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Director Spike Jonze upends Hollywood conventions in this mind-bending Malkovich. Can Malkovich Malkovich before Malkovich Malkovich? Join our Patreon and support the podcast! Join the Random Acts of Cinema Discord server here! *Come support the podcast and get yourself or someone you love a random gift at our merch store. T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, stickers, and more! If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Frank Capra's It Happened Once Night (1934).
Starring - Cameron Diaz, John Cusack, Catherine Keener, John Malkovich, Malkovich Malkovich, Orson Bean, Mary Kay Place; Director - Spike Jonze; Written By - Charlie Kaufman; Music - Carter Burwell; Cinematography - Lance Acord; Editor - Eric ZumbrunnenWebsite: https://amoviepodcast.com/Twitter: @ItsaFilmPodcastInstagram: toomanycaptainsproductions
In today’s episode, host Joanna Colbert sits down with the casting team of Justine Arteta, Kim Davis-Wagner, and Faryn Einhorn. Plus, another fun edition of The Ritual where morning coffee becomes afternoon tea. Justine and Kim share how Drew Barrymore and Nancy Juvinen took a chance on two young casting directors. While the group shares their joy of having an actor-friendly office and a fresh perspective on auditioning for the office (not just the role). This fantastic trio has worked with top Director Spike Jonze, and their credits include films like Never Been Kissed, Little Miss Sunshine, and more. __ The Casting Session is an inside look at filmmaking through the perspective of casting, with enlightening interviews from the industry's top casting directors, actors, directors, and producers, giving you a behind-the-scenes look into the casting process. Thank you so much for listening! If you enjoyed today's episode, please leave a review wherever you listen to podcasts and don't forget to follow @thecastingsession on Instagram to share your thoughts, questions, and reactions to the show. Creator: Joanna ColbertExecutive Producer: Michael JereldProducer: Justin Sintic --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thecastingsession/message
Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman teams up with Director Spike Jonze to create one of the most original and unique movies ever. "Being John Malkovich" from 1999. Host & Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan discusses it with Heidi Llovet and the Irish Critic. Is this Spike Jonze's best? Is it Charlie Kaufman's best? Should Malkovich have won an Oscar? How is the fantastical so matter of fact? What does it all mean? All these questions and more get answered on this week's Mazan Movie Club Podcast. "Being John Malkovich" on IMDb Home of the Mazan Movie Club Steve Mazan on Instagram Home of Corporate Comedian Steve Mazan
Lineups out for Coachella, Bottle Rock & Bonnaroo, members of Nirvana jam for charity with Beck & St. Vincent, Director Spike Jonze to release first ever book on the Beastie Boys, Metallica to donate over $500k for Australian Wildfire relief, Blink 182's Tom Delonge sells his entire music catalog, new music on the way from David Bowie PLUS our new movie & music “10 – Second TRIVIA”, also our classic “THIS WEEK IN MUSIC HISTORY TRIVIA, sports minute, weekly WTF & more! All links up at www.thegaragerockshow.com $upport our podcast - https://anchor.fm/thegaragerockshow/support www.instagram.com/garagerockshowpodcast/ www.facebook.com/garagerockshowpodcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rocknewsweekly/support
Puppet your way into our portals for a lot more than 15 minutes as the Next 173 Project does some Malkoviching. This pic is remarkably creative and it's often high-larious. It’s also one of the weirdest, saddest comedies of the past 30 years…or perhaps ever. There’s more than a little darkness and pain, which doesn’t always jibe with those explosive larfs. Director Spike Jonze and one of the world's most talented screenwriters Charlie Kaufman were both making their first movie here (what a opening act!) and they never do QUITE balance the tone. Still, any movie that’s this unique, this openly horny and this gutsy about most of its casting choices is always going to pique our interest. So throw a can at an actor’s head and soothe your traumatized chimps (and also hunch down low and cheat on your spouse and try to score yourself some immortality and…) as we crawl our way through the mind of Malkatraz. An awesome way to survive 8 months inside a someone else's brain is to guzzle Sparkplug Coffee. Get yours today and also get a 20% discount by using our promo code (“top100project”). Twitter, yes? Well we’re @moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis For The Record: Bad Teacher was released in 2011, not 2014. It was indeed a big hit by every measure. Sex Tape was a success worldwide, although not so much domestically. Our website: www.top100project.com Next week: Django Unchained
Director Spike Jonze is somewhat of an Oscar anomaly, successfully turning oddities like Being John Malkovitch, Adaptation, and Her into auteur films embraced by the Academy. This week’s episode focuses on perhaps his riskiest and most personal film: 2009′s adaptation of children’s classic Where the WIld Things Are. The film was expensive and divisive, loved … Continue reading "036 – Where the Wild Things Are"
'Her' is in incredibly powerful, emotional film that hits the highs of both the Romance and Sci-Fi genres. First we discuss Director Spike Jonze's career and the technical elements of this masterpiece before reflecting on the plot (16:00). Later on we compare and contrast 'Her' with a movie that has a surprising amount in common: 'Blade Runner 2049' (47:20)! Music courtesy of Vernon West www.facebook.com/vernonwestmusic/
Today we talk about Director Spike Jonze and frying toaster pastries.
Director Rian Johnson discusses his new film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, with fellow Director Spike Jonze. As the eight installment of the blockbuster franchise, the film continues the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as Rey develops her Force abilities with a reluctant Luke Skywalker while Finn, General Leia Organa and the resistance continue their battle against Kylo Ren and the First Order.
Director Greta Gerwig discusses her new film, Lady Bird, with fellow Director Spike Jonze. The film follows Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson and her relationship with her wildly loving, strong-willed mother, who works tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father loses his job. The film looks at both the humor and pathos in the turbulent bond between mother and daughter.
Director Spike Jonze's science fiction romantic comedy-drama film "Her" centers on a man who develops a relationship with an intelligent computer operating system. It is the winner of the Best Screenplay at this year's Academy Awards, and our movie reviewer Laiming will explain why it deserves that prize. Reporter: I like director and actor Spike Jonze. His 1999 movie "Being John Malkovich" is on the list of some pretty thought-provoking films that I would offer to sober movie fans, while the "Jackass" franchise, which he had a hand in writing, is a favorite of one of my colleagues, who always takes it upon himself to cheer people up. The true talent and versatility in Spike Jonze have surprised us again and again, and his latest offering is his 2013 science fiction and romantic film, "Her". Like "Being John Malkovich", the Oscar-winning "Her" is full of hidden messages not immediately fathomable. It follows a divorced man who develops a relationship with an intelligent computer operating system, who calls itself Samantha and has a beautiful voice, supplied by Scarlett Johansson. The OS Samantha starts by learning and imitating human emotions and eventually evolves into an intelligent being. In the same process, the extraordinary couple's relationship also goes through ups and downs. The story explores a brilliant idea not infrequently repeated in science fiction. I am sure there is at least one Japanese or South Korean film that center on human-AI romance, but I am not sure their screenwriters have included the computers' unlimited learning abilities in the equation. Spike Jonze's screenplay challenges viewers to deliberate on the future of human-AI relations under this premise, and the conclusion is so cheerful. But that's only because the prospect of mankind isn't cheerful, according to the director/screenwriter. A large proportion of the population in the story is spiritually cooped up in virtual reality: the monotonous coloring almost everywhere in the setting suggests the world no longer pays much attention to the physical world. And people don't seem to know how to express their feelings other than reading love letters published for sale by professional writers like our lead character. This forms a sharp contrast to the intelligent Operating Systems that are good at learning, feeling and expressing. Scarlett Johanssen's voice gives much dimension, variety and emotions to the computer AI that it sounds much more human than its human user and lover, and such is the regrettable future that the director has envisioned for us. "Her" is a fair warning to human's inability to feel and express and handle real emotions, as well as the irresistible sense of solitude brought on by an increasing addiction to a digitalized life. Lead actor Joaquin Phoenix and story writer Spike Jonze have skillfully convinced us about the malaise, but the cure is not likely to be found anywhere in the modern world.
This week: Director Spike Jonze channels Flava Flav… We dig up the salty story behind America’s favorite snack… and Brendan learns what it’s like to hustle grilled cheese on the mean streets of NYC.