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Green Zone (2010) – The Daily Movie Wallpaper – Matt Damon

blake — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:05:04 +0000

The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Coming out on March 12 is the Green Zone (Official Site) a re-teaming of filmmaker Paul Greengrass and actor Matt Damon from their Bourne Supremacy/Bourne Ultimatum films. The cinematographer for the film is Barry Ackroyd who previously shot Oscar contender, The Hurt Locker.

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Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass re-team for “Green Zone“. In the thriller, Damon stars as Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller, a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region.

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Official still that was used in the original USA release of the film. © 2010 Universal Studios. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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OSS 117 – Lost in Rio (2009) – New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day – Jean Dujardin

blake — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:23:13 +0000

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Monday, June 8, 2009

Three years before Ian Fleming started writing the first James Bond novel, Jean Bruce was hard at work creating fictional secret agent OSS 117 aka Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath in the first of 91 novels. OSS 117 also made it to the big screen first in 1956 with OSS 117 Is Not Dead directed by Jean Sacha. However where the Bond series went on to make countless big screen splashes, OSS 117 only made 7 more trips to the big screen (including the latest installment Lost in Rio) with OSS 117 – Panic in Bangkok (1964), OSS 117 – Mission for a Killer (1965), OSS 117 – Terror in Tokyo (1966), OSS 117 – Double Agent (1968) and OSS 117 – Takes a Vacation (1970), OSS 117 – Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006).

Although you can see the influence of James Bond in Lost in Rio, to me it seems much more reverential and involved with 60’s Eurospy cinema than anything else. Although this subgenre to date really hasn’t been widely seen and explored by the average consumer let alone die hard cinephiles. The book “Eurospy Guide” from Matt Blake and David Deal is a great introduction into Eurospy cinema for those new or more somewhat familiar. Those more familiar with it are going to fine a lot more to be fond of and laugh at, especially in a nostalgic sense. Those less familiar will no doubt be making endless Bond comparisons which work in some instances but not for every single aspect of it. If anything OSS 117 – Lost in Rio is a 60’s Eurospy film set in contemporary times of political correctness told in a manic, schmoozing and completely non-politically correct satire style. The only downside of the film is that it feels too breezy in its pace at times as it clearly feels almost too comfortable at just telling a story and in no hurry to rush to the next plot point. For fans of Eurospy like me this is a highly enjoyable Eurospy geek out that I can’t wait to see again and wish its second half had just a bit more tighter editing.

For those wanting to check this out it will be screened as the closing night gala film at this years Seattle International Film Festival (details).

Note that the previous OSS 117 entry from Michel Hazanavicius and Jean Dujardin, OSS 117 – Cairo, Nest of Spies, is currently available on US DVD with English subtitles (a soundtrack is also out and available on cd). A follow up to Lost in Rio is currently in production by them as well for a 2010 release. The original film series from the 50’s and 60’s for the most part seems to be out on French DVD however sans English subtitles.

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Official stills that were used in the original international release of the film.

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Burn After Reading (2008) – New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day – Japanese Poster

blake — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:00:41 +0000

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Monday, February 9, 2009

I like this reworking of the US poster for the most part… not so much the colors but the collage of deeply irreverent faces with some wink wink imagery in small spots.

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Official artwork that was used in the original Japanese poster for the film.

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Scorpio (1973) – Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day – Alain Delon & Burt Lancaster

blake — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:00:57 +0000

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Wednesday, December 3, 2008

I love everything about the construction of this Japanese poster that culminates into a fantastically realized montage. Perfect. Alain Delon and movie poster fans rejoice.

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Official artwork that was used in the original Japanese poster for the film.

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Burn After Reading (2008) – New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day – 6 More Images!!!

blake — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:00:02 +0000

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Saturday, September 6, 2008

Burn After Reading gets a special advanced screening in Austin on September 10th courtesy of Fantastic Fest (details). Be sure to sign up for a chance to attend.

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Official still that was used in the original international release of the film.

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