@темы: Music, Mickey Ryan, David Duchovny, Video, Сериалы, ~La Vita e Bella~

@темы: Music, Mickey Ryan, Guns N' Roses, GIF, Axl Rose

Зашла в свой любимый и единственный паблик Cinemaholics, чтобы посмотреть, что новенького.
В последнее время мало современных проектов, которые заинтересовали бы меня.

И вот, наконец-то, вышел первый трейлер к байопику о Джими Хендриксе!
Давно жду этот фильм, и вот как раз недавно скачала дискографию, чтобы наконец послушать его впервые, полностью.

Трейлер очень впечатляет. Британская работа сразу чувствуется.

@темы: Music, Mickey Ryan, Trailers, Jimi Hendrix, Video

Джон Кьюсак, ну почему ты здесь такой милый?



The movie's line "I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen." was voted as the #73 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.

Directorial debut of Cameron Crowe.

Christian Slater auditioned for the role of Lloyd Dobbler but director Cameron Crowe was adamant about getting John Cusack.
Also, there was a tie between Ione Skye and actress Jennifer Connelly for the role of Diane Court.

@темы: Mickey Ryan, John Cusack, Photo, Cinema

Столько слышала, и наконец-то посмотрела. Оригинально. Неожиданно. Интересно.



Two stars of the movie died at an early age: Jeremy Applegate (Peter Dawson, whose character prays he will never commit suicide) committed suicide with a shotgun on March 23, 2000,
Kim Walker (Heather Chandler, who had the line "Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?") died of a brain tumor on March 6, 2001.

Brad Pitt auditioned for the role of J.D., but was rejected because he was considered "too nice" for the part.

Christian Slater has stated that his performance was heavily inspired by Jack Nicholson.

@темы: Photo, Cinema

«Where were you in '62?»
Феноменальное настроение ночной ретро Америки, глазами юности. Браво!



After the success of Easy Rider (1969), Universal Studios hit upon the idea to let young filmmakers make "semi-independent" films for low budgets in hopes of generating similar profits.
The idea was to make five movies for low budgets (one million dollars or less), not interfere in the filmmaking process, and give the directors final cut.
The other movies were: The Hired Hand (1971), The Last Movie (1971), Taking Off (1971), and Silent Running (1972).

читать дальшеUniversal thought so little of the film (not knowing how to market it, and certain that as it had no stars it would flop),
that it sat on the shelf for six months before the studio finally decided to release it.
To their great surprise, it became enormously successful at the box-office.

One of the main reasons why so many studios initially turned down the sсript was because George Lucas wanted at least 40 songs on the soundtrack, which would obviously lead to a large bill over the rights to these songs.
Universal finally agreed to fund the picture when Lucas' friend Francis Ford Coppola (fresh from the success of Крёстный отец (1972) the year before) came on board as producer.

The film was shot in sequence, so as filming went on and the actors grew tired from the shooting schedule, the characters they played would also look more and more tired as the night went on.

Ironically, George Lucas missed his high school reunion because he was too busy shooting this film.

Harrison Ford was asked to cut his hair for the film. He refused, stating that his role was too short, and offered to wear a hat instead.

Two cameras were used simultaneously in scenes involving conversations between actors in different cars. This resulted in significant production time savings.

After Mel's Drive-In was demolished after the movie was made, the owner's son Steve decided to re-open other Mel's restaurants in 1981 as a small chain.
There are two in Hollywood CA, themed after the movie, and one in San Fransisco where George Lucas is known to eat occasionally.

The film's budget was exactly $777,777.77.

In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #62 Greatest Movie of All Time.

@темы: Music, Mickey Ryan, Photo, Cinema, - ART -, ~La Vita e Bella~, American Spirit

"My memory is hazy on the various events that led to the forming Guns N Roses, because, to be honest, for most of it I wasnt there.

I'm not here to present the academic history of the band or set straight every misconception; I can only speak of my expirience". Page 97.

Я не могу назвать себя человеком наивным.
В жизни, часто, случается так, что я оказываюсь довольно проницательным человеком.
Почти сразу могу понять МОЙ ли это человек или нет.
Одно из определяющих качеств для меня - это искренность, и, разумеется, противоположное - фальшивость.

Слеш- один из тех людей кому я доверяю и верю, если говорить о музыке.
Да и в целом, я нахожу его взгляд на мир близкий к тому, что чувствую я.

On who the Gunners are:
"I suppose, kindred spirits; misfits whod made their outcast status their stance". Page 111.

Читать эту книгу было невероятным удовольствием.
Честный взгляд Слеша на его жизнь. Его личные переживания по поводу взаимоотношений внутри группы.

Как всегда, слешка грустно заканчивать прочтение замечательной книги.

В планах еще много книг о Гансах.

• Книга барабанщика, Стивена Адлера, которая у меня уже есть. Еще не разобралась, могу ли я ему верить, так что посмотрим, что ему есть сказать.
• ООЧЕНЬ хочу достать книгу Даффа, так как он очень искренний человек, и я ему я тоже доверяю.
• Также Слеш упомянул про своего школьного друга, который постоянно ходил с камерой и выпустил книгу с фотографиями, запечатлевшими много интересных моментов из жизни Гансов.

Слеш прав, говоря о том, что то, чего достигли Гансы за такой короткий промежуток времени впечатляет.
Они изменили лицо рок-н-ролла, и закрепились в истории музыки навсегда.

"Everyone in the band wore their influences on their sleeves and there was not a bit of the typical L.A. vibe going on where the goal is to court a record deal.
There was no concern for the proper poses or goofy choruses that might spell pop-chart succes; which ultimately guaranteed endless hot chicks.
That type of calculated rebellion wasnt an option for us; we were too rapid a pack of musically like-minded gutter rats.
We were passionate, with a common goal and a very distinct sense of integrity.
That was the difference between us and them". Page 99.

@темы: Music, BOOKS, Mickey Ryan, Guns N' Roses, Slash, Photo, ~La Vita e Bella~

Наткнулась сегодня на такое прекрасное выступление.
Иззи такой милый здесь. Ну просто копия Ронни Вуда, стоящего рядом с ним.
Слеш в своей биографии говорил, что когда они открывали концерт для Роулингов, те всегда смотрели их выступление,
т. к. они видели в Гансах молодых себя. Ну в каком-то плане, безусловно.
Только на мой взгляд, долголетие Роулингов как группы - это одно из ключевых различий.
Гансы по словам, Слеша были группой которая могла взорваться в любой момент.
И в этом заключалась часть их притягательности, скажем так.

@темы: Music, Guns N' Roses, Mick Jagger, Video, The Rolling Stones, Axl Rose

The first time Clint Eastwood directed one of his Westerns.

The film came in under budget and two days ahead of schedule. Clint Eastwood is famous for being an extremely efficient director.

Shortly after the film's release, Clint Eastwood wrote to John Wayne, suggesting that they make a western together.
Wayne sent back an angry letter in reply, in which he denounced this film for its violence and revisionist portrayal of the Old West.
Eastwood did not bother to answer his criticisms, and consequently they did not work together.

Other headstones bear the names of Don Siegel (Clint Eastwood's director on five films, four of which preceded this one) and Brian G. Hutton (director of Where Eagles Dare (1968)
and Kelly's Heroes (1970)). Patrick McGilligan's 2002 Eastwood biography quotes the star as saying, "I buried my directors."

Billy Curtis got a stiff neck from working with Clint Eastwood, but he said it was worth it to play such a wonderful part.

During an interview on Inside the Actors Studio (1994), Clint Eastwood commented that earlier versions of the sсript made The Stranger the dead marshal's brother.
He favoured a less explicit and more supernatural interpretation and excised the reference. Although the Italian, Spanish, French and German dubbings retain it.

@темы: Clint Eastwood, Photo, Cinema

The first film produced by Clint Eastwood's Malpaso Company.

Sergio Leone was approached to direct this film, but he turned it down since he was working on Однажды на Диком Западе (1968) at the time.

Reportedly, producer Leonard Freeman clashed with director Ted Post during production. One day Freeman showed up on the set, issuing orders and taking charge.
Post wanted to confront him, but Clint Eastwood intervened. Eastwood spoke to Freeman, and Freeman left the set and didn't return.
What he said was, "If you show up on this set again, there won't be a set ... won't be a cast, won't be a crew."

United Artists executives suggested experienced action film directors like John Sturges and Robert Aldrich,
but Clint Eastwood gave the director's reins to Ted Post, who had directed twenty-four episodes of Rawhide (1959) and was very good at dialogue.
Co-stars Charles McGraw, Ed Begley, Bruce Dern and Pat Hingle had all appeared in "Rawhide" episodes directed by Post.

Clint Eastwood turned down a part in the big budget film Золото Маккенны (1969) to make this film instead.

@темы: Clint Eastwood, Photo, Cinema