The Fall: More Blatant Promotion
While I'm at work waiting for my brother to fly in (his flight was delayed, delayed again, canceled, rescheduled, and then delayed again...) I want to post some links and share some happiness, and my new icon - say hi to Lee Pace, in The Fall.
I just read the most fascinating interview with Tarsem, the director of The Fall, over at ACIN. Here's his quote about making the movie: "Here's a tunnel and it's unlimited, I can see a light on the other side; I don't know if it's an oncoming train, but we're fucking entering it." This dude, who's a genius btw, wrote, directed, produced, and edited the film himself, as well as bankrolling the whole thing! I'm the first person to argue against an auteur with that kind of power (because let's face it, creative types have the propensity to go a bit overboard when not reigned in) but I can't think of a single moment of this movie that's ill-advised, or needs tweaking. Speaking of, a lot of reviews are utterly polarized on this movie - they love it or they hate it. For the life of me, I cannot understand how someone could hate this movie. It's that amazing.
He also goes into some fascinating detail about how to work with a 6 yr old non-actress (warning, there are a few spoilers in the interview). She pretty much believed everything was really happening - Lee Pace was actually paralyzed, and he was really telling her a story and becoming her friend. They essentially let her write her own lines, and frequently ran on the tangents she devised.
Anyway, read the interview, and see the movie. The interview starts here and concludes here.
Here's one of the gorgeous reasons to see the film:
(A caravan pulled by slaves)
For more amazing stills from the movie click here. Or just watch the trailer!
On a completely separate note, read this completely fascinating article about a tribe in the Amazon that basically defies a lot of what we know about language and culture. They have no set words for colors, don't count higher than three (if at all), and cannot conceptualize things they have not seen. The work being done on them is revolutionizing the Chomsky-centered view of linguistics that's held sway for so long. Amazing read.
I just read the most fascinating interview with Tarsem, the director of The Fall, over at ACIN. Here's his quote about making the movie: "Here's a tunnel and it's unlimited, I can see a light on the other side; I don't know if it's an oncoming train, but we're fucking entering it." This dude, who's a genius btw, wrote, directed, produced, and edited the film himself, as well as bankrolling the whole thing! I'm the first person to argue against an auteur with that kind of power (because let's face it, creative types have the propensity to go a bit overboard when not reigned in) but I can't think of a single moment of this movie that's ill-advised, or needs tweaking. Speaking of, a lot of reviews are utterly polarized on this movie - they love it or they hate it. For the life of me, I cannot understand how someone could hate this movie. It's that amazing.
He also goes into some fascinating detail about how to work with a 6 yr old non-actress (warning, there are a few spoilers in the interview). She pretty much believed everything was really happening - Lee Pace was actually paralyzed, and he was really telling her a story and becoming her friend. They essentially let her write her own lines, and frequently ran on the tangents she devised.
Anyway, read the interview, and see the movie. The interview starts here and concludes here.
Here's one of the gorgeous reasons to see the film:
(A caravan pulled by slaves)
For more amazing stills from the movie click here. Or just watch the trailer!
On a completely separate note, read this completely fascinating article about a tribe in the Amazon that basically defies a lot of what we know about language and culture. They have no set words for colors, don't count higher than three (if at all), and cannot conceptualize things they have not seen. The work being done on them is revolutionizing the Chomsky-centered view of linguistics that's held sway for so long. Amazing read.