that were 3-D in name alone.

That’s why the Coen Bros. need to make a 3-D movie. And they should start by releasing a painstaking version of The Big Lebowski in 3-D. If ever a film would benefit from the medium, it’d be The Big Lebowski. Or Moulin Rouge. Or Enter the Void. Or The Shining. People need to be schooled that not only is the tool a perfectly viable one but it’s also a way to get new facets from the familiar. The offer a new sort of revival experience. This isn’t the coloration of seminal B&W films and this isn’t the rape of art. It’s enhancing the experience.

We are a culture who will watch a blu-ray with a mode enabled that breaks the action and offers documentaries behind the scenes. We are a culture who watches movies while kids run past in the living room or on our portable device while being bounced on a train. Let’s not act like it’s still a pure experience. How many have witnessed the processed look some HD television sets showcase with their Trumotion or other software tweaks to “enhance” the experience? Tech moves. It’s alive. So is our favorite art medium.

The Big Lebowski in 3-D. Think about it. Think about seeing that at midnight on a Friday night in a state of the art theater with your favorite people. Think about seeing it in a cinema that sells food and liquor. White Russians and a great movie that has already transcended the medium to an extent. That rug’s patterns, those dream sequences, those human ash remains. The possibilities are limitless. The haters of 3-D are right when they say it’s not being used right. They’re right to hate it if they watch it in a theater with the wrong equipment.

But in the right environment with the right marriage of material and tech it could be legendary.

The Big Lebowski 3-D. It could be a serious catalyst for great things.
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The Academy Tweaks Oscar Rules; Best Picture Nominees to Range from 5 to 10

Here?s the press release:




Beverly Hills, CA (June 14, 2011) ? The governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted on Tuesday (6/14) to add a new twist to the 2011 Best Picture competition, and a new element of surprise to its annual nominations announcement. The Board voted to institute a system that will now produce anywhere between five and 10 nominees in the category. That number won?t be announced until the Best Picture nominees themselves are revealed at the January nominations announcement.

?With the help of PricewaterhouseCoopers, we?ve been looking not just at what happened over the past two years, but at what would have happened if we had been selecting 10 nominees for the past 10 years,? explained Academy President Tom Sherak, who noted that it was retiring Academy executive director Bruce Davis who recommended the change first to Sherak and incoming CEO Dawn Hudson and then to the governors.

During the period studied, the average percentage of first place votes received by the top vote-getting movie was 20.5. After much analysis by Academy officials, it was determined that 5% of first place votes should be the minimum in order to receive a nomination, resulting in a slate of anywhere from five to 10 movies.

?In studying the data, what stood out was that Academy members had regularly shown a strong admiration for more than five movies,? said Davis. ?A Best Picture nomination should be an indication of extraordinary merit. If there are only eight pictures that truly earn that honor in a given year, we shouldn?t feel an obligation to round out the number.?

If this system had been in effect from 2001 to 2008 (before the expansion to a slate of 10), there would have been years that yielded 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 nominees.

The final round of voting for Best Picture will continue to employ the preferential system, regardless of the number of nominees, to ensure that the winning picture has the endorsement of more than half of the voters.

Other rules changes approved by the Board include:

In the animated feature film category, the need for the Board to vote to ?activate? the category each year was eliminated, though a minimum number of eligible releases ? eight ? is still required for a competitive category. Additionally, the short films and feature animation branch recommended, and the Board approved, refinements to the number of possible nominees in the Animated Feature category. In any year in which eight to 12 animated features are released, either two or three of them may be nominated. When 13 to 15 films are released, a maximum of four may be nominated, and when 16 or more animated features are released, a maximum of five may be nominated.

In the visual effects category, the ?bakeoff? at which the nominees are determined will expand from seven to 10 contenders. The increase in the number of participants is related to a change made last year in which the number of films nominated in the visual effects category was increased from three to five.

Previously, the Board approved changes to the documentary feature and documentary short category rules that now put those categories? eligibility periods in line with the calendar year and thus with most other awards categories. The change means that for the 84th Awards cycle only, the eligibility period is more than 12 months; it is from September 1, 2010 to December 31, 2011.

Other modifications of the 84th Academy Awards rules include normal date changes and minor ?housekeeping? changes.
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Makes sense, I guess? I can't imagine there being a year without 10 worthwhile films, but... just in case?
 
Jensen Carp Interview CRAZY 4 CULT: CULT MOVIE ART

there has been some brilliant artwork that has come out of this...if you are a movie fan, it is definitely worth your time.

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Gallery 1988 opened in Los Angeles in 2004 and quickly earned a unique reputation. Rather than catering to the traditional art crowd, the gallery specializes in art inspired by pop culture. It’s the sort of thing that might be dismissed as fan art were it not for the fact that the work is so impressive that it transcends the label. The most successful series to emerge out of Gallery 1988 has easily been Crazy 4 Cult, an ongoing series of art inspired by cult movies like Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, Blue Velvet, The Goonies, They Live, and The Big Lebowski. With a rather incredible book compilation Crazy 4 Cult: Cult Movie Art having just hit shelves, Collider got the chance to speak with Gallery 1988 founder Jensen Carp about the origins, reception, and future of the ongoing series. Hit the jump for all the juicy info nuggets.
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In an interview with Screen Junkies promoting his latest, “Bloodrayne: The Third Reich,” Boll was asked, somewhat randomly, his thoughts on “The Tree of Life.” While this is a lot like asking Justin Bieber his views on abortion, Boll was more than prepared. “The opening of that movie was really good but then he completely lost it,” offers Boll, who holds a doctorate in English. “I think ‘Tree of Life’ is a piece of ****. Totally, and I think Sean Penn is ridiculous in it, like walking around in the elevator. It’s nothing. This is the thing. It’s so overrated because it’s Terrence Malick.”
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Many more such gems at the link!
 
Cause I have a Drunk on and it pleases me...

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Oh hell yeah!!!!!
 
and just like that Kingsqueen that damned play you and your people couldn't see, has become a movie...

Casting Call: Julia Stiles and America Ferrera Join IT’S A DISASTER, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ivan Sergei to Star in JEWTOPIA

Additionally, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ivan Sergei (Crossing Jordan) are set to star in the film adaptation of the book and stageplay Jewtopia. The story centers on two childhood best friends who reunite as adults when one needs the other to help him pretend to be Jewish in order to woo a woman. Variety reports that Sergei will play the wannabe-Jew, while Hewitt will take on the role of the woman he’s in love with (she’s still appealing, right?) The tone is likened to Wedding Crashers and My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Bryan Fogel is directing from a cript he co-wrote with Sam Wolfson.
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what can I say. Last week it was the Gong Show, this week it's rhps
 
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Ok...Tim Curry is the ****!!!!!!!
 
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