Cinema is Dope

[ View Image (1024×682) ]
[ View Image (1280×853) ]

I’m starting to wonder how many more publicity stills there are out there for this film. Every time I think I’ve posted the last one, someone sends me another. I’ll gladly keep posting stills from this film even if it’s just a picture of a grasshopper and an oil derrick. In all seriousness these close up stills (including these last two I posted recently) are so iconic and works of art onto themselves. I can certainly see any of these working framed in an art show featuring still after still from this film.

Related Coverage:
::: Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)
::: My report from Marfa Film Festival Screening on the set of Little Boston - Twitch

(Read more…)

[ View Image (1024×758) ]
[ View Image (1280×947) ]

 

[ View Image (1024×683) ]
[ View Image (1280×854) ]

 

[ View Image (1024×683) ]
[ View Image (1280×854) ]

 

[ View Image (1024×576) ]
[ View Image (1280×720) ]

 

[ View Image (1024×576) ]
[ View Image (1280×720) ]

Viz Pictures will be screening this film in the US in October (more info).

This sequel to the great cat and mouse thriller Death Note, was too uneven for my tastes (too much story and too little time to cram it all in nice and near seamlessly meshed), though I definitely dig that last act of the film where a great battle of wits ensue.

Related Coverage:
::: Detroit Metal City Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)
::: Previous Death Note: The Last Name Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)
::: Death Note Movie Wallpaper #1 (Cinema is Dope)
::: Death Note Movie Wallpaper #2 (Cinema is Dope)
::: Death Note: The Last Name Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)
::: Interview I did with Shusuke Kaneko

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

(Read more…)

[ View Image (1024×686) ]
[ View Image (1280×857) ]

 

[ View Image (1024×678) ]
[ View Image (1280×848) ]

 

[ View Image (1024×686) ]
[ View Image (1280×857) ]

 

[ View Image (1024×576) ]
[ View Image (1280×720) ]

 

[ View Image (1024×576) ]
[ View Image (1280×720) ]

 

[ View Image (1024×576) ]
[ View Image (1280×720) ]

 

[ View Image (1024×686) ]
[ View Image (1280×857) ]

 

[ View Image (1024×683) ]
[ View Image (1280×854) ]

Viz Pictures will be screening the sequel to this film in the US in October (more info). Images and wallpaper for actor Ken’ichi Matsuyama remain one of the hottest items here at Cinema is Dope. I will be taking out some time today to post the remaining images I have from both Death Note films and L: Change the World. Be sure to also check out the images I posted earlier today of him in Detroit Metal City (view here).

Related Coverage:
::: Movie Wallpaper #1 (Cinema is Dope)
::: Death Note: The Last Name Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)
::: Interview I did with Shusuke Kaneko

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

(Read more…)

[ View Image (1024×682) ]
[ View Image (1280×853) ]

[ View Image (1024×682) ]
[ View Image (1280×853) ]

My last visit with There Will Be Blood was literally on its hollowed ground where it was made. Back in May I visited the Marfa Film Festival which had a special Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow on its set of Little Boston (report of this visit that I filed on Twitch). It seems fitting on the verge of Fantastic Fest 2008 that I came across these two stills I hadn’t previously seen. Since the last festival in September of 2007, I traveled the world to many film festivals and the profile of the festival based on having the world premiere of There Will Be Blood was considerably raised. Many people didn’t necessarily know the name of the festival, as they called it, “that festival that first screened There Will Be Blood!” It still seems unbelievable that we screened it first and still revel in its magical screening and atmosphere… I just don’t know if I’ve ever had as good of a film going experience.

And so now we turn our gaze and attention to Fantastic Fest 2008 and many wondering if we can equal or top last year. Which the simple answer is some film screenings are just priceless and will never be equaled or repeated. Each film and its related screening carries its own magic and ambiance… it’s own place in our hearts and minds that feels timeless. As such we can still carry on this legacy with new nights and screenings with new cinema magic. It’s not so much about trying to recreate what has come as expanding upon it and continuing to seek out new ways to celebrate cinema. To that end, 2008 will be no exception as Fantastic Fest has once again pulled out all the stops and now it’s almost time again to bask in cinema glory for 10 days in the movie capital of the world - Austin, Texas!

(Read more…)

[ View Image (1024×697) ]

Nice black & white of Quentin Tarantino directing Kurt Russell as Stuntman Mike in Death Proof. I don’t know what I make of all the casting rumors swirling around Tarantino’s Inglorious project other than the rumor mill seems to be going through ever actor alive in the Rolodex.

You can read my interview with Death Proof Sydney Tamiia Poitier over on Twitch (read here).

Amazon.com Link:
Grindhouse Presents, Death Proof - Extended and Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)

(Read more…)