I watched The Miracle Worker last night. Captain and Mrs. Keller tended to overact, with the former being a total stereotype, but Anne Bancroft and Patti Duke were resoundingly good.
Oh shit, if it's free I'm going to have to watch it too. Given that it's Cannon Films and Canadian it's probably not great, but the trailer has me so pumped.
Well, one thing it's got going for it—it's not gonna be overshadowed by all his award-winning performances. I don't recall "poignant and moving" being mentioned much in his filmography.
Well, that is where James Cameron hails from. Outside of him I'd need my memory jogged a bit. All I'm coming up with is maybe Nanook of the North? Oh, and of course The Great White North! (Though that's more of a record than a movie actually.) And there's Second City TV, home of Bob and Doug as well as John Candy and many other luminaries of comedy to rival most seasons of Saturday Night Live except maybe the early ones. Honestly, sad to say, I'm not aware of any Canadian directors or movies. Maybe a few of you could list some to look into? I do know it's where Rush is from, and Triumph, and The Guess Who, BTO, Gordon Lightfoot, April Wine, Neil Young, The Band, Bryan Adams, Steppenwolf, Joni Mitchell, Loverboy, Our Lady Peace, Alanis Morissette, Kim Mitchell, Trooper, Red Ryder, Honeymoon Suite, and Chilliwack. Ok, I knew about a few of them, had to consult a list for the specifics, though I knew a lot of great rock music came from up your way (the Great White Way that is). Help me out on movies though.
Oh, David Cronenberg is Canadian, and was able to make most of his films due to the excellent setup for independent Canadian cinema in those days. I remember reading it in one of his books. He didn't move down to Tinsel Town until he made The Fly.
That's a very kind estimate. I'd say more like four. It started losing relevance pretty fast in the 80's, with just a few standout moments here and there. For my money the original crew were genius, and all went on to greatness in movies. After that it fell apart pretty fast.
Lol I think you post here on your phone and it 'corrects' a lot of what you say, but I feel the need to fix this one. It's land shark. I know you know that, just had to get it down as a matter of public record.
Cronenberg is one of my faves. We've also got Denis Villeneuve who I'm sure you're familiar with. Sarah Polley has been a real good actor and director (acting example: My Life Without Me). She also was nominated for best director for Women Talking, and won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay. I am also a big Don McKellar fan, especially for the film Last Night. There is often a lot of overlap with Canadian productions where I get to see all my favourites in action. For example, McKellar and Polley have acting parts in one of my favourite Cronenberg movies, Existenz. That's from our deeper kind of fare. We also just have plain fun movies like Goon and its sequel. Edit: Oh - almost forgot to mention Sandra Oh. She's around in many Canadian films, like the aforementioned Last Night. And we get plenty of the delightful Molly Parker, probably best known for her role in Deadwood, but also acted in many Canadian films such as the very twisted Kissed.
Generally it's the exception because it's always a surprise that the movie was good (at least to me) when it's a full CAN production. Lots of good films are shot in or have post-prod done in Canuckia, of course. And lots of good actors/producers/directors come from that way too. Talent generally goes south, though. I'll nominate the first Bon Cop, Bad Cop, as well as a lesser-known The Void as some of the exceptional Canadian productions.
Oh yeah. Good stuff! I first discovered her in a remake of Dawn of the Dead, and then I saw Go. I'm a fan, but haven't seen her in anything else and had no idea she was directing. Huge fan! I've always liked Jennifer Jason-Leigh, and I love the way the shots are set up to resemble Resident Evil (the video game). I didn't realize Sarah Polley was in it. But I've just remembered another favorite actor of mine who's Canadian—Elias Koteas. He did Crash with Cronenberg, based on an insane JG Ballard novel. I liked him since Cyborg 2 (Angelina's first starring role I think?) He was also in Let Me In as the detective. And how could I forget, he played Casey Jones with the hockey mask and baseball bat (or was it a hockey stick?) in the TMNT movie from the 90's or early 2000's—the one with Megan Fox.
None. This was created by a human, taking snips of clips of other shows and movies that these actors have been involved with, and then painstakingly piecing them together to produce a very amusing 6 minutes of fun. The very human touch was their starting it off as plausible, and gradually getting more and more absurd as it went on. Chef's kiss to the creator.
Brides of Dracula. I enjoyed this and it has some fine sets and scenes, but overall my suspicion is reinforced that Hammer's best vampire movies are the ones without Dracula in the title.
Since I've gotten involved with musical theater in the past year, I've wanted to watch some movie musicals and see what I've missed. I started this weekend with the cult classic Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and it was absolutely fantastic. As a queer-focused rock musical, it gets compared to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but while there's merit to that, Hedwig is far superior as a story. Rocky Horror is campy and fun and decadent; Hedwig is grounded and moving and deeply human. And the music is amazing. "Wicked Little Town" and "Origin of Love" have become genuine anthems. And when Hedwig and her band perform the song "Angry Inch," describing her botched sex change operation, to a decidedly hostile crowd, it's everything punk rock was meant to be. (Content warning: Sexuality and language, definitely NSFW)
Wow, I hadn't heard this one mentioned since this hippy dude at the video store suggested that I (the video store clerk) check it out. That was like twenty years ago! And yeah, I remember it being entertaining and quite thought-provoking. I'm a bit of a cinephile, yet somehow I still have never seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Guess I better get to it eventually so I can compare the two.
You have to see it in theater with the actors, audience participation, props, and all that weird shit. I saw it a few times in the 90s. The Avon theater showed played it every Saturday night for like a decade at least. No idea if people still do that.
My favorites (that I can recall): Jesus Christ Superstar Scene West Side Story (first movie, from the 60's, the newer Spielberg version is good but far too long and just doesn't hit the same way) Beginning Tommy (The Who) Scene You can almost call Baby Driver a musical, but not quite. The driving and action scenes are music videos though. Opening scene It seems like there are a few more, but I can't think of any right now.
Yeah, I love Rocky Horror, but I still haven't been to a midnight showing like that and I've always wanted to. Gonna change soon, though! They're popping up all over the place for Halloween, and I'm planning to go to one with some friends on Friday the 13th. Muhahahaha!!!!
