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rockfenris2005 09:05 am UTC 10/22/13 |
| In reply to: | De Palma - Evan 04:54 am UTC 10/21/13 |
The Morrison project and "Guitar" are two separate things. Jim talks about the Morrison thing here: QUOTE: Another possible director is Steinman's buddy and idol Brian DePalma of 'Dressed To Kill' and 'Phantom Of Paradise' fame. "He's never done a musical, really," bubbles Jim. "But first he and I might do a Doors-based film he's thinking of doing with John Travolta." I express my opinion that the greasy fever boy ain't no Jim Morrison. "Yeah, but Brian's wife says John does a perfect Morrison impersonation!" He sinks back in his chair. "But then, she says he does a perfect Stevie Wonder too," he sighs. The movie does sound interesting, given DePalma's brilliant style of virtually re-making other movies in whole or in part as a sort of homage. This time it's Orson Welles rather than Hitchcock. > I seem to remember an article from way back where Jim > mentioned a project between himself and De Palma centered > around the story of an electric guitar. The film would've > taken place from the guitar's point of view through all > the great eras or rock music. De Palma joked that John > Travolta could play Jim Morrison as the 'Grease' star can > apparently do quite the impression. > > I'd also like to note that one of the lost Jim tapes that > was recently recovered was labeled 'Phantom Of The > Paradise' which of course is the title of an early De > Palma flick. No one has any idea if it bears any > connection to De Palma other than simply the title. > > > Why a remake of Carrie? I loved the original and I am glad > > to see it makes this list. Sissy Spacek will always be > > Carrie. To me. > > > > Entertainment Weekly's Top 20 horror movies ever (not > > necessarily most scary - they point out): > > > > 1. The Shining > > > > 2. The Exorcist > > > > 3. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre > > > > 4. The Silence of the Lambs > > > > 5. Jaws > > > > 6. The Ring > > > > 7. Halloween > > > > 8. Psycho > > > > 9. Seven > > > > 10. Rosemary's Baby > > > > 11. Poltergeist > > > > 12. 28 Days Later > > > > 13. A Nightmare On Elm Street > > > > 14. The Thing > > > > 15. The Evil Dead > > > > 16. Carrie > > > > 17. Night of the Living Dead > > > > 18. The Omen > > > > 19. An American Werewolf in London > > > > 20. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer > > > > I include the write up for Psycho because I know that Ryan > > and Jim rank it as the best movie ever: > > > > Psycho: (1960) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock > > > > The mother of all scary movies (and don't even think of > > judging Psycho based on Gus Van Sant's remake). Many of > > its most renowned features are readily apparent: those > > startling cuts (more than 50 in the shower sequence > > alone), Anthony Perkins' neurotic mama's boy, Bernard > > Herrmann's shrieking-violins score. But Psycho's sneakiest > > tricks manifest themselves more subtlely. Take Hitchcock's > > decision to use a handful of different stabbers in Janet > > Leigh's slice-and-dice sequence: ''He kept changing it so > > the audience wouldn't be able to get a fix on Mother,'' > > says Leigh, who spent seven days in that shower. ''At one > > point it was Tony's stand-in, at one point it was a woman. > > Never Tony.'' Bottom line: It still works. > > > > The write up for Carrie: > > > > Carrie: (1976) Directed by Brian De Palma > > > > De Palma's adaptation of Stephen King's first novel is set > > in the lurid, oversexed world of high school, where > > persecuted telekinetic Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) > > transcends catty rivals and a psychotically religious > > mother (Piper Laurie) to become prom queen — only to be > > doused in pig's blood, go on a murderous rampage, and kill > > just about everyone. ''I got tricked into doing > > [Carrie],'' remembers Laurie, who, like Spacek, won an > > Oscar nomination. ''It seemed so over-the-top, I thought > > it was going to be a satire. When De Palma stopped me in > > rehearsals, my heart just dropped. Whoops!'' Pioneering > > moment: the best final scare ever. Period. > > > > Did Jim have something to do with De Palma? I hope he also > > likes Carrie. > > > > At least I know for sure that he did Tanz with this > > director, who also makes the top 20 list: > > > > Rosemary's Baby: (1968) Directed by Roman Polanski > > > > More conspiracy thriller than horror movie, Baby nurses a > > mother lode of phobias. As Rosemary (Mia Farrow) slowly > > intuits she's been raped by Satan, she wrestles a myriad > > of believable demons: uncaring doctors, intrusive > > neighbors (primarily Ruth Gordon, who copped an Oscar), > > and a monstrously self-centered husband (John Cassavetes). > > Farrow's alarming enactment of emaciated desperation got a > > spur from then husband Frank Sinatra's offscreen behavior: > > She was devastated when he initiated a divorce in > > mid-production. Meanwhile, Charles Grodin's turn as a > > chilly obstetrician made him an unpopular dinner guest. > > ''When I sat, women moved,'' he recalls. ''I had to go on > > Johnny Carson to show people I'm a nice guy.'' > > > > No mention of another Jim favourite Anti-Christ on the > > list. Hmm. I don't know why. I watched it after Jim raved > > about it and I found it to be both tense and scary. > > | |
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