Loss of visionary directors - 11.21.2006.1
Ok, so there are a few things to speak about. First I want to give my condolences to the family and friends of director Mr. Robert Altman. For those not familiar with his work, Mr. Altman was the director for the films M.A.S.H and The Player. Both are great films. Those who are younger may not realize this but it was the film that was the inspiration for the television series M.A.S.H. Mr. Altman had a manner to capture the oddity in life in his films, whether that oddity deals with war or the movie industry. While these were not his only films they are favorites of mine. His ability to convey such themes will be missed as far to few escape the ‘cookie cutter’ themes found in today’s landscape.
Another loss, though not as great, is the news that Mr. Peter Jackson has been bumped from the production of The Hobbit. If you are not familiar with the book, it is the first story in the Lord of the Rings books. This book is the one that starts things off, introducing Bilbo Baggins (Frodo’s uncle) and introducing the One Ring and Golum and the ring’s power in the fateful battle versus Smog. [Yes I read all 4 books back when I was a young teen] Considering that Mr. Jackson garnered 3 billion dollars in movie receipts for the 3 films, and numerous awards for each film, while introducing millions of new fans to the original JRR Tolkein books I don’t know what New Line Cinema is thinking. Of the many attempts to tell these stories this has been the only one to actually get it right. Directors have been trying for decades, using every format you can imagine and not one was successful prior to Mr. Jackson. While I was looking forward to The Hobbit, I now fear what it will be. This may well be a failure of a film on a level New Line Cinema can’t imagine (much like the profit from the 3 films). We shall see.
The next thing I will speak about may take a lot more space, it’s Mr. Michael Richards. Yes I’m going to address the Laugh Factory incident.
This is what I think, what do you think?
Another loss, though not as great, is the news that Mr. Peter Jackson has been bumped from the production of The Hobbit. If you are not familiar with the book, it is the first story in the Lord of the Rings books. This book is the one that starts things off, introducing Bilbo Baggins (Frodo’s uncle) and introducing the One Ring and Golum and the ring’s power in the fateful battle versus Smog. [Yes I read all 4 books back when I was a young teen] Considering that Mr. Jackson garnered 3 billion dollars in movie receipts for the 3 films, and numerous awards for each film, while introducing millions of new fans to the original JRR Tolkein books I don’t know what New Line Cinema is thinking. Of the many attempts to tell these stories this has been the only one to actually get it right. Directors have been trying for decades, using every format you can imagine and not one was successful prior to Mr. Jackson. While I was looking forward to The Hobbit, I now fear what it will be. This may well be a failure of a film on a level New Line Cinema can’t imagine (much like the profit from the 3 films). We shall see.
The next thing I will speak about may take a lot more space, it’s Mr. Michael Richards. Yes I’m going to address the Laugh Factory incident.
This is what I think, what do you think?
posted by M. Vass | 6:06 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home