ok maybe not that lower-budget
― imago, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 09:08 (one year ago) link
Lol what an odd career trajectory.
― chap, Friday, 19 May 2023 17:28 (one year ago) link
Pro tip= work back from High Rise not forwards
― contrapuntal aversion (Noodle Vague), Friday, 19 May 2023 18:03 (one year ago) link
Heh, was thinking of going straight to Kill List.
― I & I, Claudius (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 May 2023 18:21 (one year ago) link
Do people actively dislike High-Rise or just think it’s worse than what preceded it?
― I & I, Claudius (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 May 2023 18:23 (one year ago) link
High Rise is unfilmable but Wheatley had a good shot at it is how I see it.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Friday, 19 May 2023 21:04 (one year ago) link
Wheatley was right to cast Hiddleston but even his blank charmlessness couldn't quite match what Ballard was reaching for.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Friday, 19 May 2023 21:09 (one year ago) link
Years ago, I remember seeing a mock poster for Concrete Island with Christian Bale, but I don't think they even began filming
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 19 May 2023 21:16 (one year ago) link
Pretty sure Concrete Island is similarly unfilmable. If it wasn't for Cronenberg's *Crash* I'd say all of Ballard is unfilmable. *Empire of the Sun* kind of doesn't count.
― Stars of the Lidl (Chinaski), Friday, 19 May 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
There is even an ebook of High-Rise with Hiddelston as reader, to close the circle.
― I & I, Claudius (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 May 2023 21:28 (one year ago) link
Hiddleston
― I & I, Claudius (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 May 2023 21:29 (one year ago) link
this from 2011... I remember looking forward to it
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M3Vllqvqw8c/TpeH0zoEXyI/AAAAAAAAABc/oN4iR1XbreY/s1600/Concrete+Island+Teaser+Poster.jpg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 19 May 2023 21:42 (one year ago) link
if you found the right location you could shoot Concrete Island for cheap!
― mh, Friday, 19 May 2023 21:58 (one year ago) link
yeah.. i'm not sure it's 'unfilmable', but it would be like a play with a lot of traffic noise
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 19 May 2023 22:01 (one year ago) link
agreed
― mh, Friday, 19 May 2023 22:19 (one year ago) link
First I've heard of the forthcoming zombie TV show (and other projects).
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/aug/24/ben-wheatley-zombie-drama-generation-z
Obviously a very well worn genre, but hopefully he's done something interesting and/or fun with it.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 24 August 2024 16:17 (four weeks ago) link
pro tip: he won't have
― the news is terrible, i'm in the clear (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 25 August 2024 06:48 (four weeks ago) link