Movie Blurt

19/05/2024

"There's plenty of irony in Hollywood, but no one ever gets it--which is also ironic, I guess."
--Nicholas Meyer

30/03/2024

During the filming of Deliverance, James Dickey--the author of the novel and screenplay--was on set a lot because he played the sheriff. According to Jon Voight, when he and Burt Reynolds were drinking with Dickey in a bar one night after shooting, this exchange took place.

Dickey: You're exactly how I pictured Lewis when I wrote the novel.
Burt: I'm not Lewis. I'm Burt Reynolds. And this is my time off. So shove it.
Dickey: That's exactly what Lewis would say.

07/03/2024

Apparently the National Association of Theatre Owners is getting serious about going after piracy recording in theaters. I suspect this is due to pressure from the MPAA.

The use of recording devices is not permitted in this theater. Please report all suspicious activity to theater management. Use of audiovisual recording devices may be punishable by up to three yea…

27/10/2023

Woke film schools are now feeling the need to recontextualize classic films, judging them according to today's social norms rather than by those in place when they were made.

Don't be surprised if soon we hear that Citizen Kane wasn't much of a film because Kane's newspaper didn't publish editorials promoting the use of wind and solar energy and the HR department didn't guarantee a safe and welcoming environment for transgender staff. Welles should have known in 1941 where we'd be in 2023.

Administrators from top film schools weigh in on how to teach films with problematic legacies like "Gone With the Wind."

23/10/2023

"It's always frustrated me that many people don't consider the movie a musical, which makes me nuts--because it has more music than most musicals."
--John Landis, director of "The Blues Brothers."

16/10/2023

If you've ever wondered about how silent movies were written, this explanation by one of the silents' brightest stars will shed light on the matter. It will also exemplify what a class act and a gracious lady she was.

16/10/2023

Does anybody really believe she directed this movie? She doesn't know how to hold her phone for a selfie video.

"Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce," in theaters Dec. 1, will allow fans to attend the singer's mega-successful world tour.

08/10/2023

When the suits at Disney tell a legendary poster artist what expression a character should have.

06/10/2023

There was never a better movie poster artist than Drew Struzan.

Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor in “Harlem Nights” (1989) Unpublished Concept Painting…

06/10/2023

Shirley Q offers this film review set to music.

Miss Liquor just finished watching that abomination known as Titanic.

29/09/2023

You don't have to like what everybody else likes. It's better that you be true to your own authentic preferences. But if you're curious about what Netflix DVD customers liked the most (and rented the most), here's the list straight from those who know.

Today Netflix ships its last DVDs after 25 years in the DVD rental business. They were a DVD-only company for 10 years before they got into streaming. And today they're the biggest streaming service of them all. They have 238 million streaming customers and only one million DVD customers. So they felt it didn't make sense to keep shipping DVDs.

Netflix has released their list of the most rented DVD's of all time. After announcing that they will end thei...

28/09/2023

A tribute from one genius stylist to another. Struzan is the best movie poster artist ever.

Remembering Jim Henson on his Birthday today 🎂