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“Mudbite” : Dave Cooper Is Back, And Ready To Make You Feel Uneasy
It’s been awhile — 15 years, to be precise — since seminal underground id-baring cartoonist Dave Cooper released a wholly original graphic novel, and while the length of his latest, Fantagraphics-published book, Mudbite, may make it more of a “novella” than anything else, the main thing is that Cooper has, indeed, returned to the fold, his alter-ego protagonist Eddy Table in tow, and that his work as just as singularly unsettling as ever, maybe even moreso. Prepare, then, to feel very disturbed by the things you’re capable of laughing at.
And you will laugh at Mudbite‘s two stories, “Bug Bite” and “Mud River” (now you know where the book’s title comes from), of that there is no doubt — but you’ll just as surely find yourself cringing, scratching your head, even needing to pick your jaw up off the floor on occasion. The biggest question you’ll probably be…
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Music Video of the Day: HeartBreaker by Steve Aoki featuring Lovefoxxx (2012, dir by BREWER)
How have I not shared more from Steve Aoki on this site? I have to say that I’m really disappointed with myself. Oh well, hopefully I can start to rectify that mistake today!
Enjoy!
Here’s The French Trailer For The Man Who Killed Don Quixote!
It took a while but Terry Gilliam has finally made his Don Quixote film.
How long is a while? Try 19 years. That’s right. When pre-production started on The Man Who Killed Don Quixtoe, Bill Clinton was President, George W. Bush was governor of Texas, Barack Obama was starting his first team in the Illinois State House, and Donald Trump was a real estate developer. Shooting started in 2000 with Jean Rochefort and Johnny Depp in the starring roles but was suspended when the production ran out of money. In 2002, Lost in La Mancha, a documentary about Gilliam’s then-unfinished film, was released.
Gilliam didn’t give up on the film Over the next couple of years, production was started and stalled a number of times. Everyone from Robert Duvall to John Hurt to Ewan McGregor was cast in the film at one time or another. I think most people assumed that the film would never be finished.
Well, those people were wrong. Gilliam’s dream project has finally be completed, with Jonathan Pryce and Adam Driver in the leading roles. It would seem now that the film’s biggest challenge is to live up to all the hype and expectation that comes along with having a 19-year pre-production period.
As for right now, the film does not have an American release date but, yesterday, the first trailer for the French market was released. And here it is!
Here’s The Latest Trailer For HBO’s Fahrenheit 451!
Earlier this year, I read Ray Bradbury’s original novel so I hope the upcoming HBO film version of Fahrenheit 451 will do justice to the book’s themes. The trailer below feels a bit more like Blade Runner than Bradbury but Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon both seem to be ideally cast.
So, we’ll see!
Here’s The Trailer For The First Purge!
The next film in the Purge franchise is set to be released on the 4th of July! Hopefully, it’ll be more like the fantastic second film and nothing like the anemic third one.
(The third one does deserve some credit for allowing Kyle Secor to go totally over the top but all the stuff about Elizabeth Mitchell’s presidential campaign was sooooooooo boring!)
Apparently, The First Purge is going to be a prequel. It’s going to show us how the Purge came to be, which sounds … well, to be honest, I’ve never really cared how the Purge came to be. In fact, one reason the franchise worked is because they didn’t waste a lot of time explaining all the exact details about how the Purge came to be. So, I’m not really sure if this is a good idea.
There’s a new director for this installment so it’ll probably suck but here’s the trailer anyway!
80 Years of “Who’s On First”!
On March 24, 1938, Americans tuned in to THE KATE SMITH HOUR collectively convulsed with laughter as Bud Abbott and Lou Costello introduced “Who’s On First?” to a national radio audience. The hilarious routine, with baseball manager Bud trying to explain the names of his team to an escalatingly exasperated Lou, soon became an American comedy classic, one I can never get tired of no matter how many times a watch a clip of A&C performing their signature bit – they slay me every time!
Chico asking Groucho “Why A Duck?” in 1929’s THE COCOANUTS
The routine had its roots squarely in burlesque long before Bud and Lou first made that historic broadcast. Puns and word play were the coin of the realm among burlesque comics, and variations on this confusing theme abounded in the early 20th Century. Early talking pictures feature a notable pair of examples: The Marx Brothers
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Artwork of the Day: The Creeping Siamese (by Robert Stanley)
by Robert Stanley
Music Video of the Day: Picture by Little Boots (featuring Lauren Flax) (2018, dir by Marion Bergin)
I liked this video because it has this sort of a hopeless, end of the world feel to it.
Enjoy!
Celebrate Roger Corman’s Birthday With These 12 Trailers!
Roger Corman in The Godfather Part II
Today is a very special day! It’s Roger Corman’s 92nd birthday!
Here at the Shattered Lens, we traditionally celebrate this day with a special edition of Lisa Marie’s Favorite Grindhouse and Exploitation Film Trailers! Below, you’ll find the trailers for 12 films that were either directed by, produced by, or distributed by the legendary Roger Corman!
- Five Guns West (1955)
This western was the first film that Roger Corman was credited with directing.
2. The Day The World Ended (1955)
Though Corman worked in almost every type of film genre imaginable, he’s probably best remembered for his science fiction and horror films. This was one of the first of them.
3. Machine Gun Kelly (1958)
Along with westerns and sci-fi films, Corman also directed several gangster classics. Machine Gun Kelly is remembered as one of his best.
4. The Intruder (1962)
Corman was an exploitation filmmaker with a conscience. At a time when other films were avoiding social issues, Corman dove right in with challenging films like The Intruder.
5. The Terror (1963)
Corman was famous for his ability to spot new talent. His 1963 film The Terror starred a then unknown actor named Jack Nicholson.
6. The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
In the 60s, Corman was also well-known for his Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, the majority of which starred Vincent Price. With these colorful and flamboyant films, Corman showed himself to be a pop artist at heart.
7. Boxcar Bertha (1972)
In the 70s, Corman moved away from directing and focused on producing. His ability to spot talent undiminished, Corman helped to launch the careers of the some of the important directors of all time. In 1972, he hired a young director named Martin Scorsese to direct Boxcar Bertha.
8. Cries and Whispers (1973)
While Corman was producing exploitation films, he was also distributing “difficult” foreign-language films that might otherwise have never been seen in an American theater. In 1973, he distributed this classic Ingmar Bergman film. Cries and Whispers was nominated for best picture of the year, losing to The Sting.
9. Caged Heat (1974)
Jonathan Demme was another director who got his start directing Corman-produced films like Caged Heat. Demme would later thank Corman by casting him in several of his films, including the 1991 Best Picture winner, The Silence of the Lambs.
10. Piranha (1978)
Piranha was one of Corman’s biggest hits as a producer.
11. Carnosaur (1993)
With Carnosaur, Corman showed that you didn’t need a lot of money to bring dinosaurs back to life.
12. Dinocroc vs Supergater (2010)
Corman has continued to produce films in the 21st century. Films like Dinocroc vs Supergator not only won him legions of new fans but they also paved the way for films like Sharkando.
Happy birthday, Roger Corman!
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