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When David Cronenberg's "The Fly" (1986) was released, Jeff Goldblum wrote a letter to Vincent Price saying, "I hope you like it as much as I liked yours [The Fly (1958)]." Vincent Price thought it was terribly sweet. Price hadn't met Goldblum, but he wrote him back and went...

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Samuel L. Jackson explains how he landed the role of Jules in Pulp Fiction, and what it was like seeing the film for the first time on the big screen: “Pulp Fiction and I came together in a very strange kind of way. I remember auditioning for Quentin for Reservoir Dogs in New York (for the role of of Detective Jim Holdaway, Mr. Orange’s police contact). And apparently I didn't get that role. But I was at Sundance the year that he screened it for the first time. I was sitting there and I watched that movie - I was awed by it. I mean, there were people running up the aisles when Michael Madsen was cutting the cop's ear off. People were going, "Oh my God, this is horrible!" All these “auteurs” were running out of the theatre. I was like, "This is good. This is happening. This is different." So after the film, I walked up to Quentin and said, "This film's amazing, man. It's great." And he looked at me and said, "Hey! How'd you like the guy who got your part?" And I was amazed that he even remembered who I was - but he remembered me. A year or so later, I got a phone call saying Quentin Tarantino wants to have dinner with you, because he'd seen Jungle Fever and he liked that Gator character. When we had dinner, we were sitting there talking. We started talking about Hong Kong films and cartoons and foreign movies and obscure things that we watched, horror movies. We found out we liked the same kind of stuff. And he told me he was writing this thing, and he was writing this part with me in mind. He was going to send it to me. I went off to do another film. I was in the backwoods of Virginia somewhere doing a film, and the script came. A little plain brown wrapper from Jersey Films. And Jersey's got these gangster images on the logo. And it said, "If you show this script to anybody, two guys named Ernie and Luigi will come and break both of your legs." Whatever. I went, "Yeah, right." So I sat down and read it. Boom. I read this thing. It's like, "Oh my God. This is awesome." And then I said to myself, "Nobody writes a script this good. There's no way that this script is as good as I thought it was." I closed it. I opened it again. I read it immediately. Okay. This is great - If whoever produces this film lets him shoot exactly what I just read, if they stay away from it, they don't try to edit any of this stuff out - this is going to be a great film. It's going to be kind of audience-specific, because I like that kind of stuff. I have friends that I knew would like it. It was a generational kind of film. I never thought it would cross over and do all this stuff. We shot it. We had a great time doing it. And the first time I actually saw the film was at the Cannes Film Festival. That night, it screened, and I was sitting there watching the film. The audience was loving this movie, loving it. About halfway through, I realized there were subtitles at the bottom of it. So I said, "Hey, these people are reading it, and they're getting it. This might be special. This really might be something special." And actually, by the time it was over, there were tears running down my face. I was just so pleased that I was part of that particular film… I never felt that satisfied, and that kind of full about a performance and about being part of something as I was in that particular moment.” Quote comes from an Interview with the American Film Institute 2010
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Samuel L. Jackson explains how he landed the role of Jules in Pulp Fiction, and what it was like seeing the film for the first time on the big screen: “Pulp Fiction and I came together in a very strange kind of way. I remember auditioning for Quentin for Reservoir Dogs in New York (for the role of of Detective Jim Holdaway, Mr. Orange’s police contact). And apparently I didn't get that role. But I was at Sundance the year that he screened it for the first time. I was sitting there and I watched that movie - I was awed by it. I mean, there were people running up the aisles when Michael Madsen was cutting the cop's ear off. People were going, "Oh my God, this is horrible!" All these “auteurs” were running out of the theatre. I was like, "This is good. This is happening. This is different." So after the film, I walked up to Quentin and said, "This film's amazing, man. It's great." And he looked at me and said, "Hey! How'd you like the guy who got your part?" And I was amazed that he even remembered who I was - but he remembered me. A year or so later, I got a phone call saying Quentin Tarantino wants to have dinner with you, because he'd seen Jungle Fever and he liked that Gator character. When we had dinner, we were sitting there talking. We started talking about Hong Kong films and cartoons and foreign movies and obscure things that we watched, horror movies. We found out we liked the same kind of stuff. And he told me he was writing this thing, and he was writing this part with me in mind. He was going to send it to me. I went off to do another film. I was in the backwoods of Virginia somewhere doing a film, and the script came. A little plain brown wrapper from Jersey Films. And Jersey's got these gangster images on the logo. And it said, "If you show this script to anybody, two guys named Ernie and Luigi will come and break both of your legs." Whatever. I went, "Yeah, right." So I sat down and read it. Boom. I read this thing. It's like, "Oh my God. This is awesome." And then I said to myself, "Nobody writes a script this good. There's no way that this script is as good as I thought it was." I closed it. I opened it again. I read it immediately. Okay. This is great - If whoever produces this film lets him shoot exactly what I just read, if they stay away from it, they don't try to edit any of this stuff out - this is going to be a great film. It's going to be kind of audience-specific, because I like that kind of stuff. I have friends that I knew would like it. It was a generational kind of film. I never thought it would cross over and do all this stuff. We shot it. We had a great time doing it. And the first time I actually saw the film was at the Cannes Film Festival. That night, it screened, and I was sitting there watching the film. The audience was loving this movie, loving it. About halfway through, I realized there were subtitles at the bottom of it. So I said, "Hey, these people are reading it, and they're getting it. This might be special. This really might be something special." And actually, by the time it was over, there were tears running down my face. I was just so pleased that I was part of that particular film… I never felt that satisfied, and that kind of full about a performance and about being part of something as I was in that particular moment.” Quote comes from an Interview with the American Film Institute 2010

Gangster Cinema Central

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The premiere of Carl Theodor Dreyer's 'Vampyr' (1932) in Germany was delayed by UFA for nearly nine months since the studio wanted the American films "Dracula" (1931) and "Frankenstein" (1931) to be released first. But the film was still a financial failure. When it finally premiered in Berlin on 6 May 1932, the audience booed the film, and Dreyer reportedly removed several scenes following the first screening. When the movie was screened in Vienna, audiences demanded their money back. When this was denied, a riot broke out, and police restored order with night sticks. P.S: On this day, 96 years ago, 'Vampyr' (1932) was released in Germany.
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The premiere of Carl Theodor Dreyer's 'Vampyr' (1932) in Germany was delayed by UFA for nearly nine months since the studio wanted the American films "Dracula" (1931) and "Frankenstein" (1931) to be released first. But the film was still a financial failure. When it finally premiered in Berlin on 6 May 1932, the audience booed the film, and Dreyer reportedly removed several scenes following the first screening. When the movie was screened in Vienna, audiences demanded their money back. When this was denied, a riot broke out, and police restored order with night sticks. P.S: On this day, 96 years ago, 'Vampyr' (1932) was released in Germany.

DepressedBergman

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THE WAY WE WERE was a smash hit when it was released in 1973 and has endured over the years as one of the great love stories in cinema. The film was the first and only time that Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand, two of the world's biggest movie stars at the time, ever appeared in a film together. The on-screen coupling of such opposite and dynamic talents caused quite a stir and captured the imagination of the movie-going public. Redford was already a movie star when he made the film, but it's success solidified him as the world's leading male sex symbol of his era. It took him to a new level of fame that secured his place as an enduring Hollywood icon.
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THE WAY WE WERE was a smash hit when it was released in 1973 and has endured over the years as one of the great love stories in cinema. The film was the first and only time that Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand, two of the world's biggest movie stars at the time, ever appeared in a film together. The on-screen coupling of such opposite and dynamic talents caused quite a stir and captured the imagination of the movie-going public. Redford was already a movie star when he made the film, but it's success solidified him as the world's leading male sex symbol of his era. It took him to a new level of fame that secured his place as an enduring Hollywood icon.

Hollywood Golden Age of Cinema

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On this day, 53 years ago, Douglas Hickox's "Theater of Blood" (1973) premiered in Toronto, Canada. Vincent Price on why the playing the character of Edward Lionheart in "Theater of Blood" (1973) was a dream role for him: "This was one of the most ingeniously inventive films I have ever made. It was quite unlike anything I’d ever done. before. The screenplay was so funny and original. And when I first heard all the big names they had assembled for the cast, I simply couldn’t believe it. It was a marvelous role because I got to play eight Shakespearean parts in it, which is a feast for any actor. And I got to knock off eight critics. It was a story dear to the heart of any old actor. It was a dream to make and very real to me. I really understand the man who is doing his very best and yet is unrecognized." ("The Price of Fear", Joel Eisner, 2013)
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On this day, 53 years ago, Douglas Hickox's "Theater of Blood" (1973) premiered in Toronto, Canada. Vincent Price on why the playing the character of Edward Lionheart in "Theater of Blood" (1973) was a dream role for him: "This was one of the most ingeniously inventive films I have ever made. It was quite unlike anything I’d ever done. before. The screenplay was so funny and original. And when I first heard all the big names they had assembled for the cast, I simply couldn’t believe it. It was a marvelous role because I got to play eight Shakespearean parts in it, which is a feast for any actor. And I got to knock off eight critics. It was a story dear to the heart of any old actor. It was a dream to make and very real to me. I really understand the man who is doing his very best and yet is unrecognized." ("The Price of Fear", Joel Eisner, 2013)

DepressedBergman

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Stephen King considers "Stand By Me" (1986) to be the best movie adapted from one of his books. After seeing the movie for the first time, King was moved to tears and broken up. He left the screening room for 15 minutes & upon return, he hugged Rob Reiner & said, "That`s the best film ever made out of anything I`ve written, which isn`t saying much. But you've really captured my story. It is autobiographical." After the success of the movie, King said, "You have to remember that the movie was made on a shoestring. It was supposed to be one of those things that opened in six theaters and then maybe disappeared. And instead it went viral." (Stephen King's interview with Andy Green, Rolling Stone, 2014 & "`Meathead` Rob Reiner Meets And Defeats His Longtime Demons", Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune, 1986) P.S: On this day, 40 years ago, "Stand By Me" (1986) premiered in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Stephen King considers "Stand By Me" (1986) to be the best movie adapted from one of his books. After seeing the movie for the first time, King was moved to tears and broken up. He left the screening room for 15 minutes & upon return, he hugged Rob Reiner & said, "That`s the best film ever made out of anything I`ve written, which isn`t saying much. But you've really captured my story. It is autobiographical." After the success of the movie, King said, "You have to remember that the movie was made on a shoestring. It was supposed to be one of those things that opened in six theaters and then maybe disappeared. And instead it went viral." (Stephen King's interview with Andy Green, Rolling Stone, 2014 & "`Meathead` Rob Reiner Meets And Defeats His Longtime Demons", Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune, 1986) P.S: On this day, 40 years ago, "Stand By Me" (1986) premiered in Los Angeles, California, USA.

DepressedBergman

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The filming of Gaspar Noé's "Love" (2015) began in October 2014 and was completed in February 2015, 3 months prior to its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. According to Noé, the movie wasn't ready when the official selection was announced. One week later, the first edit of the movie was ready and Noé showed it to Thierry Frémaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival. He thought it would be good to have the movie in the festival. Noé had to work 20 hours a day to complete the movie on time. The movie was complete mere hours before the official premiere. Since he was tired, Noé slept while watching the premiere of the movie. He only woke up when the end credits came up. Noé said that he had never worked so hard to finish something on time. The film only got out of competition slot instead of the coveted slot in the competition. Noé said that it was important for him to premiere the film at Cannes, the section did not matter to him. (Gaspar Noé's interview with Nigel M. Smith, Indiewire, 2015, Gaspar Noé's interview with Pam Jahn, Electric Sheep, 2015 & IMDb) P.S: On this day, 11 years ago, "Love" (2015) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, France.
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The filming of Gaspar Noé's "Love" (2015) began in October 2014 and was completed in February 2015, 3 months prior to its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. According to Noé, the movie wasn't ready when the official selection was announced. One week later, the first edit of the movie was ready and Noé showed it to Thierry Frémaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival. He thought it would be good to have the movie in the festival. Noé had to work 20 hours a day to complete the movie on time. The movie was complete mere hours before the official premiere. Since he was tired, Noé slept while watching the premiere of the movie. He only woke up when the end credits came up. Noé said that he had never worked so hard to finish something on time. The film only got out of competition slot instead of the coveted slot in the competition. Noé said that it was important for him to premiere the film at Cannes, the section did not matter to him. (Gaspar Noé's interview with Nigel M. Smith, Indiewire, 2015, Gaspar Noé's interview with Pam Jahn, Electric Sheep, 2015 & IMDb) P.S: On this day, 11 years ago, "Love" (2015) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, France.

DepressedBergman

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