Author: Michael J. Casey
FRANK
Kurt Vonnegut once confessed that he was the victim of a happy childhood—a terrible tragedy to befall one with a yen to make it in the artistic world. Any artist worth their salt has clearly risen up from an abusive … Continue reading FRANK
THE ZERO THEOREM
Set in a nondescript country in the near future, The Zero Theorem focuses on Qohen Leth (Christoph Waltz), a man lacking both hair and individuality. Leth refers to himself in the plural—always “we,” never “I”—and “they” like to be left alone. Leth … Continue reading THE ZERO THEOREM
Born On This Day — September 18, 1914
The films that I am most proud of—the film, for instance, that I made under great difficulty, Sons and Lovers (1960), I wanted to make it into a good film because the book is marvelous, and I didn’t want to … Continue reading Born On This Day — September 18, 1914
Born On This Day — September 17, 1965
Born On This Day — September 17, 1962
If you make a film full of risk, studios don’t run towards you to give you $50,000,000 in order to reinvent the post-modern musical, I can tell you. If you do manage to cajole them into doing it and you … Continue reading Born On This Day — September 17, 1962
Born On This Day — September 16, 1893
The art of filmmaking is to come to the brink of bankruptcy and stare it in the face. —Alexander Korda Continue reading Born On This Day — September 16, 1893
Born On This Day — September 15, 1894
The real source of happiness, not just in the cinema but in any kind of human endeavor, is the fact of creating. Once a thing is done, well, it’s done. Of course it’s very nice to be applauded by audiences … Continue reading Born On This Day — September 15, 1894
GOD HELP THE GIRL
God help the girl because she needs all the help that she can get. That girl is Eve (Emily Browning), a Glasgow University student who dreams of making it as a pop musician. The emphasis here is “pop” music, a … Continue reading GOD HELP THE GIRL
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