[scifinoir2] Re: Kurt Russell Criticizes 'Grindhouse' Breakup

2007-05-25 Thread ravenadal 
I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment. 

~rave!

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My review of the good part of Grindhouse: 
http://www.theworldebon.com/home.htm

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, buky90 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 i saw the grind housetotaland the death car part was too me way more
 emotionally satisfying than the rodrrihuis. what are they gonna do 
with
 those halarious ads???
 
 On 5/23/07, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
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  Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com
  wrote: Kurt Russell Criticizes 'Grindhouse' Breakup
  Kurt Russell, who starred in the Death Proof segment of the 
Quentin
  Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez horror double feature Grindhouse, has
  expressed disappointment over the decision to release Death Proof 
as a
  separate feature for European audiences. Appearing today 
(Tuesday) at a
  news conference at the Cannes Film Festival, where Death Proof is
  screening in competition for the Palme d'Or, Russell, 
acknowledging that
  he hasn't seen the reedited longer version, said, I'm 
disappointed for
  any audience that they won't get the Grindhouse experience. ... 
These
  [two] movies are going to go out there by themselves and they'll 
live
  their own life, but my prediction is that 20 years from now, 
you'll want
  the Grindhouse experience. ... [It's] something bizarre that 
you've
  never experienced before. But, appearing at the same news 
conference,
  director Quentin Tarantino defended the new version, saying that 
the
  film has changed 180 degrees so far as the emotion is concerned 
and
  that he is particularly pleased with the way Russell's character 
has
  evolved in the editing. Standing at the rear of the news 
conference,
  producer Harvey Weinstein also joined in the discussion, saying 
that
  what Tarantino and Rodriguez originally had to remove from their 
films
  so that they could be combined reduced the essence of the 
films. It
  would have been like cutting [Tarantino's] Kill Bill and 
[Rodriguez's]
  Sin City to 70-minute versions, he said. He predicted that 
European
  audiences and hopefully American audiences will get a lot more
  enjoyment out of the films when they're seen separately. 
(Grindhouse was
  a surprise flop when it was released domestically in April. The
  $60-million film earned only $24 million in ticket sales.)
 
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[scifinoir2] Re: Kurt Russell Criticizes 'Grindhouse' Breakup

2007-05-23 Thread ravenadal 
I commend the break-up.  Having viewed both, it is my considered
opinion http://theworldebon.com/home.htm that Deathproof is a vastly
superior movie to Planet Terror and, I believe, Deathproof could
have done Kill Bill type business as a stand alone film.  

Grindhouse is a kicky idea but pales in actual execution.  Rodriques
and Tarantino actually created two nice little 33.5 million dollar
movies - and each probably could have returned costs - separately. 
Deathproof would more than likely have brought in more than 33.5 mil
overseas (I mean, even Halle Berry's stillborn Perfect Strangers did 
38.9 mil overseas).

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly
Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Kurt Russell Criticizes 'Grindhouse' Breakup
 Kurt Russell, who starred in the Death Proof segment of the Quentin 
 Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez horror double feature Grindhouse, has 
 expressed disappointment over the decision to release Death Proof as a 
 separate feature for European audiences. Appearing today (Tuesday) at a 
 news conference at the Cannes Film Festival, where Death Proof is 
 screening in competition for the Palme d'Or, Russell, acknowledging
that 
 he hasn't seen the reedited longer version, said, I'm disappointed for 
 any audience that they won't get the Grindhouse experience. ... These 
 [two] movies are going to go out there by themselves and they'll live 
 their own life, but my prediction is that 20 years from now, you'll
want 
 the Grindhouse experience. ... [It's] something bizarre that you've 
 never experienced before. But, appearing at the same news conference, 
 director Quentin Tarantino defended the new version, saying that the 
 film has changed 180 degrees so far as the emotion is concerned and 
 that he is particularly pleased with the way Russell's character has 
 evolved in the editing. Standing at the rear of the news conference, 
 producer Harvey Weinstein also joined in the discussion, saying that 
 what Tarantino and Rodriguez originally had to remove from their films 
 so that they could be combined reduced the essence of the films. It 
 would have been like cutting [Tarantino's] Kill Bill and [Rodriguez's] 
 Sin City to 70-minute versions, he said. He predicted that European 
 audiences and hopefully American audiences will get a lot more 
 enjoyment out of the films when they're seen separately. (Grindhouse
was 
 a surprise flop when it was released domestically in April. The 
 $60-million film earned only $24 million in ticket sales.)
 
 http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-05-22/