‘Funny Games’: The movie Michael Haneke refused to make unless his casting demands were met
A mesmerising talent.
Cutting Room Floor Archives: 11/2024
‘The Recruit’, Colin Farrell and “quirky little fella” Al Pacino
To be fair, he’s not wrong about this utter legend of the movie business.
Brian Cox, British comedy and the unfair treatment of ‘Brass Eye’: “That ignorant sensibility is prejudiced and biased”
He thought it was given a hard time.
‘I’m Not There’: The “utterly ludicrous” role that Cate Blanchett couldn’t refuse
A beautiful performance.
The director who resorted to witchcraft to deal with Marlon Brando
This production had bad juju swirling all around it.
“Cheese, no onion”: the movie that paid Michael Bay in burgers
What else are you going to pay a multi-millionaire with?
The David Cronenberg movie that Francis Ford Coppola hated: “I have to bite my tongue”
A clash of personal taste.
“I shamelessly cribbed from their style”: the filmmakers who shaped James Cameron’s success
Cameron took inspiration from two main sources in his early screenwriting days.
The instrumental advice Marlon Brando gave John Travolta: “It has a lot of tentacles”
Travolta received sage wisdom from a legend he once parodied on ‘SNL’.
The brutal advice Terry Gilliam gave Jamie Lee Curtis: “I felt very little and insecure”
Straight to the point, as usual.