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“Vampire blood, of course, represented AIDS.”
– francis ford coppola incarnates garth marenghi on the commentary track of bram stoker’s dracula dvd.
rumble fish (1983)
s.e. hinton’s novel rumble fish was tailor-made to be filmed by francis ford coppola. the story of a boy living in the shadow of his great hero, his own older brother, had all the elements that coppola loves to tinker the most: family ties and the search of lost time. fourteen year-old russell-james — or rusty-james to friends, but never just rusty, it made he feel naked — was a...
no shopping (2000)
the joke in no shopping begins by its title: it actually means “in the mall” in brazilian portuguese, but can also have its literal meaning in english. this book was the first novel by brazilian writer simone campos, penned when she was only seventeen years old. like s.e. hinton in the outsiders, she took advantage of her young age to write about some of the fears and dreams of her own...
“Van had stopped at home and changed into an old t-shirt for one of her favorite...”
– cory doctorow’s little brother, a book where brazilian linux hackers living in favelas crack xboxes for fun.
bond is back! →
the reason why we love penguin so much. these are probably the best set of covers ever made, and it is pitiful they will only be released in hardbacks. anyway, thanks penguin. thenguin.
April 2008
2 posts
anywhere i lay my head (2008)
this first record by scarlett johansson is probably a leftover from lost in translation. she went to some karaoke in tokyo and met dj phil spector making some wall of sound versions of tom waits’ songs.the result is pretty much what you would expect from a karaoke bar: bad singing and a lot of embarassment. tom waits said he was flattered by the homage, but that doesn’t mean he liked...
falsa loura (2008)
steven shaviro says alan moore can’t plot. even worse, he finds this a good thing, since plots are boring and overrated. case in point: carlos reichenbach’s latest movie, falsa loura (fake blonde) has no plot whatsoever, it is all about character. it is all about a single character, acting the same way, making repeated mistakes, over and over again. in the end, you discover what you...
February 2008
3 posts
vintage grebnenorc
this 1986 documentary is from when cronenberg was still called the king of venereal horror. of course now he’s called the king of naked lord of the rings kings in saunas, and makes movies for iowa farmers. ”let’s cook!”
3:10 to yuma (2007)
nice adaptation of an elmore leonard short-story (almost a non-story actually). batman is having some money troubles, despite being married to funbags ladymaster gretchen mol and decides to earn some cash by taking the gladiator to a train station. great duelons, warrant fun.
great british parakeet invasion (2008)
amazing 10-minute BBC documentary about the increase of parakeets in britain’s urban areas. ludicrous theories are discussed, such as humphrey bogart and/or jimi hendrix being responsible. some great questions remain unanswered. what are parakeets? are they birds? what are birds? we just don’t know.