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Leila Rozario

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
DE PALMA MENTIONED ON 'PARKS & REC' OUTTAKE
OSWALT IMPROV RANT INCLUDES GETTING DE PALMA TO WRITE OPENING SCRAWL FOR 'STAR WARS VII'


Above is an unedited version of a rant (or "ramble") Patton Oswalt delivers on tomorrow night's episode of Parks And Recreation on NBC. The opening scrawl for this video explains that Oswalt appears on the episode "as a man who launches a filibuster to prevent a city council vote. The producers asked him to ramble a bit about whatever subject he wanted. What follows is one continuous take of that scene - 100% improvised."

What Oswalt rambles on about are his ideas for "Star Wars VII," which he hilariously cross-brands with the Marvel universe, as both are now owned by Disney, and also with the mythical figures of Clash Of The Titans. But to start it off, he begins at the beginning:

"We begin with standard title sequence," says Oswalt, "John Williams fanfare, followed by a scrawl to be written-- I would like to mention that Brian De Palma wrote the original opening scrawl for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. I think it would be a nice nod to the franchise if he were to write this opening scrawl."

In fact, it was De Palma and Jay Cocks who rewrote the opening scrawl. When George Lucas showed a rough cut of Star Wars to his friends, he'd had a long scrawl at the beginning that seemed to go on and on. Among the friends at the screening were De Palma, Cocks, and Steven Spielberg. Cocks recalled in the Nov/Dec 2002 issue of Creative Screenwriting that the morning after the screening, "I was sitting in a work room above a garage in [George Lucas'] house with a yellow pad with George and Brian and a couple of other people. Brian said, 'All right Jay, you sit down there at the typewriter. No one understands what this movie is about, we gotta set it up.' What I remember saying is: 'George, you gotta make other people understand this is a fairy tale.' We wrote something that [did] that, and in some form became the prologue to Star Wars or was part of the prologue to Star Wars."


Posted by Geoff at 7:33 PM CDT
Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2013 8:17 PM CDT
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
BOYLE'S 'TRANCE' BRINGS DE PALMA TO MIND
SAYS NEIL MITCHELL, AUTHOR OF UPCOMING BOOK ON DE PALMA'S 'CARRIE'


Neil Mitchell is the author of a new book about Brian De Palma's film adaptation of Carrie, which is due to be released next month. The book is part of Auteur Press' "Devil's Advocates" series.

Posted by Geoff at 11:58 PM CDT
Updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:00 AM CDT
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ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER 'PASSION' CLIP
AND ANOTHER INTERVIEW CLIP FROM THE SET WITH NOOMI RAPACE


Another German-dubbed clip from Passion is up at Dshini, as well as another interview clip in which Noomi Rapace discusses Dani as Isabelle's assistant. The film clip is the scene in which Isabelle has one-upped Christine, who is just now finding out. Here are the links:

Passion Filmclip: Lehrstunde

Noomi Rapace Interview Clip - Dani as assistant to Isabelle, talks too much, etc.


Posted by Geoff at 11:30 PM CDT
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EVEN MORE GERMAN 'PASSION' CLIPS
MOVIE CLIP, AND A THIRD DE PALMA INTERVIEW CLIP


More Passion videos have appeared at the Dshini website today, including two new clips from the movie: the scene in which Christine hurls her phone across the room (which is also available on YouTube). And a previously unavailable scene in which Christine takes credit for Isabelle's idea. There is also a great new interview clip with Brian De Palma in which he explains what Passion is really about. Here are links to the two new clips:

Passion Filmclip: Eine Idee wechselt den Urheber

Brian De Palma - Passion is really about creativity

De Palma: "Well, what's interesting about the film is it's really about creativity, and how things and ideas are created from images in your subconscious. A lot of the film is about dreaming, and the ideas you get from dreaming, and the loss of your sense of reality. Because so much of your thought process takes place in your subconscious."

Posted by Geoff at 12:50 AM CDT
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WORK-IN-PROGRESS ART FOR 'HAPPY VALLEY'
POSTED AT 'COMING SOON' PAGE OF PRESSMAN FILMS
At left is a preliminary work-in-progress poster for Happy Valley, which has been posted in the "Coming Soon" section of the Pressman Films website. I say "work-in-progress," of course, because that is not Al Pacino on the poster, because the film is still being written by David McKenna, and no footage has yet been shot. (Thanks to the Swan Archives News page for finding this poster.)

As for the writing of the film, McKenna tweeted Saturday that he was still "focusing on the puzzle right now" (see below).


Posted by Geoff at 12:00 AM CDT
Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:36 AM CDT
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
2 MORE 'PASSION' VIDEOS AT DSHINI
CLIP OF DIRK & ISABELLE, AND NOOMI INTERVIEW CLIP


The image above is from the start of "Der Pitch" clip that I posted a link to earlier today. I like how the start of the clip features an ad-in-motion for the ballet Afternoon Of A Faun hovering over the shot of Rachel McAdams walking into the corporate building, the faces turning toward the viewer/audience/passerby as if portending some sort of eerie fate.

Meanwhile, back to this post's headline. Dshini keeps adding more Passion-related videos. Here are links to two more added late today:

Passion Filmclip: Bettgeschichten

Noomi Rapace - Passion characters are trapped in world of advertisments, urgent push to be "the winner"


Posted by Geoff at 10:34 PM CDT
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3 NEW GERMAN-DUBBED 'PASSION' CLIPS
AND MORE KAROLINE, DE PALMA INTERVIEW CLIPS IN ENGLISH


Dshini Passion Filmclip: Was willst Du?

Dshini Passion Filmclip: Was ich an dir mag

Dshini Passion Filmclip: Der Pitch

Karoline Herfurth Interview Clip (2 of 3 -- How Dani & Isabelle are opposite personalities)

Karoline Herfurth Interview Clip (3 of 3 -- Dani enjoys her role as assistant)

Brian De Palma Interview Clip (2 of 2 -- Isabelle is full of mystery, the dark side comes out)


Posted by Geoff at 1:54 AM CDT
Updated: Sunday, April 14, 2013 2:09 AM CDT
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
'SINISTER' FILMMAKER PERPLEXED BY DE PALMA
AND 'BLACK DAHLIA' SCREENWRITER JOSH FRIEDMAN CHIMES IN, AS WELL

Posted by Geoff at 12:21 AM CDT
Updated: Saturday, April 13, 2013 12:32 AM CDT
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Friday, April 12, 2013
'PASSION' U.S. IN JULY, SAYS EW SUMMER PREVIEW
AND TWO MORE 'PASSION' CLIPS FROM GERMANY


Thanks to Marina for letting us know about the YouTube video above, which features two clips from Brian De Palma's Passion, dubbed in German (the film opens in Germany May 2nd). [Slight spoilers in the rest of this paragraph.] The first clip is the "Call me never!" scene in which Rachel McAdams, stunningly gorgeous in robe and lingerie, angrily throws her phone across the room. The second clip is the crux of the whole piece, in which Noomi Rapace's Isabelle is humiliated in public by McAdams' Christine. The beautifully mournful Donaggio music juxtaposed with Isabelle's crying-on-the-inside laugh recalls similar moments in De Palma's two most recent previous features: The Black Dahlia, when Elizabeth Short wipes away tears to smile for the camera (and her cold, detached director); and the final scene in Redacted, which finds a soldier being swayed by the crowd to smile for the camera as a Puccini aria begins to swell underneath.

Between these two scenes, and the one posted yesterday, the film is really looking good to me (albeit dubbed in German). The Donaggio score as Karoline looks hurtfully through the window at the two lovers enjoying each others' company makes for a sublime moment of sadness, as well. Can't wait to see how it all fits together the way it was meant to be seen.

Speaking of which, Entertainment Weekly's "Summer Movie Preview" issue is out now, and it lists Passion for July, with an exact date to be announced. Here's the brief included by Grady Smith in the "Also Playing" sidebar for July:

"Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace each have a ruthless PASSION for success at an ad agency, and they'll do whatever (and whomever) it takes to get ahead in Brian De Palma's kinky thriller."


Posted by Geoff at 5:06 PM CDT
Updated: Saturday, April 13, 2013 12:46 AM CDT
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
NEW 'PASSION' VIDEOS FROM GERMANY
NEW CLIP, PLUS DE PALMA & KAROLINE HERFURTH INTERVIEW CLIPS


I found three new Passion videos at the German site Dshini.net. I did not see a way to embed them, so here are the links:


Passion Film Clip (dubbed in German)

Karoline Herfurth

Brian De Palma talks about Berlin


"Well, I have a long history with Berlin. I came to Berlin in 1969 with Greetings. I stayed at this hotel. I went to the zoo palace, which is being rebuilt. I won my first award here in Berlin, a Silver Bear for Greetings. I quite enjoy the Berlin Festival. I’ve been coming for years. I must have been here four or five times. It’s a terrific city. The people have been very nice. And working here has been a dream, basically."

Posted by Geoff at 6:55 PM CDT
Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013 12:16 AM CDT
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