Archive for April, 2002

The Sting

Published
by
James McNally
on April 28, 2002
in DVD
. Closed

We watched The Sting (1973) last night. Because I am known for my penchant for scatalogical humour, my favourite line belonged to Paul Newman, arriving for a high-stakes poker game: “Sorry I’m late, guys. I was taking a crap.”

Full Frontal and CQ

Published
by
James McNally
on April 19, 2002
in Directors
. Closed

Great feature on Apple’s web site about Steven Soderbergh’s new movie Full Frontal, which was filmed and edited on consumer level equipment. Soderbergh continues to be a fascinating director and the film should be an interesting departure for him after his more commercial work lately. It’s nice, too, to see inside the machinery of filmmaking a bit.

In other film news, Roman Coppola’s debut CQ looks like a trip. Boy, those Coppolas!! It also features the inimitable Jason Schwartzman, hopefully atoning for Slackers. The trailer is available here.