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Interview: Casper Andreas “Going Down in La La Land”
Q: Going Down in La La Land is about the seamier side of the entertainment industry. Any first hand knowledge of the porn world? CA: No. But I have a friend who worked on the administration side for a company in LA ; he gave me advice on the script in addition to helping me secure some locations and extras for some of those scenes.
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Interview: SCUD “Love Actually…Sucks”
QFEST 2011 lft to rt: Haze Leung, Scud, Ryo van Kooten Taking inspiration from six different court cases involving crimes of the heart, Scud examines the intense, often self-destructive sexual longings among several well-to-do young Hong Kong residents – gay, lesbian and straight. The film opens with the most scandalous wedding reception ever put on film: a young couple’s marriage ends (in the most dramatic fashion) before it begins. There is the 30-ish married gym instructor who trolls the active bathroom scene for young flesh; a lesbian couple with roleplay issues; a dance instructor who becomes the object of attraction to his much older student; a married painter who falls…
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Commentary – 50 / 50
Although, it turns out the film delivers more tears from laughter than from sadness, due to Seth Rogen's quick quips, improvisation and juvenile outlook on life in general.
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Commentary – THE TREE OF LIFE
“it is hardly a movie for the masses and will polarize even buffs, some of whom might fail to grasp the connection between the depiction of the beginnings of life on Earth and the travails of a 1950s Texas family.” – The Hollywood Reporter I left this film thinking what a crap role for Sean Penn, I suppose he’d only accept such a non-role from someone considered a mad genius, like Terrence Malick. I could not engage in the interminably long segment of the film that depicted scenes of nature’s glorious wonder, firmament and imagery of creation. I consider myself a spiritual person, but this was just frame after frame,…
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RECAP – PFS Screening of 12 Monkeys at Eastern State Penitentiary
So I’m back, but I have yet to write a post for T & T. I do have several food posts to write, which I plan to combine together in a post called Culinary Catch-Up; which makes me think of ketchup; which is fitting as the post will be just a sprinkle or flavoring of meals I’ve enjoyed. I also plan to re-blog 2 or 3 of the filmmaker interviews I did for QFest on the Qblog. But for now, all I’ve had a chance to do is PFS blog post for this month’s filmadelphiaClassics – 12 Monkeys.(Click to read)
