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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2 comments July 29th, 2009
Here’s the video version of this week’s MAD MEN review. I realize gazing up my image is no great thrill, but at least you can get a glimpse of the show’s amazing art direction. Also, there’s footage of Joan (Christina Hendricks, above) and Don Draper. That’s so that’s gotta be worth a click, right?
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Over at SERGIO LEONE AND THE INFIELD FLY RULE, blogger Dennis Cozzalio interviews Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com’s senior film critic. It’s a lively, entertaining chat, punctuated by amusing moments like this one:
DC: I remember having to work very hard to talk my mother into taking me to see DIRTY HARRY at a drive-in when I was 11.
(SZ laughs)
DC: But that tactic backfired on me several times. I fooled my parents into taking me to see DELIVERANCE
SZ: Oh, my God.
DC: “Look, Dad, they’re carrying a canoe. It’s a nature movie! This’ll be fun!” I even knew what was coming, and so I ended up sitting between them as the movie is starting and then I realize, “Oh, no. What have I done?” And they weren’t too happy with me afterward. (Both laugh) Yeah, I saw the movie, but at what price?!
PS — I had my mom take me to see BLADE RUNNER at the age of 14 (and, expecting something along the lines of STAR WARS, I didn’t even like it much — though I love it now) and somehow my now 4-year-old daughter has seen both JAWS and JURASSIC PARK. But it’ll be a long time before I show her my DVD of DELIVERANCE. A long time.
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The second installment of our Monday Movie Recap podcast has been posted and can be downloaded here.
Running about 15 minutes, it features me and fellow Register Star staffers Billy Kulpa and Chris Soprych (this week’s extra-special guest) chatting about the movies we watched the past weekend. Topics include Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS, the Charlton Heston sci-fi flick SOYLENT GREEN, and, in a brief digression from the future to the past, the AMC series MAD MEN. If you’re looking to kill a little time at work and you love movies, I recommend giving it a listen.
By the way, I realize it’s Wednesday. We recorded the podcast Monday afternoon — I apologize for the delay.
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