Comments on: They’re young, they’re in love … and they kill people http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2008/04/08/theyre-young-theyre-in-love-and-they-kill-people/ When film critic Will Pfeifer isn’t watching movies, he’s reading about movies, talking about movies, thinking about movies or dreaming about movies. Now he shares that unhealthy obsession with you. From Hollywood hits to Japanese obscurities, from Oscar night to the summer season, he’s got movies on the brain — and on this blog. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:55:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: hokumboy http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2008/04/08/theyre-young-theyre-in-love-and-they-kill-people/#comment-388 hokumboy Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:46:24 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2008/04/08/theyre-young-theyre-in-love-and-they-kill-people/#comment-388 Will, When the Depp/Dillinger film was shooting in Darlington WI three weeks ago, a Rockford friend got to be an extra for a day. I'm still envious! Will,
When the Depp/Dillinger film was shooting in Darlington WI three weeks ago, a Rockford friend got to be an extra for a day.
I’m still envious!

]]> By: odessa steps magazine http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2008/04/08/theyre-young-theyre-in-love-and-they-kill-people/#comment-387 odessa steps magazine Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:35:26 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2008/04/08/theyre-young-theyre-in-love-and-they-kill-people/#comment-387 couldn't you also Juliette Lewis has done the B&C thing already, in Natural Born Killers and maybe in Kalifornia? couldn’t you also Juliette Lewis has done the B&C thing already, in Natural Born Killers and maybe in Kalifornia?

]]> By: Will Pfeifer http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2008/04/08/theyre-young-theyre-in-love-and-they-kill-people/#comment-385 Will Pfeifer Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:06:21 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2008/04/08/theyre-young-theyre-in-love-and-they-kill-people/#comment-385 Dr Z -- You've hit the nail on the head with your mention of sympathetic characters and the violence in Vietnam. From everything I've read, that was a major goal of the filmmakers: Combining humor and likeable characters with gruesome violence, sometimes in the same scene. Odessa -- I could see Truffaut filming it, because he had a sort of humanist, optimistic outlook. Godard, though I like him (better than Truffaut, in fact) had a pretty cold outlook, and I don't know if that would work. BREATHLESS is probably as close as he came, and Truffaut wrote that script. Lend -- That's not a bad pair, though Juliette Lewis seems to have fallen off the map. It'll be interesting to see the PUBLIC ENEMIES movie coming out next year, with Johnny Depp as Dillinger and Christian Bale as FBI agent Melvin Purvis. I think it's shooting in Chicago right now. Dr Z — You’ve hit the nail on the head with your mention of sympathetic characters and the violence in Vietnam. From everything I’ve read, that was a major goal of the filmmakers: Combining humor and likeable characters with gruesome violence, sometimes in the same scene.

Odessa — I could see Truffaut filming it, because he had a sort of humanist, optimistic outlook. Godard, though I like him (better than Truffaut, in fact) had a pretty cold outlook, and I don’t know if that would work. BREATHLESS is probably as close as he came, and Truffaut wrote that script.

Lend — That’s not a bad pair, though Juliette Lewis seems to have fallen off the map. It’ll be interesting to see the PUBLIC ENEMIES movie coming out next year, with Johnny Depp as Dillinger and Christian Bale as FBI agent Melvin Purvis. I think it’s shooting in Chicago right now.

]]> By: Lend Him a Hand http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2008/04/08/theyre-young-theyre-in-love-and-they-kill-people/#comment-383 Lend Him a Hand Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:33:55 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2008/04/08/theyre-young-theyre-in-love-and-they-kill-people/#comment-383 Who would be the best modern-day Bonnie and Clyde? How about Juliette Lewis and Ed Norton? Who would be the best modern-day Bonnie and Clyde? How about Juliette Lewis and Ed Norton?

]]> By: odessa steps magazine http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2008/04/08/theyre-young-theyre-in-love-and-they-kill-people/#comment-380 odessa steps magazine Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:00:31 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2008/04/08/theyre-young-theyre-in-love-and-they-kill-people/#comment-380 I always wonder when I watch the movie what it would have been like if Beatty had convinced either Godard or Truffaut to direct the movie. I always wonder when I watch the movie what it would have been like if Beatty had convinced either Godard or Truffaut to direct the movie.

]]> By: Dr. z http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2008/04/08/theyre-young-theyre-in-love-and-they-kill-people/#comment-376 Dr. z Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:09:14 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2008/04/08/theyre-young-theyre-in-love-and-they-kill-people/#comment-376 I didnt mind the violence and I enjoyed the use of old songs from Rudy Valle and Golddiggers of 1933, along with Flatt & Scruggs duribf the film. I remember looking upthe NYT headline from 1934 on microfilm. It was on the bottom front page and went something like "Barrow and woman killed in Texarkana ambush." This film stood out from other violent films like those of Packinpaugh because the central characters were more three diminsional and, to a larger extent, sympathetic. The daily violence in VietNam, brought to us every night in (living) color, was more disgusting and gory than the ending of this film. I didnt mind the violence and I enjoyed the use of old songs from Rudy Valle and Golddiggers of 1933, along with Flatt & Scruggs duribf the film. I remember looking upthe NYT headline from 1934 on microfilm. It was on the bottom front page and went something like “Barrow and woman killed in Texarkana ambush.” This film stood out from other violent films like those of Packinpaugh because the central characters were more three diminsional and, to a larger extent, sympathetic. The daily violence in VietNam, brought to us every night in (living) color, was more disgusting and gory than the ending of this film.

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