Movie Man
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. |
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Add comment June 12th, 2009
Director Alfred Hitchcock was legendary for making cameo appearances in his own films. Supposedly, he started doing it because he just needed another body onscreen to make the shot work, and he was handy.
Here’s a short video roundup of some of the most memorable…
1 comment June 12th, 2009
Interesting piece in today’s New York Times about Sacha Baron Cohen’s upcoming comedy, BRUNO, and how it walks a fine line between getting laughs by exposing homophobia and gets them by mocking gay culture (and stereotypes)…
 So it goes for BRUNO, a movie that, in mercilessly exploiting the discomfort created when straight men are ambushed by aggressive gayness, happens to (surprise!) expose homophobia. Gay groups are reacting with deeply mixed emotions, heightened by the recent triumphs (Iowa) and losses (California) in efforts to legalize gay marriage. Is the film then vulgar, inappropriate and harmful? Or bold, timely and necessary? All of the above?
It’s a safe bet that this movie will be even more controversial than Cohen’s last comedy, BORAT. The question is, will it be as funny?
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