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Cillian Murphy will star opposite Al Pacino in Dali & I, a film about the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali. The story follows Dali's life through the eyes of Lauryssens (Murphy), a young art dealer who knew Dali (Pacino) and the tempestuous relationship he had with his muse and wife Gala. Written/directed by Andrew Niccol (Gattaca), the film is based on the autobiographical book by Stan Lauryssens. [imdb]
Viggo Mortensen is in early talks to play the father in the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's postapocalyptic novel The Road. John Hillcoat (The Proposition) will be directed an adapted script by Joe Penhall (Enduring Love). (EW.com)
Sidney Lumet's Before The Devil Knows You're Dead is, by all accounts, one 'Two Brothers Get Into A Life Of Crime' film that's definitely worth checking out. (For an example of one that is not, see Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream. For one that nobody has seen yet, see Rian Johnson's The Brothers Bloom.) Starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Amy Ryan and Marisa Tomei, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead "explores urban malaise via ingredients so timeless, an ancient Greek stumbling into the theater would recognize the building blocks of mortal folly", writes Lisa Nesselson. Trailer. [imdb]
Jon Stewart has been confirmed as host of next year's Oscars. (Guardian)
Interview with Vincent Kartheiser (Angel) about his new AMC series about 1960s Manhattan ad-men, Mad Men (contains spoilers):
'I think it’s light-hearted. It’s a story about men and women and what it is to be human, what it is to fall asleep every night in a society where its all about what you’re doing next, what have you accomplished. It’s about that pain every person feels when you lay down and you realize that even if you’re married with five kids you and your struggle is unique to you and that can’t be cured by a new iPod or a fancy car.'
Salon.com's Stephanie Zacharek reviews Anton Corbijn's Control and Grant Gee's documentary Joy Division:
What's most touching about "Control" is that it reminds us that these four guys making some very heavy music were really just kids. "The movie doesn't try to make them into big mythological people," Corbijn says. "It's very down to earth, really. It's very human. It's basically the story of a young boy finding his way, and getting lost."