@frug:disqus That's clearly a moo point.

1979 and 1980 were completely retarded years for Oscars: Kramer vs Kramer beating out All That Jazz, Apocalyse Now, Being There, Breaking Away, and Alien (which was barely nominated for anything) was ridiculous. Ordinary People beating out Raging Bull, Elephant Man, Manhattan, and The Empire Strikes Back the next year…

Star 80 answers the question of what you do (if you're a certain sort of artist) after you've made one of the ultimate autobiographical movies: do a counterfactual autobiography movie!

Nifty NZ post-punks, Blam Blam Blam, e.g.,
There is No Depression - http://youtu.be/2HVogejKx_c
and
Don't Fight It Marsha - http://youtu.be/91Dt_0bPOTI

Rush Hour - http://youtu.be/gAsLDf-tYlg - FTW.

@avclub-991c1161618c95bc94d3e7508c0a3d30:disqus But I wasn't suggesting that Ballard stole from Shivers! You're right: neither directly lifted from the other, rather Cronenberg and Ballard were working on somewhat - basically just locationally - similar ideas at around the same time.

The people piling up against the stage reminds me of the zombies piling up against the Jerusalem walls in World War Z. I don't like to think of Nile getting chomped!

This review failed to mention the important-to-geeks, Kathleen Beller, who played cutie Kirby Anders (big in Season 1, faded after that). Ms Beller married Thomas Dolby in 1988, they have 3 kids, etc.. By gosh, a happy ending!

The documentary Dancemaker (which came out around the same time as The Company) about Paul Taylor's company is excellent. There's a scene where the company is in India and, especially being on tour, they have to use taped music….and half-way through a piece the music goes out. The dancers keep going, going through…

The performance in the film in a huge rainstorm in Grant Park is outstanding. It's completely amazing that the company went through with that. If you saw the Joffrey do these pieces under normal conditions then you're still going to want to see the crazy that the film captured.

Reviewer is insane.

But Shivers came out in the same year as High Rise so presumably it was written, financed, shot, etc. well before Ballard's book was published. More importantly, Ballard's book isn't primarily about sex and infection (and reflecting on the 'sexual revolution'), etc. right?

Like Albuquerque run by the Bosnians apparently.

I agree that Shivers (1975) is a pretty good candidate for a remake. All that matters really is that Rie Rasmussen has some interesting ideas about where she wants to take the basic story. As well as being ungodly hot she's always come across as wicked smart in interviews so it's certainly conceivable that she does.

You really should. It's got lots of rough edges, but it's full of fantastic ideas on every level.

Case's a great performer, and her catalog is consistently excellent. You'll get to the rest of her stuff eventually, at which point you'll be kicking yourself for not having gone to this upcoming show. Your duty now for the future is to avoid unnecessary regrets and go!

ABBA's early goodie (and my choice for a Mamma Mia Sequel lead tune/title), Dance (While the Music Still Goes On): http://youtu.be/eFBlbcT1VKU
has the 'Be My Baby' intro beat as its motor *within* the song rather than as the intro. Check it out if you don't know it. (Scott Walker's The Big Hurt: http://youtu.be/vL0TtQkO…

@avclub-63706c2231765ca840e9a60a76fae00a:disqus Yes but he got to rape hundreds of thousands of people worldwide into independence.

AHP's An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge adaptation (made around the time of Vertigo, which opens itself to Owl Creek-style interps.) is very solid (well directed by Robert Stevenson of Mary Poppins fame).

The director's commentary on the dvd is over the film viewed in shooting order. Nolan says he does this especially to get us to appreciate just how great Pacino is. Dormer is on an arc of increasing tiredness etc throughout the film so the trick for the actor is to calibrate anew exactly where they are on that arc in…