Never judge a book by its movie.
Frank is as weird and charming as its protagonist. The movie is a strange black comedy about a young keyboardist that joins a band. Interestingly, the musical group happens to be filled with former mental patients and the lead singer, Frank, wears a sizeable cartoonish mask over his head at all times. The movie has a…
Read more FRANK: THE TRUE STORY THAT INSPIRED THE MOVIE by Jon Ronson
Flavorwire did a fun post about what Philip K. Dick’s reaction was after seeing the movie back in 1982 for the first time. The following passage is from the book Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner by Paul Sammon. via flavorwire.com “I got a call from one of the ladies at the [Blade Runner] production department…
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Freddy vs. Jason was a big deal to me when it came out. The movie had been in the making for years. Two major film icons were going to cross over on the silver screen. This was not as common as it is today with all of our current shared cinematic universes. This crossover was first…
Young Frankenstein is a perfect parody of the Universal Pictures Frankenstein films from the nineteen-thirties, and it’s my favorite Mel Brooks film. The cinematography was beautiful and lovingly crafted to capture the style of James Whale’s Frankenstein. Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder insisted that the movie was to be shot in wonderfully contrasting black and white.…
Read more YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN: A MEL BROOKS BOOK: THE STORY OF THE MAKING OF THE FILM by Mel Brooks
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