The Movie File

GIALLO

Dario Argento's latest offering stars Oscar winner Adrien Brody and doesn't appear to be a departure from the grande master of the horror/thriller genre.



( h/t to Samurai Frog for this one )


INGLORIOUS BASTERDS

The more I see of Tarantino's latest offering, the more I realize how far his films have come since Reservoir Dogs. Yet, at the same time, I see a cinematic master that far too many decry as "gimmicky".




SHORTS

Robert Rodriguez is a unique director. After having made his mark in cinema history by being a renaisance man in production ( he writes, directs, does cinematography, edits, and scores his films ) he did the unthinkable by removing himself from the DGA when they told him that co-directing Sin City with comic legend Frank Miller was against their rules.

But Rodriquez is more than a renegade, he knows how to cross genres while still maintaining his cred. How many action-adventure directors do you know can create fantastic kids movies too?




COLD SOULS

The very premise of this smacks of Charlie Kaufman.




THE ROAD

I read Cormac McCarthy's novel during Christmas and felt this strange connection between it, The Stand, and Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend".




THE HURT LOCKER

This is a far cry from Near Dark and Strange Days. I'm thinking that this is the film that just might earn Bigelow a nomination. I'm thinking BAFTA and Independant Spirit.




FOOD INC.

Living in a region of the U.S. where TYSON is a major industry, this film is bound to stir up some rhetoric and certainly not be shown in the local theatre.

Tarantino's Next Film Up And Running

Prinicple photography started last week on Tarantino's latest project Inglorious Basterds:

Inglourious Basterds begins in German-occupied France, where Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema.

Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as "The Basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own.

The cast includes: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Brühl, Eli Roth, Samm Levine, B.J. Novak, Til Schweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Paul Rust, Michael Bacall, Omar Doom, Sylvester Groth, Julie Dreyfus, Jacky Ido, August Diehl, Martin Wuttke, Richard Sammel, Christian Berkel, Sönke Möhring, Michael Fassbender, Mike Myers, Rod Taylor, Denis Menochet and Cloris Leachman.


Some have wondered if Tarantino's film is going to be a remake of the Italian film Quel maledetto treno blindato.



While the films take place in virtually exact settings, and even share a title, it's probably safe to say that Tarantino's "version" will be wildly different.