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Alfonso Cuarón shook up The Hollywood Reporter's Directors Roundtable a week back (and drew a baffled look from Steve McQueen) when he said that television is more interesting than mainstream cinema nowadays --
this coming from the man whose "Gravity" is arguably the most audaciously cinematic studio effort of the year.
"I enjoyed the directors talk," Cuarón told Indiewire this morning at a "Gravity" reception hosted by Warner Bros. in New York. "There's not enough time to get into real disagreements. I disagree with them about TV vs. mainstream cinema, but I was not going to get into it because it would have turned into a thing."
Still, for anyone following Cuarón closely, his viewpoint shouldn't come as a huge surprise. As his follow-up to "Gravity," Cuaron is heading to the small screen with "Believe," the NBC drama that he co-created and that J.J. Abrams is executive producing. The show is set for a mid-season premiere in 2014 with a pilot Cuarón directed himself.
"Mainstream TV offers better variety than most mainstream cinema.""I enjoyed doing it," Cuarón said of shooting the pilot (you can watch the trailer here). "After doing people floating in space, everything seemed easy. So I had a blast."
Given Cuarón was cut short from discussing in detail why he feels TV trumps mainstream film at the moment during the THR discussion, Indiewire asked him to elaborate.
"I feel that mainstream TV offers better variety than most mainstream cinema," he said. "Cinema is a cinematic experience, there's no question about that, but it's a small percentage compared to TV. TV offers you narrative; better narrative than cinema. Some shows they even have good cinematic moments, like 'Breaking Bad.' But it's not the norm."
Citing "Broadchurch" and "Mad Men" as two other shows he admires, he went on to stress that TV is where the good dramas are. "There's a complexity to the characters; you miss that in most mainstream cinema.
"Sometimes my kids get upset when I say this. I'm not putting cinema down. But the thematics you can explore in mainstream TV, film studios don't dare touch."
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Posted: Wed November 27, 2013 9:42 pm
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BurtReynolds wrote:
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working for "exposure". lol. I've gotten a few of those "job" offers.
Man, I feel for this guy. I only had one conversation with a major agency in LA before, and they sure know how to berate & strike fear into you. I'm sure there is a good way to protect yourself from that mentally, and I sure hope I'm prepared for it if there is ever a next time.
Disney Cracks The Whip, Nabs Rights To Future 'Indiana Jones' Films
"I would do it in a New York minute, yes," Harrison Ford said earlier this year about returning for another "Indiana Jones" sequel. "I don’t think there is any barrier to Indiana Jones being an old fart. I’m old enough that we don’t need (Sean) Connery any more. I’m old enough to play my own father!" And, he might just get his chance to put on the hat and crack the whip one more time.
Last year, when Disney made the monumental deal for Lucasfilm, the focus at the time was on the "Star Wars" brand, resulting in a wave of sequels and spinoffs on the way, starting with J.J. Abrams' "Star Wars: Episode 7" dropping on December 18, 2015. In fact, the studio went out of their way to say they had no plans for Indiana Jones. But Disney has reassessed, it seems, and taken a moment away from star-gazing to focus on the other properties in the Lucasfilm catalog and have struck a deal, obtaining the rights to all future "Indiana Jones" movies. Well, don't they own them already? Not exactly.
Since Paramount produced and distributed the first four movies, they'll be hanging on to those. Moreover, Paramount will also get a cut of any future "Indiana Jones" movies. A small price to pay perhaps for Disney, but they'll more than make up for it as it's a huge property, a still very viable brand with lots of opportunities for them to utilize it via their theme parks and more. In short, it's not a complete surprise they're making this move.
As for whether or not "Indiana Jones 5" is happening anytime soon or has a date on the calendar, that's not clear just yet. But given that shortly following the purchase of Lucasfilm last year, the plans for sequels and spinoffs quickly followed, we wouldn't be shocked if Disney already has a tentative gameplan
And also:
Time Magazine Worst Movies of 2013
10. The Hangover Part III 9. Oz the Great and Powerful 8. The Counselor 7. The Big Wedding 6. Only God Forgives 5. RIPD 4. After Earth 3. The Host 2. Salinger 1. Grown Ups 2
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Posted: Sat December 07, 2013 3:11 am
Future Drummer
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And Time Magazine's (Richard Corliss') Top 10 Best Movies of 2013. What a stupid list, just because of Gravity being number one.
1. Gravity. "In depicting the fearful, beautiful reality of the space world above our world, Gravity reveals the glory of cinema’s future; it thrills on so many levels."
2. The Great Beauty. "Giving even the cynics a faith in the vibrancy of movies, The Great Beauty is the year's grandest, most exhilarating film that takes place on Earth."
3. American Hustle. "This portrait of the '70s revels in the decade’s gaudiness -- its disco dancing and casino dreams, its ugly coiffures and facial hair -- and in the eternal abrasion of sexy women and covetous men."
4. Her. "Spike Jonze... creates a splendid anachronism: a modern rom-com that is laugh-and-cry and warm all over, totally sweet and utterly serious."
5. The Grandmaster. "A fittingly elegiac climax for a world-class filmmaker who's always in the mood for lost love."
6. Furious 6. "This adrenaline-stoking series is addictive, for its chases, crashes, crushes -- and for its poetic limning of the closest camaraderie many men can ever know: with their cars."
7. Frozen. "The first animated feature in the Walt Disney studio's glorious history to offer two princess heroines, Frozen transforms Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Snow Queen' into a fable of modern, timeless sisterhood."
8. The Act of Killing. "Making the movies, which vault from film noir to bizarre musical, eventually gets under Anwar's skin and into his dreams.... For any viewer, the effect is no less haunting."
9. 12 Years a Slave. "The movie has the eerie impact of a museum exhibit; it is a diorama of atrocity."
10. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. "Each complex encounter, especially a flume-ride escape of the dwarves, boasts a teeming ingenuity of action and character."
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Posted: Sat December 07, 2013 3:16 am
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National Board of Review
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Best Film HER Best Director Spike Jonze, HER
Best Actor Bruce Dern, NEBRASKA
Best Actress Emma Thompson, SAVING MR. BANKS
Best Supporting Actor Will Forte, NEBRASKA
Best Supporting Actress Octavia Spencer, FRUITVALE STATION
Best Original Screenplay Joel and Ethan Coen, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Best Adapted Screenplay Terence Winter, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
Best Animated Feature THE WIND RISES Breakthrough Performance Michael B. Jordan, FRUITVALE STATION
Breakthrough Performance Adele Exarchopoulos, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
Best Directorial Debut Ryan Coogler, FRUITVALE STATION
Best Foreign Language Film THE PAST
Best Documentary STORIES WE TELL
William K. Everson Film History Award George Stevens, Jr.
Best Ensemble PRISONERS
Spotlight Award Career Collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio
NBR Freedom of Expression Award WADJDA
Creative Innovation in Filmmaking Award GRAVITY
Top Films (in alphabetical order) 12 YEARS A SLAVE FRUITVALE STATION GRAVITY INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS LONE SURVIVOR NEBRASKA PRISONERS SAVING MR BANKS THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
Top 5 Foreign Language Films (In Alphabetical Order) BEYOND THE HILLS GLORIA THE GRANDMASTER A HIGHJACKING THE HUNT
Top 5 Documentaries (In Alphabetical Order) 20 FEET FROM STARDOM THE ACT OF KILLING AFTER TILLER CASTING BY THE SQUARE
Top 10 Independent Films (In Alphabetical Order) AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS DALLAS BUYERS CLUB IN A WORLD… MOTHER OF GEORGE MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING MUD THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES SHORT TERM 12 SIGHTSEERS THE SPECTACULAR NOW
The New York Film Critics Circle
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Best Film American Hustle
Best Actor Robert Redford, All Is Lost
Best Actress Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Best Director Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Best Foreign Language Film Blue Is The Warmest Color
Best Supporting Actor Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Animated Film The Wind Rises
Best Screenplay American Hustle
Special Award Frederick Wiseman Best Cinematography Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
Best First Film Fruitvale Station
Best Non-fiction Film (Documentary) Stories We Tell
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