Cinema is Dope

A quick note to point you over to Twitch where my interview with Sydney Tamiia Poitier aka Jungle Julia is now up.

Also dig while reading it a ton of exclusive pictures I took of her and Zoe Bell.

::: THE TWITCH INTERVIEW - JUNGLE JULIA

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Rosario Dawson is Abernathy in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof.

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Kurt Russell likes cute feet in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof.

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Over at the Daily Telegraph today they have a short interview with Quentin Tarantino:

“When it came to the chase I said to everyone who would listen, like, ‘I’m a little nervous about this because I want it to be one of the greatest chases in the history of cinema and, if it’s not, then I’m not as talented as I thought I was’.”

~ Tarantino on the car chase in Death Proof

::: Tarantino on Death Proof
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Left to Right:
Zoe Bell (Death Proof) & Mike Hostench (Sitges Film Festival Co-Director)

Sitges Film Festival co-director Mike Hostench was also having a tough time at Sitges this year! I mean just look at him here standing alongside Jury member, stuntwoman and actress Zoe Bell. Life is tough right? Such a cute picture of the two if I do say so myself. Expect a larger version on Twitch soon!

My favorite Zoe moment was sitting in front of her and Sydney Tamiia Poitier during the midnight presentation at the Melia of Miike’s Sukiyaki Western Django. I also had Marc Walkow of Outcast Cinema on my left. Zoe and Sydney were both floored and in near hysterics with Tarantino’s part in the film (he alternates his voice about 77 million times over but though sounding corning it greatly works). The enthusiastic response and energy Marc, Zoe, Sydney and the crowd itself had made it an incredibly rowdy and enjoyable experience. Who knew I would have my Dirty Dancing “I’ve had the time of my life” moment at Sitges with this film.

Though I do have to say for the three idiots on my left who kept telling people to hush up laughing and so on… “what the hell were you thinking?!?!” This is a midnight movie meant for a rowdy audience that needs to laugh and double over in hysterics at Miike’s finest hour of goofy fun mayhem. If you want a respectable and calm audience… don’t go to a midnight screening at Sitges! There is no way in hell to expect a crowd to be silent like they are watching a Wimbledon match while watching this film, especially when you have two of Tarantino’s actresses there who haven’t ever experienced the film before!

Zoe’s favorite expression to say to people at Sitges was: Get f**ked!
This simply translates as “enjoy your day and go get you some party time!”

And lastly I can’t imagine seeing or experiencing this film on the small screen or with a lackluster audience.

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I was sound asleep at the 40th Sitges Film Festival when I was woken up with a call asking if I wanted to interview Jungle Julia (aka Sydney Tamiia Poitier and of course everyone in Austin also knows her for the huge character billboards that were up around town while the film was shooting) for Death Proof. I was like, “Hell yeah I do!” I then found out I had roughly 50 minutes to take a shower, walk/run 20 minutes away and prepare questions for the interview. Somehow I managed to get all that done and I think the end result was one of the best interviews I did at their fest this year. I will be posting it either later this week or early next week on Twitch. This haul ass by any means spirit nabbed me many an interview this past two weeks at Sitges and now back in the states I think I’ve gone down 1 or 2 pant sizes.

I should also note I’m very glad I had just seen the directors cut of Death Proof during the pre-fest Fantastic Fest screenings. As it hugely helped me as a refresher for the film and allowed me to be even more prepared for the interview!!!!!

Oddly this is the first time I’ve every interviewed anyone for an actual Quentin Tarantino movie.

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Zoe Bell who does some amazing car stunts in Quentin Tarantino’s latest “Death Proof” talks about the film in a new interview over at MegaStar.

::: Ring Our Bell
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Well if your Tarantino these days you have been decimating “Death Proof” ice sculptures, holding “Pulp Fiction” dance contests and hitching rides from truckers (here)… and hanging out with Tony Blair’s wife (here). Ahhhh the life of a director rarely has a dull moment!

I’m currently watching the “Death Proof” extended cut at the pre-Fantastic Fest screening. It’s a 35mm sneak-preview screening of the extended director’s cut of “Death Proof.”

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Quentin Tarantino directs Vanessa Ferlito on the set of his film, “Death Proof.”

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Sydney Tamiia Poitier is Jungle Julia in Quentin Tarantino’s “Death Proof” (”Grindhouse“).

Good lord! Another rocking pre-Fantastic Fest screening is about to go down. This time it’s a 35mm sneak-preview screening of the extended director’s cut of “Death Proof.” If you haven’t already be sure and check out the elaborate Russian site for the movie (here). And yes there is absolutely zero foot fetish in effect in the above image. None what-so-ever-at-all-move-along-folks.

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