Halloween Countdown Day 15: Anton Yelchin's Halloween-Friendly Films
I'm still broken up about the loss of Anton Yelchin. Art, when it's done well, transcends its time and the artificial boundaries we place between each other, and it helps us reflect on our humanity in the long term. Yelchin was one of those rare artists whose restraint, subtlety, and fierce intelligence made his performances stand apart and speak
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As a conspiratologist, my favorite theory is Calvin Hoffman's -- that Francis and Anthony Bacon faked Christopher Marlowe's death in 1593 and Marlowe wrote Shakespeare's plays from a hideout in Verona, Italy. (Where he also apparently learned to write female characters. But that's beside the point.) But by and large the Authorship Controversy is less plausible than, say, the Loch Ness Monster -- there are historical cases of new mega fauna being discovered, but there aren't any I know of where a rich and famous person pays a nonentity to sign masterpieces he wrote, instead of the other way around. And the notion that Ben Jonson, to pick just one of Shakespeare's contemporaries who would have to be part of any cover-up, would willingly conspire to keep his great rival's secret is beyond ridicule ( ... )
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I've both read and seen Odd Thomas, and it is a faithful adaptation with just a few judicious cuts.
This is great to hear! If I really loved the film, would you recommend that I read the book? And what about the subsequent books in the series? Are they good, too? I found him to be a really compelling and likable character with a terrific internal voice. Thanks for weighing in on this!
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I will definitely check out some of these so thanks.
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Must admit that I watched the remake of "Fright Night" because of DT. :)
Anton Yelchin's loss was very tragic.
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Speaking of the film's darkness and claustrophobia: while I've been to Detroit, I'm glad I didn't have any close ties or memorable experiences there, because I think it would be devastating to see "your" city in this light. It's tragic even from an outsider's point of view.
DT was terrific in "Fright Night"! I really liked his character's arc. And, like the rest of the cast, you could tell he was having fun! He rocks his eyeliner. ;)
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Loved "Only Lovers" even if it confused me (by being so darkly compressed....i felt as if I were stuck in a black hole) and always meant to write to it.
So many words.....so little time.....
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(yesterday i watched "Bury"......ai....it's a bit difficult, i felt very weird and sort of ....i don't know...mean? watching it, since now he is gone.
i can't stop thinking (now) about how the last seconds of his life must have been. Sort of like her getting run down by that bus in the movie. Will there someday be a legend that the drive by his home is haunted? ....But i imagine that the very worst forms of hauntings are the one we already have, there in our minds). Sigh.
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i can't stop thinking (now) about how the last seconds of his life must have been.
I know what you mean. It's absolutely horrifying and devastating to contemplate. I have to forcibly stop myself from considering it.
it's a bit difficult, i felt very weird and sort of ....i don't know...mean? watching it, since now he is gone.I recently saw his fellow castmate Simon Pegg talk about viewing his work -- he choked up as he did so -- but he emphasized that we shouldn't be sad to watch his performances, because we're watching a gifted person doing what he most loved to do. He phrased it better than I'm paraphrasing it here, but I did get the impression that he felt it was a proper tribute to Yelchin. And I know his other castmate John Cho has mentioned going through and rewatching his body of work as a way of dealing with the loss and lifting up his friend's memory. So, seeing that two people who worked with him for years and knew him well felt this was a fitting way of celebrating his life, I kind of took permission from that ( ... )
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