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Gjemmestedet Innlegg Kategorier Forfattere Om Lonesome Jim + Romance & Blogg Cigarettes + Hail, Caesar! Gjemmestedet Det ene leder til det andre... Dato Jeg er stor fan av Steve Buscemi. Primært som 8. september 2005 skuespiller, men nå har han vist seg å være en svært så habil regissør også. Hans debut som regissør, Trees Lounge [IMDb], er en liten perle og Forfatter også den oversette Animal Factory [IMDb] er fantastisk bra. I tillegg har han regien på et par fantastiske episoder av The djtokyoboogie Sopranos [IMDb], inkludert manges favorittepisode Pine Barrens. Nå er han klar med sin tredje lm som regissør, Lonesome Jim (tidligere nevnt av gbang her), med Casey Affleckog Liv Tyler. Den har allerede rukket å bli en festivalfavoritt, og jeg håper det ikke blir altfor lenge til jeg får muligheten til å se den. Traileren ser du her og det har også dukket opp to lmklipp. Les mer Apropos Buscemi og The Sopranos... Forrige: Kim Ki-duk bråker ikke En annen skuespiller jeg respekterer er John Turturro som også har to lmer bak kamera på Neste: samvittigheten, nemlig Mac[IMDb] og Illuminata En fake trailer og mer Serenity [IMDb]. Nå er hans nyeste lm, Romance & Cigarettes, endelig klar. Den kan skilte med navn som James Gandolni, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi og Christopher Walken. Sterkt! Det beste av alt er at det ifølge IMDb er en "down-and-dirty musical". Man kan si hva man vil om musicals, men en musical med en så bra samling av skuespillere må bare bli bra. Den har ingen trailer ennå, men det har dukket opp et klipp fra lmen med Sarandon og Walken. Filmen har kinopremiere i Norge 25. november. Den er forøvrig produsert av Coen-brødrene, noe som bringer meg til neste del av denne posten. George Clooney har nemlig bekreftet at han skal spille i brødrenes neste lm Hail, Caesar!. Filmen avslutter den såkalte "idiot-trilogien", som består av O Brother, Where art Thou? og Intolerable Cruelty. Filmen handler om en teatergruppe på 20-tallet som skal sette opp Shakespeares Julius Caesar. Nå må jeg innrømme at jeg har mistet mye av respekten for Coen-brødrene. Nevnte Intolerable Cruelty var direkte krise og nyinnspillingen av The Ladykillers vil jeg ikke en gang nærme meg. Vi får bare håpe de nner veien tilbake til de gode gamle dager hvor de kunne overraske oss med fantastiske lmer som Barton Fink og Big Lebowski. Hail, Caesar! er fortsatt bare på planleggingsstadiet..

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