not shooting enough was famously the biggest problem with Mikey And Nicky
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Sunday, 1 August 2021 04:35 (two years ago) link
Mikey and Nicky is perfect
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Sunday, 1 August 2021 05:30 (two years ago) link
I think Morbs said Mikey and Nicky was his favorite gangster film.
― jbn, Sunday, 1 August 2021 20:26 (two years ago) link
Also his favorite gay romance.
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Sunday, 1 August 2021 22:10 (two years ago) link
thought this thread was bumped because of her guest role in the Good Fight, where she played RBG in a dream sequence where she basically says "fuck Black people, get yours" to Christine Baranski's character
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Sunday, 1 August 2021 22:43 (two years ago) link
If you’re giving out spoilers, how about a timestamp
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Sunday, 1 August 2021 23:23 (two years ago) link
don't have a timestamp for you but there's video here: https://ew.com/tv/the-good-fight-diane-rbg-clip-interview/
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Sunday, 1 August 2021 23:27 (two years ago) link
I had already acquired the episode due to hearing that May was in it, intending to watch the story it told; now that I know she's only in one scene and what she does in it, I shan't bother watching the story, but I still would have checked out the whole minute or five or w/e of her performance. Being directed to an Entertainment Weekly video of the writers of the story breaking down their intention in telling a story that I haven't seen has entirely drained my ability to invest into May's involvement in the story.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Monday, 2 August 2021 02:22 (two years ago) link
tbf, it's the Elaine May thread; it's reasonable that people might pop in with comments on a recent tv appearance. i get the desire for a spoiler tag or something, but if you are saving watching something i do recommend leaving such threads lie until you've gotten around to it. for example i usually unbookmark film-anticipation threads in between when the film comes out and when i watch it, but that's just me.
― I honk along darkened Bobo-doors (Doctor Casino), Monday, 2 August 2021 12:26 (two years ago) link
without being mad at Murgatroid or anything, I do think there's a difference between "btw y'all May took her first non-Woody screen acting role in 31 years this week in case anyone wants to check it out!" and "here is a complete summary of May's first acting role in 31 years, including the punchline, which aired a day and a half ago"
(her first notable screen acting role in 21 years if we assume fewer people here regularly watched Woody's Bezos miniseries, which he promoted by saying "It was a catastrophic mistake. I don't know what I'm doing. I'm floundering. I expect this to be a cosmic embarrassment," than The Good Fight)
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Monday, 2 August 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
I didn't think it was a spoiler because it's a dream sequence that does not impact the actual plot whatsoever
― bon ivermectin (Murgatroid), Monday, 2 August 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
Why the Indicator Ishtar got canceled:
-Ishtar had gotten to a point where the studio was asking for significant cuts to every single feature on the disc and to leave off things already licensed for it altogether, and they just decided to cancel the release instead of dropping it all, the studio did not want anything that discussed the film's past reputation at all, too many sensitivities, they could have done a vanilla edition and decided it wasn't in the spirit of the label
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:09 (two years ago) link
Powerful studio people who interfered in 1986-1987 still alive? Never underestimate the sustaining powers of hate.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
The speculation is that it's actually Warren Beatty who stepped in here. But really, how powerful even is he these days?
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link
Annette Bening could not be reached for comment.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:39 (two years ago) link
Beatty's meddling is supposedly why the Criterion edition of Shampoo was less than stacked.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
Whaddya want, guy always had a lot of energy to carry out his various activities.
― I, the Jukebox Jury (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
the studio did not want anything that discussed the film's past reputation at all
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
Forgot that Sony did a still in-print "Director's Cut" Blu of Ishtar.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0037QGRVK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_i_H8AD6ZAX5TV39ENHDH3T?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 15:38 (two years ago) link
Mikey and Nicky was really hard going. It was an Elaine May version of a toxic John Cassavetes film, starring Cassavetes himself
― Dan S, Monday, 28 August 2023 01:05 (eight months ago) link
mikey and nicky is amazing
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 28 August 2023 01:53 (eight months ago) link
Yeah it's an experience, if nothing else.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 28 August 2023 02:58 (eight months ago) link
Came here to post that I had recently rewatched Enter Laughing, a film I had fond memories of seeing on a TV matinee movie as a kid, and had forgotten Elaine May is in it. Turns out Morbs beat me to it four years ago.
― Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable POST (Dan Peterson), Monday, 28 August 2023 14:07 (eight months ago) link
CRACKPOT LIVES https://t.co/UiDmcaMYL6— Ben Mekler (@benmekler) February 8, 2024
what are the best films directed by nonagenarians?
― soref, Thursday, 8 February 2024 19:48 (three months ago) link
Aside from Manoel de Oliveira's?
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Thursday, 8 February 2024 20:07 (three months ago) link