I dressed like the kid in that when I was 6.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 13 November 2007 14:10 (sixteen years ago) link
from SXSW:
TH asked how to find 'Superstar': "You're asking the one person who isn't allowed to tell you, and my lawyer is two people over from you."
http://blog.oregonlive.com/madaboutmovies/2009/03/sxsw_oldnew_indie_tweetybloggy.html
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 11:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm glad that guy reported on it, but Twitter journalism, Jesus.
― Eazy, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
it's pretty easy to find a torrent if you know where to look. it's great.
― jed_, Wednesday, 18 March 2009 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.illegal-art.org/video/popups/superstar.html
is another place where this can be found.
― unexpected item in bagging area (sarahel), Friday, 20 March 2009 11:09 (fifteen years ago) link
thx
― Past a Diving Jeter (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 March 2009 11:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Reading the "cultograpy" of Superstar and really enjoying it. Prompted me to finally watch Poison and it is pretty damn good! I'm gonna check out everything else of his I haven't yet seen.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
i totally love this movie, I've never seen Poison or VG, even though I've loved every other bit of Haynes I've seen so much.
― ❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉Plaxico❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉❉ (I know, right?), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
You should read the book, it's putting the film in a new context for me.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 18:24 (fifteen years ago) link
love most of this guy's stuff, Poison excepted.
― The Citizen Kane of Alcoholic Clown Movies (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
no wait I think I'm mixing that up with Safe.
Safe freaked me out.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Me too, but in a good way. Film I keep meaning to revisit.
― Soukesian, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
i love superstar; poison to me falls more into the interesting-failure category, tho it's worth seeing.
― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
http://weblogs.variety.com/bfdealmemo/2009/08/winslet-game-for-mildred-pierce-.html
Kate Winslet is attached to "Mildred Pierce," a miniseries adaptation based on the James M. Cain novel that Todd Haynes is writing and directing. Sources said that HBO is the lead contender to get the mini, but payweb sources said no deal has been struck.Cain's tale was famously turned into a 1945 film that won Joan Crawford an Oscar for the lead role of a bored housewife who gets into the restaurant business, an enterprise that leads to back-stabbing, romance and murder.The involvement of Winslet--right after her Oscar-winning performance in "The Reader" and her work in "Revolutionary Road"--underscores how much paywebs like HBO have become prestige venues for films that might vanish as theatrical releases, a fact underscored by the success of "Grey Gardens," which garnered Emmy noms for Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange.Haynes directed "I'm Not There," "Safe" and "Far From Heaven."
Cain's tale was famously turned into a 1945 film that won Joan Crawford an Oscar for the lead role of a bored housewife who gets into the restaurant business, an enterprise that leads to back-stabbing, romance and murder.
The involvement of Winslet--right after her Oscar-winning performance in "The Reader" and her work in "Revolutionary Road"--underscores how much paywebs like HBO have become prestige venues for films that might vanish as theatrical releases, a fact underscored by the success of "Grey Gardens," which garnered Emmy noms for Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange.
Haynes directed "I'm Not There," "Safe" and "Far From Heaven."
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 14 August 2009 06:30 (fourteen years ago) link
intrigued!
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 August 2009 12:25 (fourteen years ago) link
whoa
i hope there''s lots of chickn and waffles in it!
― heavin' flho (s1ocki), Friday, 14 August 2009 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link
(guessing it's going to be a contemporary update tho)
oh man, LOVE the Cain novel. finished it a couple of months ago. very excited about this.
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Friday, 14 August 2009 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
contemporary update? why wd you hire the guy who did far From Heaven for that?
― Indiana Morbs and the Curse of the Ivy League Chorister (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 August 2009 16:03 (fourteen years ago) link
haha ya i guess
― heavin' flho (s1ocki), Friday, 14 August 2009 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
whoa! just watched the OG MP earlier this wk
― The Collected Works of Fun Fun (donna rouge), Friday, 14 August 2009 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
this could be cool
Greenlit!
HBO is revisiting the Great Depression with "Mildred Pierce."Pay cabler is going forward with a five-hour miniseries starring Kate Winslet as a proud, single mother struggling to earn her daughter's love during the depression in middle-class Los Angeles. Story is based on the novel by James M. Cain.Mini has been speculated for months, but the deal just become official.Joan Crawford won an Oscar for the lead role in the 1945 film adaptation of the novel. "Mildred Pierce" earned a total of six noms, including a pair of supporting actress nods for Eve Arden and Ann Blyth.Todd Haynes will write the script along with Jon Raymond. Haynes will also direct and act as exec producer, along with Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, and John Wells. Ilene Landress ("The Sopranos") is producer and pic is in association with MGM.Wells, who has a pact at Warner Bros. and saw his "Southland" cop drama picked up by TNT after it was dropped by NBC, recently unspooled his bigscreen pic "The Company Men" at the Sundance Film Festival.Winslet is coming off a lead actress Oscar for her role in "The Reader." It was her first win after being nominated five times previously.Actress last appeared on HBO in the pilot of Ricky Gervais starrer "Extras," playing a nun pining for an Oscar nom. Gervais teased her about the role during the 2009 Golden Globes.No other thesps have been attached to the cast.
Mini has been speculated for months, but the deal just become official.
Joan Crawford won an Oscar for the lead role in the 1945 film adaptation of the novel. "Mildred Pierce" earned a total of six noms, including a pair of supporting actress nods for Eve Arden and Ann Blyth.
Todd Haynes will write the script along with Jon Raymond. Haynes will also direct and act as exec producer, along with Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, and John Wells. Ilene Landress ("The Sopranos") is producer and pic is in association with MGM.
Wells, who has a pact at Warner Bros. and saw his "Southland" cop drama picked up by TNT after it was dropped by NBC, recently unspooled his bigscreen pic "The Company Men" at the Sundance Film Festival.
Winslet is coming off a lead actress Oscar for her role in "The Reader." It was her first win after being nominated five times previously.
Actress last appeared on HBO in the pilot of Ricky Gervais starrer "Extras," playing a nun pining for an Oscar nom. Gervais teased her about the role during the 2009 Golden Globes.
No other thesps have been attached to the cast.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 12 February 2010 00:31 (fourteen years ago) link
whoa.
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 February 2010 00:46 (fourteen years ago) link
is this the first miniseries that will be all directed by the same dude?
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 February 2010 00:47 (fourteen years ago) link
was just reading abt this, will b awesome
― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 12 February 2010 00:47 (fourteen years ago) link
winslet? really?
― jed_, Friday, 12 February 2010 00:53 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah she kept her maiden name
― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 12 February 2010 01:04 (fourteen years ago) link
No guesses as to what I hope they'll have as the theme song.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 February 2010 03:18 (fourteen years ago) link
as much as i could see kate pulling this off, it would take a miracle to pull of a joan crawford in this role.
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm sure haynes knows that, and this will probably be at right angles to the film.
haynes is nothing if not savvy about stuff like this, whatever you think of the results (i think he has a good track record).
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:24 (fourteen years ago) link
pic is in association with MGM.
how much TV has MGM been producing lately? it's on the auction block right now, and is not in very good shape, at least in terms of theatrical.
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:25 (fourteen years ago) link
xp i hope you're right! i do think he's a very sensible fit for the job.
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:26 (fourteen years ago) link
This has potential.
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:28 (fourteen years ago) link
I have never see a single Todd Haynes film. But I know at least two people who have slept with him!
― 26 Mixes Focaccia (Stevie D), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:29 (fourteen years ago) link
that's ass-backwards. um, i mean...
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I still prefer Carol Burnett's Mildred Fierce.
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/XP_UtPcjvp4/0.jpg
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:41 (fourteen years ago) link
o. m. g. i have never seen that
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:54 (fourteen years ago) link
ahahahahahahahaha watching this now, amazing
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:56 (fourteen years ago) link
but that's NOT the Mildred Fierce sketch I saw! it was done later, a pretty close parody of the Crawford movie.
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 February 2010 03:59 (fourteen years ago) link
carol 4eva <3
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 12 February 2010 04:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Is it fucked up that I have always liked the name Veda because of this movie?
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 12 February 2010 04:36 (fourteen years ago) link
no way, it's a good name
― you have to forgive me (surm), Friday, 12 February 2010 06:15 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, it's a pretty name.
― by another name (amateurist), Friday, 12 February 2010 07:14 (fourteen years ago) link
wow, this sounds good.
love most of this guy's stuff, Poison excepted.I agree with this, although I still have not seen 'I'm Not There.' 'Safe' is one of my favourite movies.
― derrrick, Friday, 12 February 2010 10:02 (fourteen years ago) link
up until the mention of 'I'm Not There' here I had been reading today's discussion thinking of Todd Phillips and being seriously confused.
― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Friday, 12 February 2010 11:58 (fourteen years ago) link
that Mildred Fierce thing reminded me of this, which I hope everyone has seen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGa4M0zmOLI
― 26 Mixes Focaccia (Stevie D), Friday, 12 February 2010 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
wow this sounds awesome
― Wrinkles, I'll see you on the other side (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 12 February 2010 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Thursday, February 11, 2010
Only if there are some anachronistic Dylan songs, amirite?
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Friday, 12 February 2010 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link