It Came With The Frame

Long Live The New Flesh? Universal plans "Videodrome" remake

Oh, c’mon now, really?!?? I swear, one of the main lessons of the original was, in effect, never to remake Videodrome…

Cronenberg as possible "Catching Fire" director?

Ohhh, that’s an interesting idea….

Cronenberg, ADM and its stars nominated for Genie Awards

No idea if this went thru before…

Maybe it’s because I feel a bit SHAME-ed out these day with all its constant press, but I’ve begun to feel like ADM is the fotgotten lil’ sister out there. So, I’m really, really happy to get some love at the Genie Awards, honoring Canadian films and filmmakers.  Can’t wait ‘til it comes on DVD, so I can watch that brilliant final scene with MF and Keira over and over again…  

BTW—does anyone have or seen a gif of the barefoot and begging Jung burying his head to Sabina on the couch?

Fassbender, Knightley, Mortensen, Cronenberg and ADM nominated for Canada's Gennie Awards

Maybe it’s because I feel a bit SHAME-ed out these day with all its constant press, but I’ve begun to feel like ADM is the fotgotten lil’ sister out there. So, I’m really, really happy to get some love at the Genie Awards, honoring Canadian films and filmmakers.  Can’t wait ‘til it comes on DVD, so I can watch that brilliant final scene with MF and Keira over and over again…

BTW—does anyone have or seen a gif of the barefoot and begging Jung burying his head to Sabina on the couch?

(A Dangerous Method slipped in there, too)

…nominees for the USC Scripter Award, a prize for literary adaptations that honors both the screenwriter and the author of the source material.

This refreshing slate of nominees is all the more noteworthy considering the major possibilities that were left out, in particular three WGA-nominated adaptations of hit novels: John Logan for “Hugo,” Tate Taylor for “The Help” and Zaillian for “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” (“War Horse” and “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” less surprisingly, miss yet another awards opportunity here.) Nice to see the USC panel not following the crowd here, and prioritizing the adroitness of the actual screenplay ahead of the overall pull of the film. Good work all round.

To recap, the nominees are:

“A Dangerous Method” (screenplay by Christopher Hampton, based on his play “The Talking Cure” and the book “A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Jung, Freud and Sabina Spielrein” by John Kerr) 

“The Descendants” (screenplay by Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings)

“Jane Eyre” (screenplay by Moira Buffini, based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë)

“Moneyball” (screenplay by Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian, based on the book “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game” by Michael Lewis)

“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” (screenplay by Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, based on the novel by John le Carré)

David Cronenberg & Michael Fassbender Talk to HuffPo

Holy crap, that was originally intended to star Julia Roberts!?! eek.

Do you identify with Freud or Jung more?

Fassbender: Maybe I’m more sort of Jungian because I believe anything is possible. I think there are so many things out there that are unexplained. I wouldn’t be as rigid in the Freudian beliefs that everything is dealt in a physical form, and everything stems from that. I do like to think there’s a lot of mystery out there, the idea of interconnectivity. But then you look at what Freud says as well and they’re such well thought-out and intelligent theses in both quarters that you can see relevant elements to both.

David Cronenberg talks Michael to EW

And Fassbender?

I saw Michael in only three movies, because when we started to think about him, he hadn’t really done as much as he’s done now. I saw him in Inglourious Basterds, where he first appears with a mustache and military posture and he’s being a British officer. And then I saw him in Fish Tank, which is a contemporary story. And then I saw him in Hunger. And I thought, Well, he has the look and the range. What was really lovely was that both he and Viggo have wonderful senses of humor. It was evident that they had a playfulness about them as people. And I love that on the set. I knew it was suffuse into their performances in the film… and it certainly did.

You’ve compared Fassbender to Errol Flynn — that he’s this swashbuckling guy.

He’s a very playful, upbeat Irish boy. He would ride his motorcycle to the set every day. He rode it from London to Cologne, where we were shooting. That’s his preferred mode of transportation. I’m a biker as well – we had that in common. He likes to party, he’s very playful. And yet he’s totally professional and always well-prepared. He likes a good time and he likes people.

Viggo said that on the set Michael would hop around on one leg with a large red eyepatch to prepare for his scenes. What the hell was that about?

Yes, yes, I don’t know what that was about. You’ll have to talk to Michael about it to get the story. You have to understand that Viggo, being as playful as he is, could totally be making that up.

All this coverage of Michael of late from EW makes me thinking they’re prepping (another!  In one year!) feature on him.  Perhaps in their “Year End…” issues…

Micheal talks Jung to BBC's "Talking Movies"

God bless him, but if he brings up “society uses sex to sell cereal” line of philosophy one more time…

New UK ADM poster.

more equal space for all the head(cases). ;)

mooglemaniac:

Q&A session after A Dangerous Method in NYFF. L to R: Michael Fassbender, Christopher Hampton, and David Cronenberg. It looks like Fassy’s trying to think of some witty remarks.

As stunning as Michael Fassbender is, his charm and humor seal the deal. He had the best lines and flirty banter with David Cronenberg that would make James McAvoy jealous. Some of the lines he said as best remembered by me…

1. Asked about the Accent and Carl Jung in general:

(I’m going to upload the video of this, but Cronenberg’s line was the best)

Cronenberg: Wow, and here I thought he just showed up and started reading the script!

2. Asked about about why Cronenberg decided to emphasize the relationship between Freud and Jung… basically why showcase two men bonding.

Cronenberg: Well, I mean, you either got male or female… you only have two genders to work with! Unless you include, I don’t know, seals. 

Fassbender: *a few moments later* Wait, seals? Why seals? Do they have more than two genders?

Cronenberg: Well, they would have been something… different. Michael, you could play a seal. I mean seals the animal, not Navy SEALS.

Fassbender: *looking all amused contemplative* S-seals? Seals…

(Me in my head: NO NOT SEALS, SHARK!!!!)

3. Asked how much of Jung’s work he knew beforehand:

Cronenberg: *Laughter* Michael doesn’t read.

Fassbender: *Laughter* …I’m a slow reader… (Jung) had many books and material… David gave me a few suggestions but I found one—without any help from David—a dummy book, basically a Dummy’s guide to Carl Jung which broke down his points very well.

Hampton (writer): I used that too!

Fassbender: See! It really worked!

Cronenberg: You guys depress me. I thought you knew what you were doing!

4. Another question was asked but Michael was caught up over Cronenberg discussing noctural emissions and bodily fluids as being sensational for the dialogbetween Freud and Jung for the time period… question asked how he tried to capture the era:

Fassbender: I’m sorry, *laughing*, I still can’t get over nocturnal emissions. What is that, a wet dream?

*everyone proceeds to die in the auditorium*

Cronenberg: Michael, come over later to my place and I’ll explain it all in detail.

Fassbender: Understood. David. *pause* What would Caroline say… this time?

5. Fassy notices a whole bunch of people leaving the Q&A:

Fassbender: Guys, we need to step this shit up. Look at all those people leaving!

6. Asked about dialog:

Cronenberg: Speaking of dialog, Michael, didn’t you have some lines in the X-Men movie that came out this summer?

Fassbender: Oh, you know, more dramatic posing and stares. I guess I said a few lines.

Cronenberg: And you wore some nice suits.

Fassbender: It was less the talking and more channeling the constipated metal manipulation… see, I just combined mouth and anus…

Moderator: Now we need to end this because we’ve run out of time…

Fassbender: Best note to end on!