Not exact matches
In short, says Brooks, they wanted to
make sure they didn't get another Days of Thunder, the much - reviled (at least in racing circles) 1990 Tom Cruise
film, which
featured, among other cinematic inventions, scenes of
Robert Duvall as a good - ol» - boy team owner who assembles stock cars in a barn.
Goreshter
made her foray into
film opposite actor Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman and Liam Hemsworth in the high stakes thriller
feature PARANOIA, directed by
Robert Luketic.
Special
Features: • Brand new 2K transfer from the original camera negative • High Definition Blu - ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations • Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing • Audio commentary with co-writer and producer Mardi Rustam,
make - up artist Craig Reardon and stars Roberta Collins, William Finley and Kyle Richards • New introduction to the
film by director Tobe Hooper • Brand new interview with Hooper • My Name is Buck: Star
Robert Englund discusses his acting career • The Butcher of Elmendorf: The Legend of Joe Ball — The story of the South Texas bar owner on whom Eaten Alive is loosely based • 5ive Minutes with Marilyn Burns — The star of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre talks about working on Eaten Alive • The Gator Creator: archival interview with Hooper • Original theatrical trailers for the
film under its various titles Eaten Alive, Death Trap, Starlight Slaughter and Horror Hotel • US TV and Radio Spots • Alternate credits sequence • Reversible sleeve
featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gary Pullin • Collector's booklet
featuring new writing on the
film, illustrated with original archive stills and posters
Special
Features Audio commentary from 2002
featuring director
Robert Altman and producer David Foster New
making - of documentary,
featuring members of the Cast and Crew New conversation about the
film and Altman's career between
film historians Cari Beauchamp and Rick Jewell Featurette from the
film's 1970 production Art Directors Guild
Film Society Q&A from 1999 with production designer Leon Ericksen Excerpts from archival interviews with cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Gallery of stills from the set by photographer Steve Schapiro Excerpts from two 1971 episodes of The Dick Cavett Show
featuring Altman and
film critic Pauline Kael Trailer PLUS: An essay by novelist and critic Nathaniel Rich
Special
Features Conversation between director
Robert Altman and actor Tim Robbins from 2004 Luck, Trust & Ketchup:
Robert Altman in Carver Country, a
feature - length 1993 documentary on the
making of Short Cuts To Write and Keep Kind, a 1992 PBS documentary on the life of author Raymond Carver One - hour 1983 audio interview with Carver, conducted for the American Audio Prose Library Original demo recordings of the
film's Doc Pomus Mac Rebennack songs, performed by Rebennack (Dr. John) Deleted scenes A look inside the marketing of Short Cuts PLUS: An essay by
film critic Michael Wilmington
Blu - ray Highlight: Although it's appeared on previous editions, «The Art of the Sting» is an excellent three - part retrospective that
features interviews with
Robert Redford, Paul Newman and other cast and crew as they reflect back on
making the
film, including the choice to use ragtime music for the score, cast chemistry and anecdotes from the set.
There's a lot, yet still too little,
made of a fake breast that
Robert De Niro's character has fashioned from his daughter's breast so that he can approximate breastfeeding (though the
film balks at actually paying off the sight gag with the sight of him doing it) and a bit of unkindness towards southern policemen (Tim Blake Nelson, deserving better), and a good eighty - percent of the alleged humour of this stillbirth is invested in «Focker» sounding a lot like «Fucker» and people at a Focker family reunion having names like «Dom» which sounds like «Dumb,» «Randy» which sounds like «Randy,» and «Horny» which sounds like someone's already run out of ideas for how to stretch a one - word punchline into a
feature - length
film.
But the inclusion of three
films — Alfonso Cuarón's «Gravity,» which stars Sandra Bullock opposite George Clooney as astronauts detached from their space shuttle by a mission disaster, «All Is Lost,» director J.C. Chandor's account of an unaccompanied sailor (
Robert Redford) stuck in a sinking boat, and «Tracks»
featuring Mia Wasikowska as a young explorer on a 1,700 - mile trek — suggests this year's festival will
make some moviegoers appreciate the roofs over their heads just a bit more.
Features: The Blu - Ray release of The Witch contains a director's commentary track with
Robert Eggers where Eggers dishes on everything from the technical
making of the
film to working with the performers to which are his least favorite shots of the
film.
Although none of their
films ultimately
made my Top 10, The Big Sick among those from Amazon, and Mudbound and Our Souls at Night (
featuring a wonderful reteaming of Jane Fonda and
Robert Redford) among those from Netflix, would be worthy in any other year when I didn't have to
make such gut - wrenching distinctions.
And furthermore, there's a lot of strong behind - the - scenes talent involved: Oren Moverman co-wrote the script, Wes Anderson DoP
Robert Yeoman shot the
film, «The Social Network» co-Oscar winner Atticus Ross is scoring, and though director Bill Pohlad —
making his sophomore
feature — is known more as a producer, he's got great taste, having been partly behind
films like «Brokeback Mountain,» «The Tree Of Life» and «12 Years A Slave.»
, a
feature - length documentary on the entire series (from the memorable Second Sight
Films release of the
film); In Search of the Hotel Broslin, a 2001 featurette with Henenlotter and rapper R.A. «The Rugged Man» Thornburn; a six - minute outtakes reel in HD from a 2K scan of a 16 mm print; The Frisson of Fission: Basket Case, Conjoined Twins, and «Freaks» in Cinema, a new video essay by Travis Crawford discussing the history of
films featuring «freaks of nature»; a set of image galleries (promotional stills, behind the scenes, ephemera, advertisements, home video releases); a promo gallery
featuring 3 theatrical trailers (all in HD from 4K sources), a TV spot (also in HD from a 4K source), and 2 radio spots; The Slash of the Knife, a rarely seen short
film made by Henenlotter prior to Basket Case; an audio commentary on The Slash of the Knife by Henenlotter and Mike Bencivenga; outtakes and an image gallery from The Slash of the Knife; Belial's Dream, an animated short story by filmmaker
Robert Morgan; and last but not least, a 28 - page insert booklet
featuring the essay «Case History» by Michael Gingold, «Cham - pain in the Park!»
The keen retrospective eye of the curators has thrown up a rewarding mix of the mainstream and the obscure, and it is worth the ticket price solely for the video of German opera singer Klaus Nomi performing Lightning Strikes in an over shoulder - padded, shiny tuxedo.Highlights include the subversive designs of the Italian collectives Studio Alchymia and Memphis; graphics by Peter Saville and Neville Brody; the original presentation drawing for Philip Johnson's AT&T building (1978); paintings by
Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol; Jeff Koons» stainless steel bust of Louis XIV (1986); performance costumes, including David Byrne's big suit from the documentary Stop
Making Sense (1984); excerpts from
films such as Derek Jarman's The Last of England (1987); and music videos
featuring Laurie Anderson, Grace Jones and New Order.Catalogue offerSave # 8 on the exhibition catalogue with your National Art Pass.
Leslie was also at the forefront of experimental
film, collaborating with
Robert Frank to
make Pull My Daisy (1959), a tribute to the Beat generation
featuring Richard Bellamy, Allen Ginsberg, Alice Neel, and Larry Rivers.
[Insert The Times has published a
feature about the
film and the director, including the fun detail that
Robert Stone, now 54,
made his first movie, on the dawn of environmental consciousness, using his mother's Super 8 camera on the first Earth Day.]