Movie Thread

[Guest]

Laura Dern was in TLJ because Rian Johnson had recently seen Jurassic Park 3D and forgot that movie was 23 years old and thought she was still hot.

[CuckTurdginson]

She subverted his expectations.

[rabidtictac]

Videodrome. I didn't remember as much of the plot of this one as I thought. I may have misjudged this movie in some respects. I still prefer Scanners, but Videodrome is definitely better than ExistenZ, to my current way of thinking.

[Guest]

I still prefer Scanners

> Movie and TV icon Patrick McGoohan had his Scanners co-star Jennifer O'Neill in tears on the set of the cult 1981 film by ripping into her for marrying three times.
A fervent Catholic, The Prisoner star took exception to O'Neill's personal life and didn't hold back in letting her know.
Director David Cronenberg recalls, "He had extreme Catholic views about sexuality, which came onto the set.
"My leading lady... came to me incredibly distraught and said, 'Patrick said, 'Are you a whore? Are you a slut?' And he started to lay into her because she'd had, like, five husbands.
"That was Patrick, and those were the things I had to deal with as a relatively young director. He was probably the most difficult actor I ever worked with, though he gave a fantastic performance."
At the time, O'Neill had wed three times. She went on to marry another two men and has been wed to Mervin Louque since 1997
What did Patrick McGoohan mean by this?

[rabidtictac]

I still prefer Scanners

> Movie and TV icon Patrick McGoohan had his Scanners co-star Jennifer O'Neill in tears on the set of the cult 1981 film by ripping into her for marrying three times.
A fervent Catholic, The Prisoner star took exception to O'Neill's personal life and didn't hold back in letting her know.
Director David Cronenberg recalls, "He had extreme Catholic views about sexuality, which came onto the set.
"My leading lady... came to me incredibly distraught and said, 'Patrick said, 'Are you a whore? Are you a slut?' And he started to lay into her because she'd had, like, five husbands.
"That was Patrick, and those were the things I had to deal with as a relatively young director. He was probably the most difficult actor I ever worked with, though he gave a fantastic performance."
At the time, O'Neill had wed three times. She went on to marry another two men and has been wed to Mervin Louque since 1997
What did Patrick McGoohan mean by this?

Just what it says. McGoohan was a very conservative, religious person and he felt that women who married more than once were whores.

[Guest]

Women who marry once or less are whores too.

[Moe Bitches]

Women who marry once or less are whores too.

FIFY

[veris leta facies]

There's a good analysis of Videodrome on youtube. Possibly the greatest Cronenberg film, certainly vastly better than existenz, which still isn't bad either.

[Guest]

I saw Videodrome a few months ago and wasn't really impressed. The effects were pretty good even by today's standards, but it was just retarded. A magic cable channel gives him a magic gun hand that he uses to assassinate people because Blondie was murdered in a snuff film we didn't even see?

[da PAC Nigguh]

He's got a magic gun? Where'd he purchase that?