The Holiday Survival Guide for Cinephiles
Cinephiles and movie lovers: Here are a few tricks towards making the holidays a more tolerable for those of us inclined to retreat away from chaos and head toward the silver screen.
2001
Interview: Patrick Read Johnson
That Shelf talks to Patrick Read Johnson about his long in the works autobiographical film 5-25-77 and it's long road to the big screen despite being a small film about how he got started as a filmmaker growing up in small town Illinois. Johnson opens up about growing disillusioned with the studio system (working with John Hughes on Baby's Day Out , turning down the chance to do Home Alone , and the troubled post production on Angus ), the good along the way, and bringing his work-in-progress film to the TIFF Next Wave Festival this weekend.
Moon Review
Director Duncan Jones had the following conversation with himself. Spoilers ahead. “Okay Zowie , so you want to make a movie, eh?” “Yes, I do.” “Well, what kind of movie do you want to make?” “I don’t know. I really like Ridley Scott and Stanley Kubrick. Maybe something in the science fiction genre?” “Alright, that’s […]
