«If a movie is really working, you forget for two hours your Social Security number and where your car is parked. You are having a vicarious experience. You are identifying, in one way or another, with the people on the screen»
— Roger Ebert
The Wrap nailed it here: "The world loves Spider-Man no matter how tired they may be of other superhero films. But Brand New Day is performing like an Avengers movie because the world loves THIS Spider-Man."
World is overrun with older filmmakers keep trying to capitalize on their works from earlier periods but never adapted to digital cameras, LED lights, and much lower budget. Not Miike tho - his works feel like a straight line thru the decades. You can’t make him uncomfortable.
✨Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s Closet Picks! ✨
The pair behind the cult-favorite sketch comedy series PORTLANDIA joined us at the Criterion Mobile Closet in Portland, Oregon, where they shared their love for BEING THERE and AFTER HOURS, talked about their favorite Ingmar Bergman movies, and gifted each other classics like MOONSTRUCK and SID & NANCY.
In this scene in American Gangster (2007) the gun was never supposed to go off. Without telling the crew, Denzel Washington improvised and blew Idris Elba’s brains out to elicit real shock from the extras. The director liked it so much he decided to keep it in the movie.