Elisabeth Rappe via Facebook in context of seeing THE DOORS for the first time, though this can also apply to the critic-proof, awards-voter-friendly BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY:
In the end, rock biopics are dumb. They need to meld timelines and people to fit the runtime, the surviving members neuter the thing, and it’s just an excuse for an actor to fake-snort drugs and play Cover Band.
Showing posts with label Oliver Stone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oliver Stone. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Monday, October 29, 2012
Forwarding information re American Cinematheque screenings in Santa Monica this week.
Reprinted from an e-mail by Hollywood's famed Larry Edmunds Bookstore:
WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 31st @ 6:30 pm at the AERO THEATER in Santa Monica
>> JULIE ADAMS in person!
>> Spend Halloween with Julie Adams and your friends from Larry
>> Edmunds Bookshop as we enjoy Ms. Adams and co-star Gillman in
>> digitally restored 3-D in their finest pairing, "Creature From the
>> Black Lagoon". Julie will also be signing copies of her wonderful
>> autobiography, "The Lucky Southern Star" prior to the screening,
>> and she'll be doing a Q & A after the screening. What better night
>> than Halloween to head on over to the Black Lagoon ? We'll have
>> the book signing in the lobby at 6:30 and the film at 7:30 pm.
>>
>> THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1st @ 6:45 pm at the AERO THEATER in Santa Monica
>> We'll barely have recovered from our trip to the Black Lagoon
>> before we head back to the AERO for a night with the director of
>> such films as "Platoon", "Wall Street", "Salvador", "Born On the
>> 4th of July" and so many more. Oliver Stone's films have so often
>> involved the history of our country his new 10 part mini- series
>> "The Untold History of the United States" should come as no
>> surprise. Mr. Stone and co-author Peter Kuznick will sign copies of
>> the book of the same name in the lobby at 6:45 pm prior to a
>> screening of 2 episodes of the upcoming mini-series followed by a
>> discussion with Oliver Stone moderated by Robert Scheer. This is a
>> free event with a suggested donation of $10 to support the American
>> Cinematheque who puts on so many original and fantastic programs.
>>
For information about the Aero:
http://www.americancinematheque.com
WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 31st @ 6:30 pm at the AERO THEATER in Santa Monica
>> JULIE ADAMS in person!
>> Spend Halloween with Julie Adams and your friends from Larry
>> Edmunds Bookshop as we enjoy Ms. Adams and co-star Gillman in
>> digitally restored 3-D in their finest pairing, "Creature From the
>> Black Lagoon". Julie will also be signing copies of her wonderful
>> autobiography, "The Lucky Southern Star" prior to the screening,
>> and she'll be doing a Q & A after the screening. What better night
>> than Halloween to head on over to the Black Lagoon ? We'll have
>> the book signing in the lobby at 6:30 and the film at 7:30 pm.
>>
>> THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1st @ 6:45 pm at the AERO THEATER in Santa Monica
>> We'll barely have recovered from our trip to the Black Lagoon
>> before we head back to the AERO for a night with the director of
>> such films as "Platoon", "Wall Street", "Salvador", "Born On the
>> 4th of July" and so many more. Oliver Stone's films have so often
>> involved the history of our country his new 10 part mini- series
>> "The Untold History of the United States" should come as no
>> surprise. Mr. Stone and co-author Peter Kuznick will sign copies of
>> the book of the same name in the lobby at 6:45 pm prior to a
>> screening of 2 episodes of the upcoming mini-series followed by a
>> discussion with Oliver Stone moderated by Robert Scheer. This is a
>> free event with a suggested donation of $10 to support the American
>> Cinematheque who puts on so many original and fantastic programs.
>>
For information about the Aero:
http://www.americancinematheque.com
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The surviving Doors and Jim Morrison's family issue letter on Morrison's posthumous Florida pardon.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/the-doors-light-one-last-fire-in-response-to-morrisons-pardon/
Footnote: I was an extra on Oliver Stone's THE DOORS for a couple of occasions in early 1990. On one of those occasions, the Miami concert where Morrison was accused of exposing himself was re-created at the Olympic Auditorium in Downtown Los Angeles.
Footnote: I was an extra on Oliver Stone's THE DOORS for a couple of occasions in early 1990. On one of those occasions, the Miami concert where Morrison was accused of exposing himself was re-created at the Olympic Auditorium in Downtown Los Angeles.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Oliver Stone's W.--if you saw NIXON, you know what to expect.
Since most film reviews are done in a vacuum now, it should be said that Oliver Stone's W. (*** on a **** scale) can be evaluated in terms of WALL STREET (Stone even brought in the same writer, Stanley Weiser, to revisit the father/son ethical behavior conflicts of the earlier film) and NIXON (which was a relatively evenhanded take on Richard Nixon).
Unlike the overstylized NIXON, Stone's filmmaking approach to W. is reasonably straightforward. And Josh Brolin does the best inhabitation of George Butch Jr. since Timothy Bottoms' work for filmmakers as diverse as right-wing firebrand Lionel Chetwynd (D.C. 9/11: TIME OF CRISIS) and SOUTH PARK majordomos Trey Parker and Matt Stone (the series THAT'S MY BUSH, quickly aired on Comedy Central in 2001 and canceled way before 9/11).
Unlike the overstylized NIXON, Stone's filmmaking approach to W. is reasonably straightforward. And Josh Brolin does the best inhabitation of George Butch Jr. since Timothy Bottoms' work for filmmakers as diverse as right-wing firebrand Lionel Chetwynd (D.C. 9/11: TIME OF CRISIS) and SOUTH PARK majordomos Trey Parker and Matt Stone (the series THAT'S MY BUSH, quickly aired on Comedy Central in 2001 and canceled way before 9/11).
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