Wait Until Dark...Audrey Hepburn as a blind woman terrorized by Alan Arkin as a psycho, true suspense, especially the last 40 minutes. This has been on Sleuth TV a lot lately. The first think he's dead but not jump out of your seat moment,

Here is one of the first reviews from the J-lo/Marc Anthony movie 'El Cantante' that I worked on as Visual Effects Designer.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/03/19/showest-disturbi...-hot-fuzz-take-deux/

I also just finished the opening titles for the new Jodie Foster/Neil Jordan film "The Brave One" should be out in the Fall.

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Work.

I love the movie business!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzqjimUs2RU

Poor Lily.

The Empress and I saw "Blades Of Glory"...
VERY funny!

The costumes were the best!
They really did up that whole tacky ice dancing costume thing.

Wait.

Isn't that a shot of Garret outside Cabaret Magique just before Gary Indiana tried to tinkle on him?

On another subjet - for any Werner Herzog or Klaus Kinski fans - try to catch COBRA VERDE at the IFC center on 6th Ave at 4th.

The flick was done in 1988 and never released in the US, ever. It is the very last collaboration between Herzog and Kinski.

Kinsky goes crazy in a couple of scenes, there is stupendous pageantry consisting of huge African tribal ceremonies, and a whole long segment of Kinski training thousands of African 'Amazons' on the beach.

The kicker is a totally amazing little dance number near the end of the film, which I won't spoil by describing, safe to say the beauty and hilarity of it steals the whole rest of the movie.

The movie wasn't ever released in the US probably because the historical and 'semi-factual' plot has Kinski playing a totally despicable character who is sympathetic only because his bosses were worse than he, and also because half the film is set in Africa at a time when the people there didn't wear very much!

Its overflowing with amazing beauty, depraved horror and a kind of wild humor. A kind of sumptuously tasty meal that you can't really digest.

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I went to see Grindhouse on Friday night. I thought I would love the Rodriguez "Planet Terror" (which I did) however I ended up really loving Tarantino's "Death Proof". The one to watch is Zoe Bell a real life stuntwoman, who plays a stuntwoman. She blew me away. Not just her stunts but how natural she was on-screen. The thing about Tarantino is he essentially rips everything off, but he does it so well you can't complain. He has made the modern version of Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill. I do warn – it's a true double feature that lasts over 3 hours so don't drink too much before you get to the theater.

Seven, I so wanted to see that Herzog... is it on DVD?

I just bought one of my all time fave's The Lover, Jean Jacques Annaud...which I watched with someone I have a similar tension filled 'connection' with.... so it was all rather beautiful in a rather bleak whistful way. A beauty of a movie, the pace the longing the passion an sensuality....and by jove! The cinematic nature of the whole movie.

AN, you can get COBRA VERDE off of Amazon. I don't know if it is rentable anywhere.

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There is a Herzog/Kinski DVD collection of their films... I had wanted to get 'Nosferatu' and could only buy it in the collection. COBRA VERDE was definitely the next best GREAT film, with gorgeous footage of the native peoples singing and performing, along with the putative plot.

Kinksi is at his most insane, raging for the camera, beating up on the other actors... In the collection you also get "My Best Fiend," (sic) about Herzog & Werner's relationship.

Here is something about the film from Wikipedia...

"Tension between Herzog and Kinski"

Cobra Verde was the last film that Werner Herzog would make with Klaus Kinski. Their now-legendary personality conflict peaked during the film, and though the actor died four years after the film was released, it was unlikely that they would have worked together after the turmoil that surrounded the film's production.

Made at a time when the Kinski's infamous misanthropy had reached what many described as his all-time peak,[3] the film's production was especially affected by the fiery actor's relentless outbursts. The cast and crew were continually plagued by Kinski's wrath, most famously culminating in the film's original cinematographer Thomas Mauch walking out on the project after a perpetual torrent of verbal abuse from Kinski. Herzog was forced to replace Mauch with Viktor Ruzicka.[4]

After the completion of Cobra Verde, the pair vowed never to work together again, with Kinski exclaiming, "We can not go further. I am no more.[5]"

It was clear that the animosity between actor and director had become irreparable, and that their 'love-hate' relationship had disintegrated to a devastating extent. Kinski described Herzog as ignorant, impossible to work with, and even tyrannical. He elaborated on his perspective by saying,
" I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have to fight for every sequence. I wish Herzog would catch the plague, more than ever. He was even more helpless, more stupid and at the same time more persistent against me, than he was in the last four films, I shot with him. Although he urgently needed my help, and pretended, he would kiss my ass for that, he did the opposite behind my back. The people from Ghana are friendly and peaceful. Herzog knew, how to use them for his purpose. I knew his criminal and enslaving methods since Peru, where he always went for the most helpless and where I eventually called him Adolf Hitler. In Ghana he excelled himself.[6] "

At the time, Werner Herzog reflected on Kinski's hatred, insisting that the actor had "become uncontrollable."[7] But the director's opinions of Kinski are more deeply explored in his 1999 documentary retrospective, My Best Fiend, where he examines their unique friendship, the associated hatred, and the legacy that both qualities were responsible for.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Kinski

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Another Doc I worked on last year is now playing. Its a must see...hard to believe. An amazing NYC story too. Check it out..

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/movies/23love.html?ex...rtner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Wow... u work on some brilliant projects ...am rather jealous!
I'm dying to see this.

I recently re-visited the Jean Jaques Annault (sp?) movie The Lover ... and just so adored it wildly all over again. Beautifully exotic and erotic but at a slow soft pace. But also full of that kind of unrequitted love that I so luv.. in a very Merchant Ivory way. Just went and bought the last 2 copies of it in Virgin to give out to... my special luvers!

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I haven't seen The Lover in so long , I know I liked it. Might have to Netflix it soon....

On another extreme , I finally saw The Decent and really loved it. I know it was a ripoff of Alien but it worked. I have not been that effected by a horror movie since The Audition.

http://www.firstshowing.net/2007/05/31/brave-one-trailer/

The trailer for The Brave One is out. I designed the opening title sequence for it. I have to say Im excited about this one.

Very classy Rob!

Beautiful

That was actually based on my design. The opening title sequence is much better. The letters of the actors last names break apart very slightly as they fade. its one of the simplest but favorite things i've designed/animated lately. I've only seen a screening of the opening credits and just a few effect scenes (very violent) so the movie was not ruined for me, unlike El Cantante , which i cant stand looking at anymore...ha ha.

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now...on to the Jackie Movie titles......