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Post by sgev1977 on Mar 28, 2024 9:50:53 GMT
I just saw this on my timeline,
Retweeted by a major film critic!
I don’t think it helps that Derrickson has a very strange presence on Twitter himself. He is frequently fighting with randoms, film critics and apparently even some other directos (I just saw a screenshot of two other “popular” directors apparently making fun of a bizarre tweet by him the other day). He probably would be slightly more respected without his social media presence.
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Post by MagdaFR on Mar 28, 2024 12:42:53 GMT
I have this Brianna blocked, I don't know why. I also unfollowed Scott Derrickson some time ago, I don't remember why, either.
People are really nasty on twitter.
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Post by sgev1977 on Mar 28, 2024 14:25:29 GMT
Yep, social media kinda make people crazy and they end telling some very regrettable things! I also unfollowed Derrickson ages ago and I also don’t remember why but yeah, he sometimes gets involved in some stupid feuds that doesn’t helped him at all! I mean, no one would be praised when announcing they will do a remake of The Night of the Hunter but he especially also has by now a lot of enemies in the press just because his silly self-righteous attitude on social media. He, obviously, has right to his opinions but I can’t see how being rude about them on Twitter could help anyone or any cause.
No idea who is this Brianna, tho!
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Post by roverpup on Mar 28, 2024 15:36:56 GMT
We just watched Night of the Hunter on Google TV and it was very, very good.
I think it could be effectively updated. The story is ripe with contemporary significance (especially in their day and age of Trump hawking bibles!!).
I did think the ending was a bit weak, so in the right hands that could be improved upon.
Shame Charles L. never directed again. We also watched some interviews with the principal actors and they had some very interesting comments about working with him as a director (all good and supportive).
I'd loooove to see BC in the Mitchum role!! He would be soooo deliciously EEEEEEVIL!
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Post by sgev1977 on Mar 28, 2024 15:44:16 GMT
The movie wasn’t very well received at the time and it practically destroyed Laughton‘s career as filmmaker. It become a classic when critics began admiring it not necessarily because how he managed the plot (it was slightly over the top, too) but because the stunning visuals and the use of images to not just tell the story but also to evoke the feelings of it. That’s what’s unique and what it would be very difficult to emulate.
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Post by queenzod on Mar 28, 2024 19:30:51 GMT
Yes, poor Laughton. He was so upset over its reception he never directed again. If he had been given some time and space to grow he would have been brilliant.
Amirite about BC in the preacher role? He’d be amazing! I can see these days they’d have Lillian Gish just shoot Robert Mitchum dead when he first shows up, haha. In slow motion with guts and blood flying all over.
(Of course, I think BC’d be amazing playing the Easter bunny, lol.)
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Post by queenzod on Apr 18, 2024 3:03:34 GMT
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Post by queenzod on Apr 29, 2024 16:17:42 GMT
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Post by sgev1977 on Apr 30, 2024 23:51:28 GMT
One of the things I really hate about social media (and even modern mainstream publications) is the alternative facts. Of course, the worst cases are those about serious stuff like the war in Ukrania, Israel vs Hamas, political themes, medial issues, etc. but you could find it everywhere: people just have their own facts!
I know it’s not very important to gain a role that was first offered to another actor. The owner is the actor who had the role no matter what but, yes, I kinda hate when people claim that Joaquin Phoenix was the original option for this role and that he passed on the role. That was never the case! BC passed on it first! lol I remember that once one guy claimed this and when he was corrected with Derrickson’s quotes about the casting process, he said that they were just saying it because it was the politically correct thing to do! I then send him one interview in which BC openly talked about choosing to do Hamlet instead of Dr Strange which was dated BEFORE the breaking news piece about the negotiations with Phoenix but guess what? He still wasn’t sure! So yeah, tomorrow we will have some random article going viral about how Joaquin Phoenix was the first option for the role!
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Post by queenzod on May 9, 2024 2:57:23 GMT
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